{"id":34503,"date":"2017-05-07T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T06:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=34503"},"modified":"2017-07-16T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T14:44:58","slug":"34503-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/34503-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump: The Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/34503-2\/businesscard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34510 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34510 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Businesscard-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"103\"><\/a>Although still in its early days, Donald Trump\u2019s presidency is coming under fire. The Russians are alleged to be in possession of sensitive information about Trump. And that exposes Trump to blackmail. Fake news, tweets Trump: \u201cI have nothing to do with Russia \u2013 no deals, no loans, no nothing!\u201d Trump swears he has no ties with the Russians. But is that actually the case?<\/p>\n<p>For months, the FBI have been investigating Russian interference in the American presidential elections. ZEMBLA is investigating another explosive dossier concerning Trump\u2019s involvement with the Russians: Trump\u2019s business and personal ties to oligarchs from the former Soviet Union. Powerful billionaires suspected of money laundering and fraud, and of having contacts in Moscow and with the mafia. What do these relationships say about Trump and why does he deny them? How compromising are these dubious business relationships for the 45th president of the United States? And are there connections with the Netherlands? ZEMBLA meets with one of Trump\u2019s controversial cronies and speaks with a former CIA agent, fraud investigators, attorneys, and an American senator among others&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/zembla.vara.nl\/dossier\/uitzending\/the-dubious-friends-of-donald-trump-the-russians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump: The Russians<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Curious-World-of-Donald-Trumps-Private-Russian-Connections-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Curious World<\/strong> <\/a>\/ James S. Henry<br \/>\nDonald Trumps Private Russian Connections<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/media-service.vara.nl\/player.php?id=372765\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2017\/04\/23\/trumps-organized-crime-ties-bring-blackmail-to-the-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump\u2019s Organized Crime Ties Bring Blackmail to the White House<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/organised-crime.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/organised-crime.jpeg 677w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/organised-crime-300x266.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/organised-crime-339x300.jpeg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/zembla.vara.nl\/dossier\/uitzending\/trump-business-partner-accused-of-involvement-in-dutch-based-money-laundering-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump business partner accused of involvement in Dutch-based money laundering scheme<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/what-the-american-television-should-tell-you-about_us_590ba121e4b056aa2363d331?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What American Television Should Tell You About Donald Trump\u2019s ties to Russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although still in its early days, Donald Trump\u2019s presidency is coming under fire. The Russians are alleged to be in possession of sensitive information about Trump. And that exposes Trump to blackmail. Fake news, tweets Trump: \u201cI have nothing to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/34503-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34503"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34686,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34503\/revisions\/34686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}