Is a Crook Hiding in Donald Trump’s Taxes?

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Donald Trump calls the Trump SoHo tower in lower Manhattan an architectural marvel. The real marvel is what happened to the profits, which vanished from America thanks to a deal with a corrupt Icelandic investment company with ties to Russian oligarchs—all under an arrangement that Trump himself approved. The lawsuits say it was tax fraud, but the lawyer for the man behind the deal says it was perfectly legal tax planning.

It’s a story that should have voters asking hard questions about the Republican presidential nominee and his financial relationship with those oligarchs, whose fortunes depend on remaining in the good graces of the murderous Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin, whom Trump praises as a great leader. These questions became even more important after Trump broke his earlier promise to make his tax returns public, as every other major party candidate has done for more than four decades...

But most importantly, the tax returns may also tell us about Trump’s involvement with Russian money. Trump wants you to believe he has no connections to Russia or Russian money. “I have nothing to do with Russia,” he said at a July 27 news conference.

Like many Trump statements, that simply is not true. For starters Trump says he was paid millions of dollars by Russians for holding the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow. Trump owned the beauty contest, but sold it last year. Trump boasted to Real Estate Weekly that in Moscow “almost all of the oligarchs were in the room” when he met with Putin’s rich friends while he was there for the pageant. Trump has tried at least five times to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, including efforts he made during his 2013 trip there. His name is on a 47-story building in Georgia, formerly part of the Soviet empire.

We know that Russians are major buyers of Trump apartments because of public records. In addition, Donald Trump Jr. said in 2008 that “in terms of high-end product influx into the U.S., Russians make up a disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”

Russians are partners with Trump in a variety of American Trump projects. For some of these, Trump merely licensed the use of his name. But on others, he was an investment partner. Trump’s complete tax returns would show us to what extent Russians are a source of capital for projects with the Trump name on them and whether money was invested directly or funneled through others.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/11/is-a-crook-hiding-in-donald-trump-s-taxes.html
 
Weak. What's hiding in hrc's medical file ? Why does her bodyguard carry antiseisure injectable and is never more than a few feet away ?
 
christiefan915 said:
Donald Trump calls the Trump SoHo tower in lower Manhattan an architectural marvel. The real marvel is what happened to the profits, which vanished from America thanks to a deal with a corrupt Icelandic investment company with ties to Russian oligarchs—all under an arrangement that Trump himself approved. The lawsuits say it was tax fraud, but the lawyer for the man behind the deal says it was perfectly legal tax planning.

It’s a story that should have voters asking hard questions about the Republican presidential nominee and his financial relationship with those oligarchs, whose fortunes depend on remaining in the good graces of the murderous Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin, whom Trump praises as a great leader. These questions became even more important after Trump broke his earlier promise to make his tax returns public, as every other major party candidate has done for more than four decades...

But most importantly, the tax returns may also tell us about Trump’s involvement with Russian money. Trump wants you to believe he has no connections to Russia or Russian money. “I have nothing to do with Russia,” he said at a July 27 news conference.

Like many Trump statements, that simply is not true. For starters Trump says he was paid millions of dollars by Russians for holding the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow. Trump owned the beauty contest, but sold it last year. Trump boasted to Real Estate Weekly that in Moscow “almost all of the oligarchs were in the room” when he met with Putin’s rich friends while he was there for the pageant. Trump has tried at least five times to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, including efforts he made during his 2013 trip there. His name is on a 47-story building in Georgia, formerly part of the Soviet empire.

We know that Russians are major buyers of Trump apartments because of public records. In addition, Donald Trump Jr. said in 2008 that “in terms of high-end product influx into the U.S., Russians make up a disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”

Russians are partners with Trump in a variety of American Trump projects. For some of these, Trump merely licensed the use of his name. But on others, he was an investment partner. Trump’s complete tax returns would show us to what extent Russians are a source of capital for projects with the Trump name on them and whether money was invested directly or funneled through others.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/11/is-a-crook-hiding-in-donald-trump-s-taxes.html
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What profits are you whining about?....Was there profits in the construction of the building? Is Trump the businessman not supposed to rent apartments to Russians in your world...
Are you talking about profits from tenants using the building since its been built....and what do you mean "what happened to the profits"....the profits obviously belong to the owners or owner or stockholders of the building after whatever costs there are in maintaining the building....how is Russia involved in any of this convoluted bullshit you're whining about?

If he made money from the Pageant in Russia, whats the problem with that....its business....he'd be incompetent if he didn't make money in the deal...

