Clarence Thomas Took Free Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Dems

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Clarence Thomas Gifted Luxe Trip to Putin’s Hometown: Dems
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That yacht trip to Russia is listed as 2003. So, the Russians have had a US Supreme Court justice on their payroll for 20 years now?

If you find that surprising, just wait until you hear who Trump's personal banker at Deuchebank was when everyone else was turning him down during the last recession.

For those who may just be surfing and want to know... she was fired (allowed to resign) after they started digging into ties with Russian money. Jared Kushner and I believe some of Trump's kids were also her client (no shock there).

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/trump-s-longtime-banker-at-deutsche-bank-resigns-idUSL4N2J23GE/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/16/deutsche-bank-examined-trump-account-for-russia-links

Also somewhat unsurpisingly Deutsche didn't find any connection to russian from their own internal investigation, but were prompted to hire external investigators... and I'll just post this little gem because if that doesn't sound like "we investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong" to you, then this may help seal your opinion

In recent years the disgraced bank has been hit by a series of scandals. Last month the UK and US imposed record fines of $630m. Deutsche failed to prevent money laundering by its Moscow branch involving at least $10bn of Russian cash, regulators found.

"Last month the UK and US imposed record fines of $630m. Deutsche failed to prevent money laundering by its Moscow branch involving at least $10bn of Russian cash, regulators found."

Does anyone else get the feeling that everyone's cool with it as long as they get their cut? They're fine as long as they pay the fine.

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