Kurt Eichenwald spent six months investigating Donald Trump and his campaign. Here are his top 129 findings
Kurt Eichenwald is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, senior writer at Newsweek, and New York Times bestselling author. I strongly recommend following him at @kurteichenwald
129. NATO allies have begun assembling intel files, including from Russian informants, about Trump out of fear he is compromised.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
128. By Oct., “buyer’s remorse” set in at Kremlin, which saw Trump as 2 unpredictable/unbalanced; feared could not anticipate his actions.
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127. When Trump attacked Gold Star family, Kremlin halted hack campaign. Believed he was psychologically unbalanced and would withdraw.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
126. Kremlin has file of compromising information on Trump, with surveillance videos taken while he was in Moscow, including in his hotel.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
125. In August, a Trump associate met secretly at a school in Eastern Europe with a member of the pro-Putin faction in parliament.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
124. Several of Trump associates currently under FBI investigation on allegations of illicit connections to Russia/Ukraine.
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123, At least three of Trump’s campaign advisors have been linked to financial connections to Russia, or have aided Russian propaganda.
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122. Shortly after publication of bogus article on Russian propaganda site, Trump campaign emailed it 2 reporters urging them to pursue it
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121. Trump’s refusal to accept findings in intel briefings has terrified NATO allies, who fear he'll make policy decisions based on impulse
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120. Trump had no information to dispute the US intel briefings about Russian hacking/disinformation campaign other than Putin’s denial.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
119. Trump publicly stated, without explanation,that the information he received about Russian hacking in intelligence briefings was false.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
118. NATO allies believe that Putin is using Donald Trump’s naiveté or collusion to damage the US alliance with Western Europe.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
117. Trump sued an author for correctly writing that Trump was worth far less than he said; Trump said he did it just to hurt the guy.
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116. Although Trump folk stopped indepdent expert from doing his job, he was able to discover many relevant documents had been destroyed.
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115. Confounded by Trump refusal 2 produce records, the court appointed an independent expert 2 find them. He was obstructed from his work.
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114. Not only did Trump company destroy emails sought in litigation under court order, they erased the backup tapes.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
113. Trump execs filed sworn statement that no email server existed before 2001. It was a lie, which they admitted after emails destroyed.
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112. In lawsuit, critical question was what did Trump know before Jan 2001. All emails be4 that date destroyed be4 plaintiffs culd get them
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111. In 2009 case, ppl suing Trump 4 fraud asked if he had insurance. Said no. Years later, when insurance worthless, admitted he'd had it.
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110. Trump’s refusal to abide by settlement in housing discrimination case required government to sue him again to force compliance.
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109. After finally settling housing discrimination case, Trump immediately returned to refusing to rent to African Americans.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
108. After Trump confronted some employees in discrimination case, they changed their sworn testimony. Others told govt they feared 4 lives
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
107. Trump refused to allow prosecutors to search office when they arrived as scheduled in discrimination case, despite court order.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
106. Because of refusal to abide by court orders and document destruction, court ordered that Trump had to let prosecutors search office.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
105. After 6 mos. of refusing to turn over documents in discrimination case, Trump testified company had been destroying them whole time.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
104. For months after prosecutors filed discrimination case against Trump, refused to produce documents in violation of court orders.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
103. Trump filed complaint gainst prosecutors saying they did not formally tell him of discrimination case. A lie; phone records proved it.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
102. When Trump sued 4 refusing 2 rent to minorities, falsely said govnt demanding he lease 2 welfare recipients who couldnt pay their rent
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101. Trump’s companies destroyed or hid 1000s of emails and documents demanded in official proceedings in defiance of court orders.
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100. Trump’s use of deception & false affidavits, as well as the hiding or improper destruction of documents, dates back to at least 1973
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99. Trump’s companies destroyed or hid 1000s of emails and documents demanded in official proceedings in defiance of court orders.
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98. When banks shut Trump out of loans because of his financial mismanagement, he started obtaining $ from Cayman Islands.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
97. Trump’s only public company never made any $ and wiped out investors. Through management deals, Trump sucked $80mill out of company.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
96. Trump’s casino failures crippled his bond prices. When, years later, price went up a bit, he said proved people “love Donald Trump.”
