Egypt May Have Bribed Trump With $10m, But Probe Was Derailed

[xser88]

Report Reveals Egypt May Have Bribed Trump With $10m, But Probe Was Derailed

A report by the Washington Post states Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10
million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign.

Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10 million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign, but the probe into the bribe was quashed by Trump’s attorney general, William Bar, a damning report by the Washington Post reveals.

The report, published on Friday, states that a $10m cash withdrawal was made from a Cairo bank just five days before Trump’s inauguration, which later fuelled a probe into whether he had accepted the bribe.

In the US, candidates for federal office are prohibited from accepting foreign donations, which would make the withdrawal unlawful. The report also states that Trump had in October 2016 injected $10m into his campaign, which came following a meeting with Egypt’s president when he was in New York.

However, the official investigation was thwarted before agents were able to collect evidence they needed for the case, after Trump’s attorney general William Barr reportedly questioned if there was sufficient evidence to carry out the probe.

Trump’s Justice Department also blocked FBI agents and prosecutors from accessing bank records which would have provided the evidence.

Barr had also told attorney Jessie Liu, also appointed by Trump, to examine the intelligence herself.

The report has raised questions over Trump’s repeated paise for Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his objections over concerns from politicians over his authoritarian rule and human rights abuses in the north African country.

Two months before the election day, Trump met with Sisi behind closed doors on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in Manhattan, with the Trump later calling him a "fantastic guy" in an interview on Fox News.

Directly after the meeting, the Trump campaign also said that Trump promised Sisi that the US planned to be a "loyal friend" to Egypt.

The probe has not been renewed under attorney general Merrick Garland, and is not likely to be reopened.

The justice department, US attorney in Washington DC, the FBI and an Egyptian government spokesperson declined to answer the Washington Post’s questions.

An unnamed source told the Washington Post that "every American should be concerned about how this case ended” and that "the Justice Department is supposed to follow evidence wherever it leads – it does so all the time to determine if a crime occurred or not."

A spokesperson for Trump has slammed the report, blaming "deep state Trump-haters and bad faith actors" for it.

"None of the allegations or insinuations being reported on have any basis in fact. The Washington Post is consistently played for suckers by Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors peddling hoaxes and shams," Steven Cheung said.

Report reveals Egypt may have bribed Trump with $10m

A report by the Washington Post states Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10 million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign.

www.newarab.com

 

[DaisyDay]

WaPo: $10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt​

In the years since the Egypt case was closed, the Sisi regime’s ambitions to influence senior U.S. government officials have been laid bare by the bribery conviction of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.​

Team 10 Mueller organized his investigators into teams with intentionally bland code names, like Team R for Russia. The team investigating Egypt was dubbed Team 10, as in $10 million, people familiar with the investigation said.​

This is a long article but worth reading

 

[Fantine]

Rachel Maddow is shining the spotlight on this a little bit more:

MSN

www.msn.com

And, as she said, if he really wanted to prove his innocence,, all he had to do was show his financial records to the DOJ--instead of having the Attorney General quash the investigation.

One of the most interesting twists in this case is that after Trump received the $10 million he gave Egypt $1 billion in aid during the following year--repaying the generous "donation" by repaying it one hundred fold---out of our tax dollars.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Report Reveals Egypt May Have Bribed Trump With $10m, But Probe Was Derailed

A report by the Washington Post states Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10
million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign.
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Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10 million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign, but the probe into the bribe was quashed by Trump’s attorney general, William Bar, a damning report by the Washington Post reveals.

Good lord...10 million? Surely there's a pile of evidence for this speculation!

The report, published on Friday, states that a $10m cash withdrawal was made from a Cairo bank just five days before Trump’s inauguration, which later fuelled a probe into whether he had accepted the bribe.

Someone withdrew 10 million from a Cairo bank?

No wonder they think it's Trump.

In the US, candidates for federal office are prohibited from accepting foreign donations, which would make the withdrawal unlawful.

Tell that to Hunter.

The report also states that Trump had in October 2016 injected $10m into his campaign, which came following a meeting with Egypt’s president when he was in New York.

Well that money was listed as coming from somewhere. Election donations aren't secret.

However, the official investigation was thwarted before agents were able to collect evidence they needed for the case, after Trump’s attorney general William Barr reportedly questioned if there was sufficient evidence to carry out the probe.

Exactly.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Is it this 10 million?