Is naming a building he built in Georgia after himself illegal in your nutty world?\

Trump has tried at least five times to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, SO WHAT

In simple language, what the fuck are you babbling about....
 
A distinction needs to be made regarding business dealings with 'Russia' and the Russian government. Hillary checked off on a Russian uranium deal while Sec State---and oh btw, Bill score a few hundred grand in Russian speaking fees a short time later.

Which went to the Clinton Foundation.
 
Celticguy said:
Weak. What's hiding in hrc's medical file ? Why does her bodyguard carry antiseizure injectable and is never more than a few feet away ?
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I call bullshit. I know people who suffer with seizures, one I work with and one I'm related to. They take oral medication in the hopes of preventing them. What is your proof that a bodyguard is carrying some sort of anti-seizure injectable? And I don't mean from RW websites. Also, why was the supposed diagnosis printed on plain paper with made-up info about the doctor? Why isn't the document on official letterhead from Mt. Kisco?

The sliminess of cons can never be underestimated.

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NOVA said:
What profits are you whining about?....Was there profits in the construction of the building? Is Trump the businessman not supposed to rent apartments to Russians in your world...
Are you talking about profits from tenants using the building since its been built....and what do you mean "what happened to the profits"....the profits obviously belong to the owners or owner or stockholders of the building after whatever costs there are in maintaining the building....how is Russia involved in any of this convoluted bullshit you're whining about?

If he made money from the Pageant in Russia, whats the problem with that....its business....he'd be incompetent if he didn't make money in the deal...

Is naming a building he built in Georgia after himself illegal in your nutty world?\

Trump has tried at least five times to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, SO WHAT

In simple language, what the fuck are you babbling about....
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Keep defending this congenital liar, hack. He can't open his mouth without a lie flowing out.

Donald Trump denies in a new interview that he has any ties to the Russian government or Russian investors.

In an interview released early Wednesday with the CBS Miami, the GOP presidential nominee was asked to respond to allegations that the Russians are trying to help elect him in November.

"I don't know anything about it. I can tell you, I think if I came up with that, they'd say, 'Oh, it's a conspiracy theory,' it's ridiculous. I mean I have nothing to do with Russia. I don't have any jobs in Russia. I'm all over the world but we're not involved in Russia."

CBS4's Jim DeFede then asked Trump about whether Russian funds have flowed into his businesses and if Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to control him as a result.
"Is that the theory? I haven't heard that at all," Trump said. "I mean I haven't heard that. But I have nothing to do with Russia, nothing to do, I never met Putin, I have nothing to do with Russia whatsoever."

A day earlier, Trump tweeted that Democrats are trying to push the narrative that Russia is working for Trump because they want to deflect attention away from the email hack at the Democratic National Committee, which he called "crazy." He then said he has no investments in Russia.

For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2016


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-denies-he-has-any-ties-to-russia/

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There is a concept in law regarding evidence, its called spoliation. If you cause certain evidence to be unavailable for the other side, the Judge will instruct the jury to assume the worst about that evidence. I think its a good idea in a presidential campaign also.
 
Darth Hussein Omar said:
A distinction needs to be made regarding business dealings with 'Russia' and the Russian government. Hillary checked off on a Russian uranium deal while Sec State---and oh btw, Bill score a few hundred grand in Russian speaking fees a short time later.

Which went to the Clinton Foundation.
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"...the State Department did approve of Russia’s gradual takeover of a company with significant U.S. uranium assets, but it didn’t act unilaterally. State was one of nine government agencies, not to mention independent federal and state nuclear regulators, that had to sign off on the deal...

...most of their Clinton Foundation donations occurred before and during Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid, before she could have known she would become secretary of state.

While it’s conceivable Clinton advocated for the deal, the author of Clinton Cash Peter Schweizer himself admitted that he doesn’t have "direct evidence" proving Clinton played a part. The State Department’s principal representative on the committee, Jose Fernandez, told Time that Clinton "never intervened with me on any CFIUS matter."

Trump's suggestion that the Russian deal occurred "while nine investors funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation" is not supported by the evidence presented in Clinton Cash. On the contrary, the donations detailed by author Schweizer occurred at least two years before the deal. Furthermore, it’s not clear from the book whether all nine of the Clinton Foundation donors were actually involved in the Russian deal at all.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/
 
Breitbart responds to fact-check Added on July 18, 2016, 5:26 p.m.

