SO there’s a leak saying that Trump was trying to give Putin a $50 million penthouse in a Trump Tower in Moscow. Buzzfeed says that Michael Cohen told Mueller this based on the plea deal he made earlier today.
Here’s more from the New York Post:
The Trump Organization floated the idea of giving Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse at the top of the proposed Trump Tower Moscow, a report said on Thursday.
President Trump’s company made the proposal to the Russian leader as the business was planning to build the luxury hotel in the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign, according to BuzzFeed News.
Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen — who admitted to negotiating a proposal for the building on Thursday — discussed the penthouse idea with a representative for Putin, the website reported.
It sounds like a scheme to make money through Putin’s influence:
Cohen associate Felix Sater admitted to coming up with the idea as a marketing strategy.
“In Russia, the oligarchs would bend over backwards to live in the same building as Vladimir Putin,” Sater told BuzzFeed News.
“My idea was to give a $50 million penthouse to Putin and charge $250 million more for the rest of the units. All the oligarchs would line up to live in the same building as Putin.”
So this is problem right because Trump said all throughout the campaign that he had no business dealings in Russia – it turns out he was negotiating one at exactly that time. Is this collusion? NO. But it IS a problem. And who knows what else will come out…
On the other hand, Trump says he has proof the Democrats and Hillary and the FBI were conspiring against him, so… maybe it would be a good time to bring all of that out? Maybe? Also #MAGA!!!