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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1032089)	9/27/2017 10:29:52 AM
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What does today's news of millions of dollars in contributions to Trump by Russian-Americans mean for the Mueller investigation? 8:39 PM - 26 Sep 2017 Renato Mariotti?Verified account @renato_mariotti 1/ Today @ABC News published this article about very large donations to Trump by Russian-Americans. 2/ It's very interesting that Mueller is looking at these donations, because on their face, donations by Russian-Americans are not illegal. 3/ Generally Americans of any background are able to donate. So why is Mueller looking at the donations? The article gives us answers. 4/ *It is* illegal for foreigners (or foreign governments) to funnel money into campaigns via Americans. Look at this part of the story: 5/ When the article mentions "timing," that is suggests that the donations correspond to communications and other evidence Mueller has that 6/ indicate foreigners were really behind those donations. The size of the donations was massive--the final donations totaled $1.25 million. 7/ The article reveals one key communication that Mueller has--the notes taken by Manafort on his cell phone during the Trump Tower meeting. 8/ Until now, we didn't know what Manafort wrote. But we now know that during the meeting, Manafort wrote "active sponsors of RNC": 9/ That's interesting, given that supposedly the meeting focused on "adoptions," meaning the repeal of the Magnitsky Act. The Russian 10/ lawyer in that meeting was purported to be a Russian government representative that was part of Russia's plan to aid Trump, per the 11/ emails released by Trump Jr. Trading an official act (repealing sanctions) for donations is a federal crime. It would also be a crime 12/ for Russians to funnel donations to Trump or the RNC via Russian-Americans. The Americans who took part in the scheme would also have 13/ liability. This news is important because it is a totally new line of inquiry that we did not know about before. Also, for the first 14/ time the Trump Tower meeting is linked to other evidence that Mueller has**. Mueller's investigation is once again developing evidence 15/ of crimes that could involve Russians and Americans working together. That could be more explosive than crimes Americans could commit 16/ alone like false disclosures or false tax returns. /end