By JEFF HORWITZ Jun. 4, 2016 1:17 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months before he entered the presidential race, Donald Trump announced a new real estate project in Baku, Azerbaijan. His partner was the son of a government minister suspected by U.S. diplomats of laundering money for Iran’s military and described as “notoriously corrupt.” Eighteen months […]
By Edward Malnick and Ruth Sherlock, Washington 26 MAY 2016 • 9:00PM A Russian-born fraudster who Donald Trump has claimed he would not recognise was a key player in several of the billionaire’s business ventures, the Telegraph can disclose. Mr Trump signed off on paperwork which made clear that Felix Sater was one of the figures in “control” of Bayrock […]
Ruth Sherlock Edward Malnick Claire Newell 26 MAY 2016 • 1:26PM Exclusive: US presidential hopeful Donald Trump signed off on a controversial business deal that was designed to deprive the American government of tens of millions of dollars in tax, the Telegraph can disclose. The billionaire approved a $50 million investment in a company – only for the deal to […]
By Jeff Horwitz May 18th 2016 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a federal judge to keep some records sealed in a criminal proceeding linked to a former business associate of Donald Trump. Among prosecutors’ reasons: To avoid media attention. CLICK IMAGE for link to story. The case is related to Felix Sater, a former […]
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger May 17, 2016 On the 24th floor of Trump Tower, in an office two floors below Donald Trump, Felix Sater was trying to revive his career. The Russian-born businessman had already done a stint in prison for stabbing a man in the face with the stem of a […]
By MICHAEL CROWLEY updated 05/15/16 05:01 PM EDT On June 18, 2013, Donald Trump had some exciting news: He would soon be whisking dozens of the world’s most beautiful women to Russia. “The Miss Universe Pageant will be broadcast live from MOSCOW, RUSSIA on November 9th,” Trump tweeted that day, referring to the beauty pageant he owned […]
By JEFF HORWITZ JAKE PEARSON May. 10, 2016 NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge agreed Tuesday to a request by The Associated Press to unseal about 240 court documents in a case related to the criminal past of a former business partner to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. CLICK IMAGE for link to story. U.S. District […]
By Aleksandra Kharchenko on Monday, May 2nd, 2016 2:17 p.m. Paul Manafort, the adviser hired by Donald Trump to add stability and institutional know-how to Trump’s often scattershot presidential campaign, has long and deep reported ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. PolitiFact, as part of an exchange of journalists sponsored by the U.S. State Department, is […]
By MIKE McINTIRE APRIL 5, 2016 For Donald J. Trump, it is a long-held legal strategy, if not a point of pride, to avoid knuckling under to plaintiffs in court. “I don’t settle lawsuits — very rare — because once you settle lawsuits, everybody sues you,” he said recently. But Mr. Trump made an exception when buyers of […]
LILIA SHEVTSOVA April 4, 2016 Editor’s Note: How do Russia and the West see one another? What are the experts’ views on the confrontation between Russia and the West? How do the pundits explain the Russo-Ukrainian war and Russia’s Syrian gambit? What are the roots of the mythology about Russia in the West, and why has the […]
