In February of 2017, the NYT reported that a little before Flynns resignation Cohen hand delivered a proposal from a pro-Russia Ukrainian lawmaker and Felix Sater outlining a plan to ease sanctions against Russia. Cohen was directly involved with Flynn in his back channel communications with Russia, I bet that Avenatti has some bombshells concerning the content of those discussions UPDATE 1 Avenatti: Why was Ahmed Al-Rumaihi meeting with Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn in December 2016 and why did Mr. Al-Rumaihi later brag about bribing administration officials according to a sworn declaration filed in court? Ahmed Al-Rumaihi is a former Qatari diplomat and the head of Qatari Investments, a 100 billion dollar fund owned by Qatar's government. He is likely the bald guy from the first post. UPDATE 2 Avenatti:Trump Tower 12-12-16 Go to 7:42:30 and watch for 30 seconds (entrance with Mr. Cohen). And then proceed to 9:08:15 and watch for 35 seconds (exit). #Basta Video showing Al-Rumaihi entering and leaving Trump tower Edit 2 Veddy posted this link to the motherjones article in the comments.
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Now it looks like Qatar had direct access to Trump through Cohen and Flynn. Edit 4 (Summary of Seth Abramson twitter thread) The Steele Dossier alleges that Trump got a brokerage fee from the sale of 19% of Rosneft to QIA. QIA bought the 19. 5% that is mentioned in the Steele Dossier 48 hours before Al-Rumaihi (who is an executive at QIA) was seen at Trump Tower. The 0. 5% (equivalent to $282 million) was allegedly passed over to Trump as a brokerage fee for helping with the transaction. In addition, Kushner and Flynn allegedly met with Putins banker on December 13. Carter Page also admitted to meeting with Rosneft officials around December 10 (timestamped video of Page admitting it is in this tweet) Timeline is: December 10--Rosneft sells 19. 5% to QIA December 9-11--- Carter Page meets with Rosneft officials. December 12-- Flynn and Cohen meet with QIA executive Al-Rumaihi at Trump Tower December 13-- Flynn and Kushner meet with Putins banker at Trump tower. The thread. This leak could be leading up to proof that Trump was involved with the Rosneft sale and was given a brokerage fee of $282 million for his assistance.
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EDIT 5 In the Russialago thread from this morning, aa93 combed through the 9 hours of CNN video and found that Alexander Nix from Cambridge Analytica showed up on the same day, as well as a plethora of other Trump friends (Rebekah Mercer, Hicks) and GOP people (Ben Carson, Scalise, Fiorina among others). This article posted on Dec 12 2016 also explains who all came went and at what times they came and went. (omitting Nix and Al-Rumaihi as they were unknowns at the time) Probably worth noting that about an hour and a half before Al-Rumaihi shows up, Eric Trump comes in. We never see Eric Trump, Nix, or Rebekah Mercer leave. **TLDR** Michael Avenatti (Stormy Daniels lawyer) tweeted out pictures of Michael Flynn and Michael Cohen meeting with Ahmed Al-Rumaihi (an executive of the state run Qatar Investment Authority) on December 12 2016. In addition, some other news from around that time yields some interesting insights. *December 10--Rosneft sells 19. 5% to QIA *December 9-11--- Carter Page meets with Rosneft officials.
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