John Schindler@20committee

Kicking off with the below tweet - see whole thread - it's time to have an official CI Tweetstorm on this issue. /1  https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818468177910829057 …

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:33:55

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818480930801221633

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:33:55

John Schindler@20committee

Trump Org's secret ties to Russian OC are well known in certain circles, including some IC folks. But MSM has been (mostly) derelict. /2

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:35:13

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818481260230217728

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:35:13

John Schindler@20committee

MSM has been reluctant to seriously explore Trump's Kremlin ties because Don loves suing everyone. And his Russia mafia pals kill people. /3

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:35:52

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818481423686443009

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:35:52

John Schindler@20committee

Moreover, actually grasping what the Trump Org does -- which Don works hard at anyone getting a look at -- requires a lot of knowledge. /4

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:36:37

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818481609863299073

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:36:37

John Schindler@20committee

You need to understand real estate finance, and Russian organized crime AND Russian intelligence...if you do, the picture is quite clear. /5

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:37:22

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818481801035415552

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:37:22

John Schindler@20committee

Mogilevich is the biggest mob boss in Russia -- maybe the world -- and his capos+footprints are all over the Trump Org since early 1990s. /6

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:38:48

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818482161502322688

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:38:48

John Schindler@20committee

Mogilevich launders money in the West, including the USA, on a gargantuan scale; he is clever and good at this. FBI knows all about it. /7

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:39:34

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818482354406756352

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:39:34

John Schindler@20committee

In 1992, Mogilevich sent a capo to NYC to run his US show. That was Yaponchik AKA Vyacheslav Ivankov, who was murdered in Moscow in 2009. /8

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:40:54

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818482687929421826

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:40:54

John Schindler@20committee

Yaponchik/Ivankov -- for 3 years until the FBI caught up with him -- was dividing his time between Trump Tower & Don's Taj Mahal Casino. /9

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:42:09

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818483002539986945

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:42:09

John Schindler@20committee

There are literally dozens of Russian OC scams, some gargantuan, that we know were based at Trump properties -- quite a coincidence. /10

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:43:21

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818483307717476352

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:43:21

John Schindler@20committee

The real issue is how Mogilevich made the Trump Org one of his overseas subsidiaries, de facto, back in the 1990s. FBI knows this too. /11

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:44:18

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818483544829870081

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:44:18

John Schindler@20committee

Also, Mogilevich has a very cozy relationship with Putin & his special services, going back to KGB days. They help each other non-stop. /12

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:45:08

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818483753110609924

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:45:08

John Schindler@20committee

Not long after Sasha Litvinenko told reporters about Putin's close links to Mogilevich, FSB gave him atomic tea. Another coincidence. /13

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:46:02

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818483980370669568

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:46:02

John Schindler@20committee

There's an old IC joke about Russian organized crime: "Who do you think organized them?" Trump being in bed with ROC = in bed with FSB /14

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:47:08

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818484258780102656

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:47:08

John Schindler@20committee

End of Tweetstorm -- for now. Would be nice if Congress took a look at the evidence here, it's overwhelming. Very, very soon would help. /15

Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:47:58

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https://twitter.com/20committee/status/818484466469470208

— John Schindler (@20committee)Mon, Jan 09 2017 15:47:58