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Shooting the Messenger

online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

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  • Kriss-Krossed

    Donald and Ivanka Trump were once named as co-defendants in a billion dollar money laundering lawsuit involving the Donald’s former Bayrock business partners According to this apparently as-yet unreported 2013 court summons, the Trumps were co-defendants in a billion dollar lawsuit brought by Jody Kriss, the former finance director for New York real estate and…

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  • Sekulow Attacks!

    After Politico profile about “amateur sleuths” featuring yours truly, Donald J. Trump-affiliated lawyer Jordan Sekulow tells Fox News that I and other independent researchers are “wasting all of [our] time.” This week, I was featured in a Politico profile about “self-assigned Bob Muellers” who are doing independent research into Donald Trump’s Russia and business connections. The…

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  • Politiscoop

    Politiscoop

    Politico profile on “amateur sleuths” highlights three Shooting the Messenger Trump scoops Via “Amateur sleuths hunt for Trump bombshells” by Darren Samuelsohn, Politico, August 20, 2017: Countless amateur sleuths are on the case, from a short-order cook in Belfast whose research was recently cited by the Daily Beast to a Florida art teacher who tells POLITICO he…

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  • From Russia with Business

    Former senior Trump campaign advisor Michael Caputo gave a talk at a Russian-American business/commerce event two months before denying Russia ties — Former Trump campaign lawyer Kendall Coffey also spoke at the event In an interview with CNN last month, Caputo, a former senior advisor to Donald Trump’s campaign with strong ties to Russia, “firmly denied”…

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  • Sated

    Online paper trail appears to show Trump’s Russian-American business partner Felix Sater tried to delete his criminal record from Trump’s Wikipedia page using a fake name Last month I blogged about the enigmatic Felix Sater, a convicted brawler and racketeer turned FBI informant. The Russia-born real estate mogul collaborated with Donald Trump on a number of high-profile…

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  • Rather Droll

    Wikipedia once accused Trump’s new bible studies teacher Ralph Kim Drollinger of deleting unflattering information about himself using a sockpuppet account This week it was reported by Breaking Christian News that about a dozen members of Trump’s cabinet, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions,…

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  • A Complicated Deal (Part II)

    Four criminal convictions, one suicide, and one satisfied customer: Unravelling Donald Trump’s “complicated” 1993 Palm Beach real estate purchase from convicted fraudster Leslie Greyling. Earlier this month I blogged about Donald Trump’s 1993 Palm Beach real estate deal with Leslie Greyling, a notorious South African fraudster who was later deported to England after a string of…

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  • Alt-Medicated in Beverly Hills

    Founder of “cult-like” alt-med cancer charity Johannes Fisslinger took donations from Clint Eastwood and other celebrities to fund breast cancer research. But now Fisslinger says the money wasn’t used to research breast cancer. Another celebrity says Fisslinger used her name and image without her consent to promote a high-profile breast cancer research fundraising gala in…

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  • Arif Gets Streisanded

    The Daily Beast picks up my story about Turkish court-ordered takedown requests by Trump’s Bayrock business partner Tevfik Arif re: his 2010 arrest in prostitution sting source Via “Trump’s Business Partner Tries to Erase his Prostitution Bust From Web” by Lachlan Markay, The Daily Beast, July 21, 2007: A former Russian government official – and…

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  • The Trump Network: Caveat Emptor

    A quick look at Trump’s failed new-age pyramid scheme “At no time in recent history has our economy been in the state that is today. It’s a mess. The economic meltdown, greed, and ineptitude of the financial industry have sabotaged the dreams of millions of people. Americans need a new plan. They need a new…

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