Making Trump the Bagman? LOL.It became common knowledge that many of the oligarchs were purchasing property in the U.S. with their ill gotten gains.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/real-estate/russian-money-flows-us-real-estate-rcna17723
In large part to protect assets from Putin. I'm sure part of Putin's demands in exchange for Deutsche bank loaning trump money, is the ability to hide money in trump properties. trump bragged about selling a property for more than double market value to 'someone'.
Then it all makes sense that Trump was, indeed, laundering money for Putin and his cronies.