In this Rolling Stone piece he details some of the many Russian real estate deals from his new book Trump/Russia: A Definitive History. There is no question Mueller has all this info and will use it. As but one example:
"An investigation by Reuters found that at least 63 individuals with
Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth
of property in the seven Trump-branded luxury towers. And that was a
conservative estimate. At least 703 – or about one-third – of the 2044
units were owned by limited liability companies, or LLCs, which could
conceal the property’s true owner. Executives from Gazprom and other
Russian natural resource giants also owned units in Trump’s Sunny Isles
towers. In an observation that several people I spoke with echoed,
Kenneth McCallion, a former prosecutor who tracked the flows of Russian
criminal money into Trump’s properties, told me, 'Trump’s genius – or
evil genius – was, instead of Russian criminal money being passive,
incidental income, it became a central part of his business plan.'
McCallion continued, 'It’s not called ‘Little Moscow’ for nothing. The
street signs are in Russian. But his towers there were built
specifically for the Russian middle-class criminal.'"
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