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95. CFO of Trump casino passed out from exhaustion and dehydration caused by overwork. In response, Trump fired him.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
94. Trump has repeatedly said in his rallies that he never settles suits. It is a lie. He has settled scores of them.
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93. Trump's efforts to keep securities analyst unemployed 4 predicting casino collapse resulted in huge lawsuit Trump forced to settle.
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92. After Trump got securities analyst fired 4 having correctly predicted casino downfall, he attacked jobless man in multiple newspapers.
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91. When a securities analyst correctly said Trump casinos on verge of financial trouble, Trump threatened his employer till they fired him
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90. …magazine owner’s wife said Trump’s story of her begging for a date was ““the product of a juvenile mind.” (2/2)
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89. During that suit threat, Trump claimed owner of magazine’s wife called him pleading to have a date with him. (1/2)
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88. Trump threatened to sue a magazine when it reported – truthfully – that sales prices at Trump Tower were falling.
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87. Trump destroyed the United States Football league because he tried to use them to get an NFL team. NFL wouldnt have him.
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86. ...He decreased security for the building, and over 18 months, the number of burglaries of elderly in the building skyrocketed. (2/2)
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85. When Trump wanted to force elderly out of apartments, shut off their heat/water and moved homeless into empty units…(1/2)
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84. Trump engaged in a civil conspiracy to defraud union pension funds by hiring undocumented Polish workers, a court found.
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83. Trump reneged on a family-wide commitment to pay medical bills for his nephew’s severely sick baby because he was mad.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
82.When business execs came to his office, Trump bragged about his wife, Melania & showed them nude photographs of her from modeling days.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
81. Trump told a “friend” whom he sued over several years that he did so because the friend hadn’t given him enough praise.
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80. Trump bought jewelry in Manhattan, then colluded with the store to ship empty boxes out of state so he could dodge New York sales tax.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
79. Trump persuaded an elderly couple who ran an antique store to let him “try out” 2 valuable pieces, then refused to return or pay 4 them
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
78. Trump regularly cheats at golf, even revising scorecard after a match 2 transform defeat into victory, according 2 ppl who play w/ him.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
77. If Trump had simply invested $ he received from his dad in a mutual fund, he’d be worth far more than he is, a sign of bad bisiness.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
76. To explain his destruction of art, Trump posed as spokesman “John Barron” and lied that appraisers had called the works worthless
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
75. After promising to salvage precious artworks on a building for the Met, Trump had them jackhammered instead to save $32,000.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
74. Trump read manufactured, bogus Russian propaganda at a rally within hours of it appearing on the internet.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
73. Trump hides his taxes, but we know: He lost $ in ’78-’79, paid no taxes from 91-93, lost $1B in ’95 and likely never paid taxes since.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
72. During his time buying Chinese steel, Chinese companies were dumping steel on US market. That cost many steelworkers their jobs.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
71. For Trump Chicago building, Trump obtained financing from George Soros. (Means nothing, but it terrifies conserv conspiracy theorists.)
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
70. Trump has said he has been forced to use China to manufacture his clothing line because no one makes such things in USA. That’s a lie.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
69. Money paid to the Chinese steel manufacturers went to repay loans from Chinese banks, which are arms of the state.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
68.To hide the ultimate source of his Chinese steel, Trump purchased it through a shell company based in the British Virgin Islands.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
67. Trump opted out of using steel on many buildings, instead purchasing concrete from businesses controlled by Genovese crime family.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
66. Trump calls for return to American steel. Yet he secretly used Chinese steel on his last 2 developments projects 2 increase his profits
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016
Rubio called reveal of Trump/Cuba “troubling." Said hed decide if hed keep support after Trump explained.Trump never did, Rubio did nothing
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And that's only half! You can read more by following Kurt Eichenwald64. Trump officials were advised to hide the payments spent in violation of Cuban embargo as being related to charity work.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2016