{"id":342,"date":"2017-03-04T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:06:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T22:06:04","slug":"another-day-another-trump-cabinet-nominee-russian-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/04\/another-day-another-trump-cabinet-nominee-russian-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Another day, another Trump cabinet nominee with Russian connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/user\/Mark%20Sumner\"><strong>By Mark Sumner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday Feb 27, 2017 \u00b7 8:00 AM PST<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for Secretary of Commerce,\u00a0Wilbur Ross, is not a Goldman Sachs alumni. So \u2026\u00a0yay.<\/p>\n<p>But he is a takeover artist\u00a0who swoops in to destroy near-bankrupt companies for fun and profit, earning him the moniker \u201cthe king of bankruptcy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and of course,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcreport.org\/2017\/02\/25\/another-cabinet-pick-with-secret-ties-to-putin-and-oligarchs\/\">he&#8217;s got a Russian connection.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study prepared exclusively for DCReport.org by James S. Henry reveals deep financial ties between Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for Commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, and three Russian oligarchs, whose lives and fortunes depend on staying in the good graces of Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>One of Donald Trump\u2019s Moscow pipelines is a partnership that lets oligarchs convert illicit funds into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2017\/1\/9\/1618540\/-Was-Donald-Trump-bailed-out-of-bankruptcy-by-Russia-crime-bosses\">Manhattan real estate\u00a0<\/a>while lining Trump\u2019s pocket. How is Wilbur Ross going to top that?<\/p>\n<p>These relationships between nominee Ross and the oligarchs involve ownership and management of a European bank with a reputation for laundering Russian money and making bad loans.<\/p>\n<p>Well that \u2026\u00a0would do it. Wilbur Ross and his Russian partners have\u00a0a more than $1 billion dollar stake in the Bank of Cyprus, a bank with an infamous\u00a0\u201cwe don\u2019t care where you got it\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: Since this was written, Wilbur Ross was approved\/confirmed by the REPUBLICAN SENATE to be SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. \u00a0 God Help Us\/USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Mark Sumner Monday Feb 27, 2017 \u00b7 8:00 AM PST Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for Secretary of Commerce,\u00a0Wilbur Ross, is not a Goldman Sachs alumni. So \u2026\u00a0yay. 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