Rachel Maddow connects the dots between a billionaire Russian oligarch and a bizarre Donald Trump deal

Mark Frauenfelder 8:34 am Wed Mar 1, 2017

Why would a savvy Russian billionaire buy a tear-down, mold-infested house from Donald Trump for $100 million, and what does it have to do with newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross?

In a 20-minute video, Rachel Maddow exposes the shady connections between tens of billions of dollars of international money laundering, Putin's close friends and relatives, crooked banks, Wilbur Ross, and Donald Trump. The fact that Republicans in Congress have blocked every attempt to open an investigation into Trump's ties to Russian money laundering makes them complicit in the ongoing coverup.

Watch video here.

Previously: New secretary of commerce Wilbur Ross has ties to illicit Russian finance

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