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John Schindler: “No Unclassified Evidence of Collusion Between Trump Associates and Russia.”

Another reminder that there are many moving parts and each piece needs to get into the record. There are open and closed congressional investigation sessions as well as the grand juries and the NYS AG’s office … and Monday’s Sally Yates testimony could bring one major element down while opening up an entirely new line of inquiry

Trump administration sought to block Sally Yates from testifying to Congress on #TrumpRussia ties @washingtonpost https://t.co/mFzeQVOCLt
Ã¢ÂÂ Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 4, 2017

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Claude and his sources know their stuff. Follow him. That's exactly what I'm doing. https://t.co/qS6hzC3VxN
Ã¢ÂÂ Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 4, 2017

The FBI did wiretap Trump Tower, but its target was not the future president of the United States and the operation was over well before Donald Trump even declared his candidacy.

Instead, the bureau was listening in on a Russian crime organization that worked out of offices on the building's 63rd floor, just three stories below Trump's penthouse.

As reported by ABC News on Tuesday, the FBI had the building under surveillance, including electronic monitoring, from 2011 to 2013.

The investigation led to the indictment of Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, (вор в зако́не) who is wanted by Interpol and on the lam in Russia, and 33 individuals suspected of working for him.

Members of the Trump campaign met with Russian officials during the campaign, when Russia apparently was intervening to help Trump win. At least one of them discussed sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador to the United States before Trump took office.

Trump himself “warmly greeted” the Russian ambassador at a campaign event in April, and then later claimed he never met any Russian officials.

Circumstantial evidence strongly indicates that President Donald J. Trump and his campaign associates brokered a massive oil privatization deal, where his Organization facilitated a global financial transaction to sell Russian Oil stock to its Syrian War adversary, the Emirate of Qatar.

The Trump Russia Dossier describes a massive privatization deal to deliver a chunk of the state-owned Rosneft Oil company to Qatar and also a secret buyer in the Cayman Islands.

Qatar has been a tenant at Trump Tower since 2008, though recent reports indicate they may have recently vacated their state-run airlines’ corporate campus.

Donald Trump and Russia conducted the transaction in three phases; Phase 1 began in early 2016 with a meeting of the minds at The Mayflower Hotel to start the deal and a due diligence period, Phase 2 began just before the Republican National Convention and continued through Election Day, and Phase 3 happened after Trump’s shocking win and concluding just days before Buzzfeed published the bombshell dossier describing the deal.

The end result allowed Russia to trade stolen emails to help to Donald Trump’s election campaign (as well as that of many Republican Congressmen), in exchange for help circumventing American sanctions to transact the sale of Rosneft, which Putin desperately needed to finance his budget deficit.
The Rosneft transaction also purportedly sent a $500 million dollar brokerage fee to Carter Page, or perhaps the Trump Organization.

The Trump Campaign would’ve been extremely familiar with Rosneft, since top surrogate Rudy Giuliani listed the Russian oil giant as one of his law clients at Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP in 2014 according to Bloomberg.

The #TrumpRussia investigation could finally unlock Trump's tax returns#russiagate #resist https://t.co/iECMD3I35u
Ã¢ÂÂ Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 4, 2017

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Of course there could be silicon valleys in the Urals or even the Caucuses ….

June 21, 2012, St. Petersburg – During the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Sberbank of Russia and SVB Financial Group (SVB), parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, of the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a formal relationship between Sberbank and SVB to promote venture financing in Russia and help support an emerging and vibrant entrepreneurial economy.

This cooperation envisages development and implementation of joint marketing programs and events for Russian startups based on programs developed by SVB, provision of services both to Russian startups to enter the American market, and to American funds and portfolio companies to operate in the Russian market.

Other activities of the relationship will include the servicing and support of Russia-focused venture funds, development of a venture financing industry including regular high-level consultations.

“This step will allow Sberbank to position itself as an innovative leader and develop a new model of services for the dynamically growing sector of the Russian economy, - commented the President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia, Herman Gref, – I am sure that execution of the MOU with SVB will open a new page in the history of success of Russian startups.”

Greg Becker, President and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, commented: “Silicon Valley Bank continues supporting innovation around the world. We are pleased to introduce our experience and knowledge to the Russian market through cooperation with Sberbank and support Russian startup companies in entering the US market.”

A report by the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab found that a claim that recent airstrikes in Syria were a “false flag” operation -- an operation that either didn — In March, the FBI opened an investigation into Russian operatives’ use of “bots” to push pro-Trump news from far-right outlets to social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and the Senate Intelligence Committee opened an investigation into Russia’s use of fake news to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Before It’s News, one of the pro-Trump propaganda outlets mentioned in the report, and a site that Media Matters has identified as a fake news purveyor, has denied any connection between Trump and the Russian government.

Tonight: Stephen tells the President everything journalists, restrained by their dignity, wish they could say. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/FHG4jvF8fv
Ã¢ÂÂ The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 1, 2017

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