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applegrove

(118,743 posts) Mon Dec 28, 2015, 12:22 AM Dec 2015

Memory Lapse? Trump Seeks Distance From 'Advisor' With Past Ties to Mafia

Memory Lapse? Trump Seeks Distance From 'Advisor' With Past Ties to Mafia

By Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross at ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/memory-lapse-trump-seeks-distance-advisor-past-ties/story?id=34600826

"SNIP.............

Though he touts his outstanding memory, when Donald Trump was asked under oath about his dealings with a twice-convicted Russian émigré who served prison time and had documented mafia connections, the real estate mogul was at a loss.

Even though the man, Felix Sater, had played a role in a number of high-profile Trump-branded projects across the country.

“If he were sitting in the room right now, I really wouldn't know what he looked like,” Trump testified in a video deposition for a civil lawsuit two years ago.

In recent weeks, the Republican Presidential candidate has been fending off critics who have accused him of embellishment, insensitivity and in some cases inaccuracy for his descriptions of the Muslim response to 9/11. Trump also dismissed outrage at his purported mocking of a disabled New York Times reporter, saying he simply does not remember meeting the scribe.

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Memory Lapse? Trump Seeks Distance From 'Advisor' With Past Ties to Mafia (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2015 OP

A NYC builder knows nothing about the mob? That's hysterical... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #1

I heard something today about the mob. Apparently 2% of NY City construction sites do not pay the applegrove Dec 2015 #3

I don't know about last week, but they used to own all the concrete... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #4

This is silly when considering the brothers who spend so much money and effort for the Republicans Todays_Illusion Dec 2015 #2

John Gotti Jr. and Trump both went to the same military school. From 60 Minutes, tonight... winstars Dec 2015 #5

I just saw the one story of the FBI undercover agent on 60 Minutes applegrove Dec 2015 #6

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. A NYC builder knows nothing about the mob? That's hysterical...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 12:37 AM

Dec 2015

it just shows he's too stupid to cover his tracks.

applegrove

(118,743 posts)

3. I heard something today about the mob. Apparently 2% of NY City construction sites do not pay the

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 01:02 AM

Dec 2015

mob. The rest do. Now how many buildings has Trump built there? The stat was on 60 Minutes.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

4. I don't know about last week, but they used to own all the concrete...

Reply to applegrove (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 01:11 AM

Dec 2015

and most of the unions. I would not be surprised if Federal buildings are "exempt".

Many years ago Continental Airlines built in Newark (even better for "connections&quot an identical copy of the commissary they had at Houston and it ended up costing over twice as much. Nobody asked too many questions why.

Trump knows all about this, as does every other NYC developer. He just doesn't have the brains to keep his mouth shut.

Even the contractor who did the work on my childhood home mentioned "other" costs.

Todays_Illusion

(1,209 posts)

2. This is silly when considering the brothers who spend so much money and effort for the Republicans

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 12:56 AM

Dec 2015

were found guilty of stealing oil from the Indian Reservation. No one mentions it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blood-and-oil/

http://www.salon.com/2014/10/01/8_disturbing_ways_the_kochs_have_amassed_their_fortune_partner/

winstars

(4,220 posts)

5. John Gotti Jr. and Trump both went to the same military school. From 60 Minutes, tonight...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 01:32 AM

Dec 2015

They both went there, probably 15 plus years apart but..

Hey, just a couple of guys from QUEENS who got sent away to military school...

"Gotti says it wasn't until he was 14 -- when he was shipped off to boarding school at the New York Military Academy -- that he found out exactly who his father was and what he did. And he learned it while watching a news program with his fellow cadets."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-presents-mob-stories/

applegrove

(118,743 posts)

6. I just saw the one story of the FBI undercover agent on 60 Minutes

Reply to winstars (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 01:38 AM

Dec 2015

tonight. Glad I missed the story you saw.

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