I’ve been trying to tell this story for two years, but it’s nice to get a little more detail and some serious corroboration.
What Did Thomas Barrack Know, and When Did He Know It?
If Trump Were Innocent, He’d Never Stop Trashing Manafort
Why Was Paul Manafort Hired in the First Place?
Were Manafort and Flynn Recruited By the Russians?
I find it reassuring from time to time when pieces like this bubble to the surface that the various characters start by saying that they’ve been interviewed by Mueller’s team.
The story brought back the scene of Trump shoving aside the Pres of Montenegro at a summit.
Thomas Barrack’s name sure pops up in the dark corners a lot, from Manafort getting the campaign chairmanship through him, hanging out with him after he exited the campaign to running the fund raising for the inauguration.
True dat, Booman. Good prognostication and analysis.
Viktor Boyarkin acted on behalf of Oleg Deripaska …
Meeting the needs of our US/UK or Jewish State of Israel based friendly oligarchs …
“The Russian-Jewish billionaire Oleg Deripaska is examining investment opportunities in Israel. Deripaska, 36, one of the youngest billionaires in the world, arrived in his private jet last Thursday [Haaretz – March 25, 2004] for a quick visit to Tel Aviv, accompanied by his friend Lord Nathaniel Rothschild of London.”
Famous words by Ukrainian-born Access Investment owner Sir Leonard (Len) Blavatnik: “I am not an oligarch“.
The analysis in all those articles was excellent, but I did a double take when I saw how long ago the last article, on the recruitment of Flynn and Manafort, was written. Except for the evidence we now have that work on the Moscow Project lasted a lot longer than right before the Iowa caucuses it could have been written yesterday. But now, nobody would say “This all sounds kind of crazy.” Because it sounds anything but crazy now. Your analysis was spot on, Booman.