A major US investigation into Russian money laundering has come to an abrupt end.
The case aimed to expose how Russian mobsters allegedly stole $230 million and hid some of the cash in New York City real estate. Also sure to come up was the suspicious death of the Russian lawyer who exposed the alleged fraud, though US prosecutors weren't alleging that the defendants were behind it.
The trial was set to start on Monday, but late Friday night, federal prosecutors in New York announced they settled the case with Prevezon, the company accused of buying up "high-end commercial space and luxury apartments" with laundered money.
The abrupt conclusion has some involved in the trial wondering why this Russian investigation had been cut short.
"What most concerns me is: Has there been any political pressure applied in this?" asked Louise Shelley, an illicit finance expert who was set to testify in support of the US government on Tuesday.
Shelley — who founded George Mason University's Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center — said the alleged money launderers got off easy.
"I think they won something. There's no recognition of wrongdoing," she said.
CNN's request for comment from the US Attorney was ignored.
If you are thinking that this had something to do with Donald Trump, give yourself a gold star for obvious observational skills.
If you are also thinking that Trump's Justice Department did some behind the scenes manipulations to make this whole thing go away, you go ahead and give yourself two of those stars.
And trust me this will not be the last of these investigations to suddenly come to an abrupt end.
If Trump has his way, EVERY investigation into his financial ties, collusion, or possible urination videos concerning Russia will end up on the same trash heap of history.
That is why my friends that for those of us who claim to be participating in The Resistance need to keep our eyes open and spread this kind of news far and wide.
If you find any more cases of this type of obstructionism you need to send the link here to IM, but also put it on your Facebook feed and encourage your friends and family to disseminate it so that it is not forgotten, and so that we can make note of what Trump did to protect himself from possible prosecution. And who helped him to do it.
We are at war, and it is a war where one side tries to spread the facts, and the other side attempts to deny the very existence of those facts.
Or, of facts in general.
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