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Russian Influence on Trump's Business Ties

¿Sabes?, ese tipo tiene ocho mil millones de dólares más

que yo porque tenía una deuda tan

enorme en ese momento, ¿sabes?

Los rusos tienen un tipo particular de objetivo al que

persiguen.

Van tras alguien que tiene recursos empresariales,

quizá una moral dudosa que lo haga receptivo al

soborno,

o que quizás esté en una situación financiera difícil y tenga

conexiones o aspiraciones políticas.

Acabo de describir a Donald Trump.

Era el objetivo perfecto para los rusos.

Los rusos lo salvaron. Lo rescataron.

No habría vuelto a los negocios sin ellos.

Creo que es seguro decir que no podría haberse postulado a la presidencia si solo hubiera sido un

tipo con una deuda de cuatro mil millones de dólares.

Cuando la mafia rusa hace algo, es con permiso de Putin,

y eso sirve a sus intereses.

¿Alguna vez ha hecho negocios a sabiendas con lo que me gusta llamar

crimen organizado?

¿Alguna vez se han presentado y han dicho...?

Bueno, yo... he tratado de mantenerme alejado de ellos

lo más posible.

Claro.

Aunque debo decir que en alguna ocasión he conocido a algunos de esos

individuos.

Claro.

Resulta que son muy buena gente.

Solo que no querrás deberles dinero.

Sí, lo entiendo.

No les debas dinero.

Pero ahora...

Semyon Mogilevich había decidido ir a por Trump tras estudiar las

solicitudes de quiebra de Trump de 2004 presentadas

ante el tribunal.

Al notar que Trump había perdido sus líneas de crédito,

creyeron que no estaría en posición de decir que no.

Una firma inmobiliaria rusa, Bayrock, empezó a

alquilar espacios en la Torre Trump.

Putin necesita vigilar a sus oligarcas, y una forma de

Vigilar es saber dónde está su dinero .

Bayrock bien pudo haber sido una forma de hacer eso.

Para mí, ese es un punto de inflexión porque lo que

tenemos aquí es una

operación de inteligencia muy seria, y está en el

vientre de la bestia. Está en el hogar del hombre que se convierte

presidente de los

Estados Unidos, y funcionó allí durante muchos, muchos

años.

Una de las personas clave que lo organizó, Felix Sater.

Un lugarteniente de la familia criminal Mogilevich.

Con muchos contactos en el nexo

entre las organizaciones criminales rusas y las de seguridad nacional

rusas.

Se convirtió en director general de Bayrock.

Él mismo había sido condenado por dos delitos graves.

Por cortarle la cara a un tipo

en un bar.

Otro fue un fraude bursátil de inflar y vender acciones.

Pero acabó colaborando con los federales y empezó

proporcionando información sobre ventas de armas a

Al-Qaeda.

Mogilevich, según informes del FBI, vendía armas a Al-Qaeda.

Eso plantea preguntas muy interesantes porque no creo que Felix Sater

traicionaría a Mogilevich.

Famosamente amenazó a un inversor con electrocutarle los

testículos.

Trump trabajó con Sater durante muchos, muchos años

después de que se revelara que era un delincuente.

Siguió trabajando para Trump y, de hecho, tenía una tarjeta de presentación que decía

que era asesor principal de la Organización Trump.

Hay varias fotografías de ambos juntos.

Tenía una oficina en la Torre Trump.

Trump era la cara pública de Bayrock.

Y sin embargo, cuando prestó declaración bajo juramento en una

declaración judicial y

al ser confrontado con Sater, simplemente dice, eh—

Si estuviera sentado en la habitación ahora mismo, yo, yo de verdad no sabría cómo era

él.

Mmm.

Trump le pidió personalmente a Sater que escoltara a sus

dos hijos, Ivanka y Donald Trump Jr., en un viaje a

Moscú y les enseñara la ciudad.

Parece desempeñar un papel constante en-

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Original transcript (English)

You know, that guy has eight billion dollars more than me because he was in such extreme debt at that point, you know? The Russians, they have a particular type of mark whom they go after.

They go after somebody who has business resources, perhaps some shady morals so that they're amenable to the bribery, or perhaps are in a difficult financial situation, and either has political connections or aspirations.

I've just described Donald Trump. He was the perfect mark for the Russians. The Russians saved him. They rescued him. He would not have gotten back in business without them. I think it's safe to say he couldn't have run for president if he had just been a

guy who was four billion dollars in debt. When the Russian mafia does something, it's with Putin's permission, and it's serving his interests. Have you ever knowingly done business with what I like to call organized crime?

Have they ever stopped by and said- Well, I've, I've really tried to stay away from them as much as possible. Right. Although, I must say, I have met on occasion a few of those

people. Sure. They happen to be very nice people. You just don't wanna owe them money. Yeah, I understand.

Don't owe them money. But now... Semyon Mogilevich, he had made a decision to make the move on Trump after studying Trump's 2004 bankruptcy filings.

Noticing that Trump had lost his credit lines, they felt he would not be in the position to say no. A Russian, uh, real estate firm, Bayrock, started leasing space in Trump Tower. Putin needs to keep track of his oligarchs, and one way of

keeping tabs is knowing where their money is. Bayrock may well have been a way of doing that. To me, that's a turning point because what we have here is a very serious intelligence operation, and it is in the

belly of the beast. It is in the home of the man who becomes president of the United States, and it was operating there for many, many years. One of the key people putting it together, Felix Sater.

A lieutenant in the Mogilevich crime family. Very connected into the nexus between the Russian criminal organizations and the Russian national security organizations. He became managing director of Bayrock.

He himself had been convicted of two felonies. Slashing a guy's face in a bar. Another was a pump and dump stock scheme. But he ended up cooperating with the feds, and he started

providing information on sales of weapons to Al-Qaeda. Mogilevich, according to FBI reports, was selling weapons to Al-Qaeda. That raises very interesting questions 'cause I don't think Felix Sater would betray Mogilevich.

He famously threatened an investor with electrocuting his testicles. Trump worked with Sater for many, many years after it was revealed that he was a criminal. He continued to work for Trump, and in fact, had a business card saying

that he was a senior advisor to the Trump organization. There's multiple photographs of the two of them together. He had an office in Trump Tower. Trump was the public face of Bayrock. And yet, when he was placed under oath in a

deposition and confronted about Sater, he simply says, uh- If he were sitting in the room right now, I, I really wouldn't know what he looked like. Mm-hmm.

Trump actually personally asked Sater to escort his two children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., on a trip to Moscow and show them around the town. He seems to be playing a consistent role in-

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