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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom Robert Reich
Robert Reich (FB)
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A week before Michael Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia. It came from Michael D. Cohen, Felix H. Sater, and Andrii V. Artemenko.
Who are these men, why do they have such direct access to Trump's White House, and why are they so interested in lifting Russian sanctions?
1. Cohen is Trumps personal lawyer and business associate who helped Trump scout deals in Russia, including a Trump-branded tower in the Russian republic of Georgia and a short-lived mixed martial arts venture starring a Russian fighter. Cohen is one of several Trump associates now under scrutiny by the F.B.I. for possible links with Russian operatives to interfere in the 2016 election.
2. Sater is a Russian-American, and longtime business associate and senior advisor of Trumps with connections in Russia. He served as an executive at Bayrock Group, two floors below the Trump Organization in Trump Tower. He says he had been working on a plan for a Trump Tower in Moscow with a Russian real estate developer as recently as the fall of 2015. Decades ago he pleaded guilty to a role in a stock manipulation scheme that involved the Mafia.
3. Artemenko is part of the pro-Putin faction in Ukraine shaped in part by Trumps former campaign manager Paul D. Manafort. Artemenko traveled to Cleveland last summer for the Republican National Convention to meet with members of Trumps campaign.
2. Sater is a Russian-American, and longtime business associate and senior advisor of Trumps with connections in Russia. He served as an executive at Bayrock Group, two floors below the Trump Organization in Trump Tower. He says he had been working on a plan for a Trump Tower in Moscow with a Russian real estate developer as recently as the fall of 2015. Decades ago he pleaded guilty to a role in a stock manipulation scheme that involved the Mafia.
3. Artemenko is part of the pro-Putin faction in Ukraine shaped in part by Trumps former campaign manager Paul D. Manafort. Artemenko traveled to Cleveland last summer for the Republican National Convention to meet with members of Trumps campaign.
Remember these names. As the noose tightens, they are likely to figure prominently.
What do you think?
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babylonsister
Feb 2017
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TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)1. Cohen is the man who didn't go to Prague I believe n/t
babylonsister
(171,075 posts)2. I don't recognize anyone but Cohen. nt
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)4. Sater is worth digging into. Prepare to shower afterwards.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)3. I think trump was gonna lift sanctions
Last edited Sun Feb 19, 2017, 10:48 PM - Edit history (1)
Against Russia. Sounds right up manafort's alley to tie it to Ukraine, considering his ties there.
Trump looks bad cause of yet another link to Sater.
triron
(22,008 posts)5. kick for visibility
kentuck
(111,106 posts)6. link
Hekate
(90,749 posts)7. What do I think? I think I'm bookmarking this. Here's to Robert Reich, the NYT, WaPo...
...and all others who have rediscovered their journalistic chops in this emergency.
triron
(22,008 posts)8. knr