The Daily Beast just published a rundown of a dozen Russian Mafia members/associates and their connections to Donald Trump.
The Ukraine call is only sizzle compared to all of this - this stuff is the steak, people. This is why Donald Trump needs to be impeached and/or indicted if he is going to be.
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Felix Sater - Trump's most well-known Russian mob connection, convicted of fraud and violent assault in USA (for stabbing an associate in the neck with a shattered wineglass). Later became CIA informant, was photographed with Trump, Trump later denied knowing him.
Vyacheslav Ivankov - Convicted of robbery and torture in Soviet Russia. Sent to America to expand Russian mob activites here; discovered living in Trump Tower in 1995. Deported to Russia in 2009; executed by a sniper there.
Felix Komarov - Ran a money-laundering operation for Ivankov through false-front Rolls-Royce dealership while living in Trump Plaza.
Eduard Nektalov - Laundered Colombian drug money while investing millions in Trump properties; indicted in 2003, executed on the street in 2004.
David Bogatin - Bootlegged gasoline while investing millions in Trump properties before being indicted in 1987 and fleeing to Russia.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov - Arms and drug and stolen vehicle trafficker, found to be running an unlicensed gambling ring with 30 members out of Trump Tower; ring busted by FBI but Tokhtakhounov escaped.
Semyon "Sam" Kislin - Ran a commodities trading firm believed to be a front for Russian-mob money laundering; confronted by FBI for the same, but never yet indicted. Sold televisions to Trump Grand Hyatt as early as the 1970's.
Tevfik Arif - Partner of Mikhail Chernoy, Sam Kislin’s employee at Trans Commodities, Inc. and one of two Uzbek brothers Interpol alleged were “suspected of money laundering, embezzlement of funds, [and] contract killing.” Founded Bayrock Group, LLC; photographed with Trump in 2007 for marketing materials for the same.
Dmytro Firtash - Charged by the U.S. Justice Department in 2013 with for mining-license related bribery in India; awaiting extradition from Austria to the United States for prosecution. Described by DOJ as an “upper-echelon [associate] of Russian organized crime”. Partnered with convicted Trump campaign staffer Paul Manafort in an attempt to buy and redevelop the Drake Hotel in Manhattan.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman - Currently under indictment in New York for influence-peddling and campaign finance violation/bribery; Parnas is already a witness in the impeachment hearings. Parnas has stated in an interview that he started out selling condos for Fred Trump, Donald’s father, when Fred led the Trump Organization.
Semion Mogilevich - Believed by FBI to be the "boss of bosses" of most associates listed here, defrauding Americans of over $150m with a money-laundering organization spanning 27 countries; not yet connected to Trump directly, but connected to many other names on this list.
The Ukraine call is only sizzle compared to all of this - this stuff is the steak, people. This is why Donald Trump needs to be impeached and/or indicted if he is going to be.
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Felix Sater - Trump's most well-known Russian mob connection, convicted of fraud and violent assault in USA (for stabbing an associate in the neck with a shattered wineglass). Later became CIA informant, was photographed with Trump, Trump later denied knowing him.
Vyacheslav Ivankov - Convicted of robbery and torture in Soviet Russia. Sent to America to expand Russian mob activites here; discovered living in Trump Tower in 1995. Deported to Russia in 2009; executed by a sniper there.
Felix Komarov - Ran a money-laundering operation for Ivankov through false-front Rolls-Royce dealership while living in Trump Plaza.
Eduard Nektalov - Laundered Colombian drug money while investing millions in Trump properties; indicted in 2003, executed on the street in 2004.
David Bogatin - Bootlegged gasoline while investing millions in Trump properties before being indicted in 1987 and fleeing to Russia.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov - Arms and drug and stolen vehicle trafficker, found to be running an unlicensed gambling ring with 30 members out of Trump Tower; ring busted by FBI but Tokhtakhounov escaped.
Semyon "Sam" Kislin - Ran a commodities trading firm believed to be a front for Russian-mob money laundering; confronted by FBI for the same, but never yet indicted. Sold televisions to Trump Grand Hyatt as early as the 1970's.
Tevfik Arif - Partner of Mikhail Chernoy, Sam Kislin’s employee at Trans Commodities, Inc. and one of two Uzbek brothers Interpol alleged were “suspected of money laundering, embezzlement of funds, [and] contract killing.” Founded Bayrock Group, LLC; photographed with Trump in 2007 for marketing materials for the same.
Dmytro Firtash - Charged by the U.S. Justice Department in 2013 with for mining-license related bribery in India; awaiting extradition from Austria to the United States for prosecution. Described by DOJ as an “upper-echelon [associate] of Russian organized crime”. Partnered with convicted Trump campaign staffer Paul Manafort in an attempt to buy and redevelop the Drake Hotel in Manhattan.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman - Currently under indictment in New York for influence-peddling and campaign finance violation/bribery; Parnas is already a witness in the impeachment hearings. Parnas has stated in an interview that he started out selling condos for Fred Trump, Donald’s father, when Fred led the Trump Organization.
Semion Mogilevich - Believed by FBI to be the "boss of bosses" of most associates listed here, defrauding Americans of over $150m with a money-laundering organization spanning 27 countries; not yet connected to Trump directly, but connected to many other names on this list.
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