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In reply to the discussion: A federal judge rules in Robert Mueller's favor in a secret case [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(104,940 posts)33. Sberbank?
In the fall of 2013, Agalarov collaborated with Trump to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow. They spent a couple of days together while hosting the event, attending parties and dinners with the Russian elite. The result was a plan to build a $3 billion complex of hotels, shopping malls and office space in Moscow, including a tower that was to bear Trumps name. The states largest lender, Sberbank, even agreed to finance around 70% of the project, which would have been the biggest commercial real estate loan in its history at the time.
http://time.com/5401645/putins-oligarchs/
http://time.com/5401645/putins-oligarchs/
PJSC Sberbank is a state-owned Russian banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sberbank_of_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sberbank_of_Russia
Plus:
According to a May 23, 2017 article in Forward, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, and Friedman has been a "go-to source" for Donald Trump for decades. He has represented Donald Trump in his divorce proceedings, bankruptcy cases, Trump University lawsuits, during the 2016 presidential campaign regarding sexual misconduct allegations, and during the Trump presidency in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
In Spring 2017, Kasowitz told associates that he had been personally responsible for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on March 11, 2017, having previously warned Trump, "This guy is going to get you".
Kasowitz departed Trump's White House legal team on July 20, 2017.
Russian clients
According to U.S. court records, Kasowitz's clients include the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Vladimir Putin and a business partner of Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Kasowitz also represents the Russian state-owned bank Sberbank, a bank under sanctions by the EU and the United States after Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Kasowitz#Donald_Trump
In Spring 2017, Kasowitz told associates that he had been personally responsible for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on March 11, 2017, having previously warned Trump, "This guy is going to get you".
Kasowitz departed Trump's White House legal team on July 20, 2017.
Russian clients
According to U.S. court records, Kasowitz's clients include the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Vladimir Putin and a business partner of Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Kasowitz also represents the Russian state-owned bank Sberbank, a bank under sanctions by the EU and the United States after Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Kasowitz#Donald_Trump
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I'm a survivalist. I've laid in 500 cases of wine and beer and 100# of popcorn and quiches
erronis
Dec 2018
#52
tie this with private server at Trump Tower that Mueller already subpoenaed
MiddleClass
Dec 2018
#32
That might have been the case for which they cleared one floor of the courthouse last Friday.
George II
Dec 2018
#2
Great. Our government and country wins out over a foreign corporation. Can't wait to see which one.
ancianita
Dec 2018
#5
Wouldn't be Deutsche Bank because it's a company owned by a country,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2018
#11
The Bank of Cyprus is (was?) owned by Wilbur Ross, tRump's Commerce Secretary.
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2018
#16
Ok, thanks, for a minute there I thought I had misread it :) . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2018
#22
The Russian bank that was sanctioned that was going to lend to Trump for the Moscow tower?
fierywoman
Dec 2018
#27
Rosneft was my first thought - our previous SOS might know something about that.
Merlot
Dec 2018
#49
It wouldn't be Deutsche Bank because they are looking at a bank owned by a country.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2018
#21
But even if it isn't DB, does this decision extend to congress and state AGs?
ProudLib72
Dec 2018
#26
No, this is a federal grand jury subpoena, which means that the records,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2018
#28
How will they be able to force another country to turn over the records?
LiberalFighter
Dec 2018
#37