After we published this fact-check, we heard from a representative of Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer, who did not respond to our questions prior to publication. He disputed our findings, and his comments were later included in a report on Breitbart, a pro-Trump website. The Breitbart report was titled, "Epic Humiliation: Politifact (sic) Makes 13 Errors in a Single Clinton Cash Fact-Check."

We actually found only one error, which we corrected. We had misspelled the name of the State Department’s representative on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. He is Jose Fernandez, not Jose Hernandez.

The other objections raised by Schweizer and in the Breitbart report were either not relevant to the specifics of our fact-check or they were primarily speculation and supposition.
Here are our point-by-point responses to the Breitbart report.

1. The claim that we suggested the implications of the concern about uranium sales were not serious.

Our report did address concerns about Russian control of U.S. uranium production. But the United States produces so little uranium that the concerns were out of proportion.

2. The claim that we did not note the export of yellow cake.

We did not note the export because Uranium One still doesn't have export licenses, and the New York Times confirmed that they were not exporting at the time of the publication (in 2015). The yellowcake was shipped to Canada by a shipping company with the licenses, and most of it was returned to the United States. Finally, yellow cake is rudimentary uranium, unprocessed, not enriched and not nuclear-grade.

3. The claim that we did not mention Frank Holmes being a Uranium One investor.

Our report did in fact mention Holmes in the chart of investors.

4. The claim that we did not mention the 2009 purchase of 17 percent in Uranium One

Our report did in fact note the purchase.

5. The claim that we made assumptions about the completeness of the donations.

In this case, we literally quoted the source material from Schweizer’s book. Schweizer hasn't been able to document when the actual donations occurred, and his book does not offer evidence supporting Trump’s claim that the donations occurred "while" Clinton was secretary of state.

6. The claim that we dismissed the significance of Clinton running for president in 2008.

Trump specified "Hillary Clinton's State Department," so that is what our fact-check examined.

7. The claim that we ignored that a company paid Bill Clinton for a speech.

Trump specified donations from nine investors, so that is what our fact-check examined.

8. The claim that we ignored that Ian Telfer's $140 million in donations were not disclosed.

Trump’s claim did not mention a lack of disclosure, so our fact-check did not examine this.

9. The claim that we took Frank Guistra at his word for having sold his shares in Uranium One.

Our report notes that we could not independently verify the sale.

10. The claim that we misinterpreted Russia's nuclear strategy.

Trump did not mention Russia’s nuclear strategy, so this was not relevant to our fact-check.


Sources:

Peter Schweizer, Clinton Cash, May 5, 2015
Huffington Post, "Hot Rocks: Hidden Cost and Foreign Ownership of "Clean" Nuclear Fuel Emerging," May 30, 2010
Salt Lake Tribune, "Uranium company deal nearly done," Dec. 13, 2010
Oilprice.com, "Does Russia Really Own 20% Of The US’ Uranium Reserves?," May 6, 2015
World Nuclear Association, "World Uranium Mining Production," May 19, 2016
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "NRC Approves Transfer of Control of Uranium Recovery Licenses to Russian Firm," Nov. 24, 2010
ABC, "This Week Transcript: 'Clinton Cash' Author Peter Schweizer," April 26, 2015
Quartz, "Breaking down the Russian uranium deal hanging over Hillary Clinton’s campaign," April 23, 2015
New York Times, "Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal," April 24, 2015
SEDAR queries for UrAsia and Uranium One public filings
Nexis search
Uranium One, "Uranium One and UrAsia Energy Announce Combination to Create Emerging Senior Uranium Company," Feb. 12, 2007
New York Times, "After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton," Jan. 31, 2008
Clinton Foundation, Contributor and Grantor Information, accessed June 24, 2016
Globe and Mail, "Renaissance Man," June 27, 2008
Globe and Mail, "Clinton charities take hit from mining bust," Feb. 19, 2008
CEO.ca, "Statement of Frank Giustra," April 23, 2015
Email interview with Josh Schwerin, Hillary Clinton spokesman, June 25, 2016
Interview with Peter Lewis, professor at Middlebury Institute, June 29, 2016


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Legion Grind said:
His lapdoggies think that's a good business plan, don't they?
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They claim they first took interest in him because he touted himself to be a "self funded candidate" and was too rich to be bought.
Now they find out that the President of Russia can buy his influence and they are okay with that.
The promise of a kindred racist in the oval office can make a trumptard look away from a lot of things.
 
As long as their Don does the Kremlin's bidding, the juicy files Putin's hackers have will stay hidden from his loyal lapdogs.

I wonder if they'd still yip their approval if they knew what happened on the Lolita Express.
 
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