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Since before the election, the con artist was involved with Russia. Between getting loans from Russian banks since no American or other banks would loan him money due to his repeated business failures, to laundering money for the Russian mob, his hands were thick in Russian rubles.
Then came the assistance of Putin during the election, and the con artist's abject refusal to say a single bad word about the dictator. There were times the con artist even apologized for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the deliberate bombing of hospitals and civilians in Syria.
Now, the Senate has had enough. A bipartisan bill being introduced would force the con artist to state, unequivocally, whether or not Russia is a sponsor of state terrorism.
In November 2018 lawmakers made their frustrations clear after the administration failed to announce a tranche of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom earlier last year.
The US Treasury report, published shortly before a midnight deadline, listed every senior member of the political administration at the Kremlin, and every Russian oligarch with a net worth of $1 billion or more.
Some of those named are already subject to US sanctions. But the administration stopped short of imposing new punishments, saying the legislation was already doing its job. The report was "not a sanctions list," it said.
The question becomes, assuming the bill passes, will the con artist attempt to weasel out of saying anything bad about his Russian handler, or will he hope all the tapes and other evidence of his collusion with Russia stay hidden?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/senate-bipartisan-legislation-russia/index.html
Then came the assistance of Putin during the election, and the con artist's abject refusal to say a single bad word about the dictator. There were times the con artist even apologized for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the deliberate bombing of hospitals and civilians in Syria.
Now, the Senate has had enough. A bipartisan bill being introduced would force the con artist to state, unequivocally, whether or not Russia is a sponsor of state terrorism.
It would also require a two-thirds Senate vote if Trump decides to leave NATO, a report on Russian President Vladimir Putin's net worth and assets, and title insurance companies in the US to report information on who owns entities that buy high-priced homes here -- as well as would hammer Russia with a host of additional sanctions and new ways of cracking down on Russian disinformation and cyber-crimes.
In November 2018 lawmakers made their frustrations clear after the administration failed to announce a tranche of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom earlier last year.
The US Treasury report, published shortly before a midnight deadline, listed every senior member of the political administration at the Kremlin, and every Russian oligarch with a net worth of $1 billion or more.
Some of those named are already subject to US sanctions. But the administration stopped short of imposing new punishments, saying the legislation was already doing its job. The report was "not a sanctions list," it said.
The question becomes, assuming the bill passes, will the con artist attempt to weasel out of saying anything bad about his Russian handler, or will he hope all the tapes and other evidence of his collusion with Russia stay hidden?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/senate-bipartisan-legislation-russia/index.html
