Here is more information.
"The federal government will continue investigating whether foreign buyers are using high-end U.S. real estate to launder money after an expanded investigation found that potentially illicit activity is behind as many as one in three cash purchases from foreign buyers in select markets."
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/39323-us-to-continue-investigating-money-laundering-by-foreign-real-estate-buyersAlso from the same article:
"In Manhattan, for instance, title insurance companies will be required to reveal the individual behind a cash transaction on all sales of $3 million and above"
http://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/money-laundering-schemes-in-real-estate/Kushner's deal for the several floors in the old NYT building was $295M. One method of using real estate to money launder entails purchasing a property with a cash payment and afterwards taking out a loan. Kushner took out a loan with the Deutsch Bank for $295M after purchasing the property. The Deutsch bank is also part of the investigation and has been involved in other Russian money laundering scandals. Duetsch bank has finally agreed to provide information on these loans but they have asked for more time and have not been all that cooperative.
The bank, which is the largest bank in Germany, has also been fined $630M for organizing something called "mirror trading". How this works is that stocks, for example Russian stocks, are purchased using Russian currency. Then the stocks are sold for the identical value in US dollars. They are purchased for a client and resold to a related person.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/05/deutsche-bank-asks-for-more-time-for-us-query-on-trump-russia-source.htmlThe bank has also loaned Trump a lot of money when no one else would. These loans are being scrutinized by the Mueller investigation. Here is an article explaining why these loans are suspect. The bank also has strong ties to Russia.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/donald-trump-deutsche-bank-russiaWhile non of these connections proves anything they do raise substantial suspicion especially when put together with other known facts. I believe enough that to NOT investigate would be wrong and do a disservice to the American people. Trump wanted this job. It is his own fault that he has these suspicions cast upon him. I did not think he was a trustworthy businessman before he ran for POTUS and I believe more firmly in that today.
Before anyone automatically thinks that Trump isn't guilty and this is one big conspiracy against him they need to have all of the facts that give rise to suspicion as to Trump and Russian connections. As one article mentioned, it is not that Trump owed the money but it is to whom he owed it that is of concern when it comes to who may have influence over him. To ignore these things is to be willfully blind because of political reasons and has nothing to do with wanting to MAGA and everything to do with clearing out the swamp that is DC. Even if that includes a POTUS with an "R" after his name. I don't care that Hillary has done XYor Z. I wish she was behind bars too but that is not under my control. We will never have an honest government unless we get rid of the swamp critters whether they have a "D" or an "R" after their name. Morality isn't qualified that way and our founders told us that this Republic would only work if we elect honest and moral men and women to represent us.