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-100-million-donations-230649

The 10 million dollar check he wrote himself?

 

[Ana the Ist]

WaPo: $10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt​

In the years since the Egypt case was closed, the Sisi regime’s ambitions to influence senior U.S. government officials have been laid bare by the bribery conviction of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.​

Team 10 Mueller organized his investigators into teams with intentionally bland code names, like Team R for Russia. The team investigating Egypt was dubbed Team 10, as in $10 million, people familiar with the investigation said.​

This is a long article but worth reading

It's locked. It looks like the 10 million dollar donation he made to his own campaign.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Rachel Maddow is shining the spotlight on this a little bit more:

MSN

www.msn.com

And, as she said, if he really wanted to prove his innocence,, all he had to do was show his financial records to the DOJ--instead of having the Attorney General quash the investigation.

One of the most interesting twists in this case is that after Trump received the $10 million he gave Egypt $1 billion in aid during the following year--repaying the generous "donation" by repaying it one hundred fold---out of our tax dollars.

Prove his innocence?

Of what? Surely the FEC looks into all major political contributions. I'm sure they looked at this one.

This is like when they claimed someone told them Trump still had binders of secret documents hidden somewhere.

This belongs in the conspiracy theories section. There's just nothing here.

 

[Fantine]

The classified documents case, a slam duck for the prosecution, failed because of a a judge appointed by the defendant whose odd decisions were continually reversed by higher courts for their clear bias and judicial irregularity.

 

[ozso]

$10 million is chump change this time around with Musk being the financier.

 

[DaisyDay]

It's locked. It looks like the 10 million dollar donation he made to his own campaign.

"It" being what? Yes, it looks like the $10M went to his campaign but where did it originate?

From link above:

Within months of learning of the withdrawal, prosecutors and FBI agents were blocked by top Justice Department officials from obtaining bank records they believed might hold critical evidence, according to interviews with people familiar with the case as well as documents and contemporaneous notes of the investigation. The case ground to a halt by the fall of 2019 as Trump’s then-attorney general, William P. Barr, raised doubts about whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe of Trump.​

 

[DaisyDay]

$10 million is chump change this time around with Musk being the financier.

This time round - however, this thread is about the 2016 campaign and Trump's DOJ interference in the investigation.

 

[DaisyDay]

The classified documents case, a slam duck for the prosecution, failed because of a a judge appointed by the defendant whose odd decisions were continually reversed by higher courts for their clear bias and judicial irregularity.

It's not failed yet, just delayed. Hopefully, Cannon will be removed from this case.

 

[Ana the Ist]

"It" being what?

The article by WaPo.

Yes, it looks like the $10M went to his campaign but where did it originate?

He donated it himself.

From link above:

Within months of learning of the withdrawal,​

It doesn't sound like they have any evidence of the withdrawal....this was something they "learned about" from "someone".

prosecutors and FBI agents were blocked by top Justice Department officials from obtaining bank records they believed might hold critical evidence, ​

Right....typically for a warrant for that sort of thing you'd need some evidence.

according to interviews with people familiar with the case as well as documents and contemporaneous notes of the investigation. ​

WaPo got interviews with people involved in the "case" but didn't name them....and access to documents and notes but didn't share them?

The case ground to a halt by the fall of 2019 as Trump’s then-attorney general, William P. Barr, raised doubts about whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe of Trump.​

Indeed. If this was like the rumors overheard in bars that led to the Trump/Russia collusion investigation....Barr was smart to shut it down without unless they can provide some actual evidence. It doesn't sound like the FBI even had evidence of the 10 million being withdrawn in Cairo.

 

[DaisyDay]

The article by WaPo.

It's an unlocked link.

He donated it himself.

Do you really think that's what I asked?

It doesn't sound like they have any evidence of the withdrawal....this was something they "learned about" from "someone".

Right....typically for a warrant for that sort of thing you'd need some evidence.

WaPo got interviews with people involved in the "case" but didn't name them....and access to documents and notes but didn't share them?

Indeed. If this was like the rumors overheard in bars that led to the Trump/Russia collusion investigation....Barr was smart to shut it down without unless they can provide some actual evidence. It doesn't sound like the FBI even had evidence of the 10 million being withdrawn in Cairo.

 

[Ana the Ist]

It's an unlocked link.

That's what I got off your link.

Do you really think that's what I asked?

Did you mean something more specific? I'd imagine he got it out of a bank.

 

[BPPLEE]

Report Reveals Egypt May Have Bribed Trump With $10m, But Probe Was Derailed

A report by the Washington Post states Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10
million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign.
View attachment 352803

Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10 million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign, but the probe into the bribe was quashed by Trump’s attorney general, William Bar, a damning report by the Washington Post reveals.

The report, published on Friday, states that a $10m cash withdrawal was made from a Cairo bank just five days before Trump’s inauguration, which later fuelled a probe into whether he had accepted the bribe.

In the US, candidates for federal office are prohibited from accepting foreign donations, which would make the withdrawal unlawful. The report also states that Trump had in October 2016 injected $10m into his campaign, which came following a meeting with Egypt’s president when he was in New York.

However, the official investigation was thwarted before agents were able to collect evidence they needed for the case, after Trump’s attorney general William Barr reportedly questioned if there was sufficient evidence to carry out the probe.

Trump’s Justice Department also blocked FBI agents and prosecutors from accessing bank records which would have provided the evidence.

Barr had also told attorney Jessie Liu, also appointed by Trump, to examine the intelligence herself.

The report has raised questions over Trump’s repeated paise for Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his objections over concerns from politicians over his authoritarian rule and human rights abuses in the north African country.

Two months before the election day, Trump met with Sisi behind closed doors on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in Manhattan, with the Trump later calling him a "fantastic guy" in an interview on Fox News.

Directly after the meeting, the Trump campaign also said that Trump promised Sisi that the US planned to be a "loyal friend" to Egypt.

The probe has not been renewed under attorney general Merrick Garland, and is not likely to be reopened.

The justice department, US attorney in Washington DC, the FBI and an Egyptian government spokesperson declined to answer the Washington Post’s questions.

An unnamed source told the Washington Post that "every American should be concerned about how this case ended” and that "the Justice Department is supposed to follow evidence wherever it leads – it does so all the time to determine if a crime occurred or not."

A spokesperson for Trump has slammed the report, blaming "deep state Trump-haters and bad faith actors" for it.

"None of the allegations or insinuations being reported on have any basis in fact. The Washington Post is consistently played for suckers by Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors peddling hoaxes and shams," Steven Cheung said.

Report reveals Egypt may have bribed Trump with $10m

A report by the Washington Post states Egypt’s government may have given Donald Trump $10 million in cash in 2017 to boost his election campaign.

www.newarab.com

What office was he running for in 2017?

 

[DaisyDay]

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That's what I got off your link.

Oh, I see...it's free, but they want an account, jerks. Sneaky of them. WaPo did the original report, but others have covered it, citing the WaPo article:

Report reveals secret US inquiry into alleged 2016 Egyptian $10m gift to Trump

A Washington Post report details that an Egypt-linked group withdrew funds days before Trump’s inauguration

www.theguardian.com

Free NYTimes article

Did you mean something more specific? I'd imagine he got it out of a bank.

Ha-ha, yeah I thought you might pull that. Where did it originate before he put it in the bank.

 

[DaisyDay]

What office was he running for in 2017?

That's not a real question.

C.I.A. intelligence relayed to the special counsel’s office suggested that senior leaders of a foreign power had signed off on secretly funneling millions of dollars — with the help of a Trump campaign adviser acting as “a bag man” — to Mr. Trump in the final days of the 2016 election.

Seems to have been promised in 2016 and delivered in 2017. What did the Supreme Court rule about the timing of a bribe - it only counts if the money comes before the favor or the other way around?

 

[mark46]

"It" being what? Yes, it looks like the $10M went to his campaign but where did it originate?

From link above:

Within months of learning of the withdrawal, prosecutors and FBI agents were blocked by top Justice Department officials from obtaining bank records they believed might hold critical evidence, according to interviews with people familiar with the case as well as documents and contemporaneous notes of the investigation. The case ground to a halt by the fall of 2019 as Trump’s then-attorney general, William P. Barr, raised doubts about whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe of Trump.​

It originated from the Egyptian secret service account at the orders of Egyptian's dictator than told Triump that he would try to get Trum the $10M he needed.

BOTTOM LINE
Does anyone care? Of course, Trump's campaign has received monies from foreign countries and from billionaires. And folks are certainly free to believe that there is no quid pro quo.

 

[mark46]

What office was he running for in 2017?

truly funny

Isn't the point that the president of the US was given $10M by the leader of a foreign government.

I know that this is a new modern era.