As the concrete evidence of grifter Trump's money laundering, tax cheats, etc pile up, Thom challenges conservative activist Julio Rivera to defend his president. Plus- Thom reads from the Mueller report. And- why is Trump trying so hard to hide his taxes?
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Thom reviews the latest evidence of Trump's money laundering services- and the bombshell new reporting by the New York Times on Trump's catastrophic losses. Can distractions like squabbling with China over trade win him the next election? ------- Then-Thom Vs Julio - What Does America Do With the Grifter President Who is Actually Broke? A debate with conservative Julio Rivera of Reactionary Times. ---------- Thom reads from pages 12 and 14 of the Mueller Report. ---------- Talk Media News' Ellen Rattner has the headlines, from Iran selling heavy water, through Uber and Lyft workers on strike, to the deets on holding A.G. Barr in contempt of Congress. ---------- Callers including international tax attorney Richard share their insights on why Trump is working so hard to hide his finances from public and legal scrutiny.
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| 0:15.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. Greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, |
| 0:20.0 | believers in peace, freedom, and the American way. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm Arvin here with you. |
| 0:24.4 | The Judiciary Committee is discussing the Trump administration claiming executive privilege. |
| 0:29.8 | But I think the biggest story of the day is this piece that Casey Michael published |
| 0:35.3 | over at Think Progress and the New York Times the Trump organization's problem |
| 0:40.0 | with possible money laundering I mean if we look at in the Republic of Congo |
| 0:45.1 | the ruling sissoso negoso family heavily invested in the Trump International |
| 0:51.2 | Tower in New York and hotel, the daughter of the long-time ruler |
| 0:55.2 | of the Congo, moved millions through an American law firm. Laundering money. |
| 1:00.3 | Haiti, this was Trump's first money laundering deal. It was 1983 with Jean-Claude |
| 1:05.8 | Baby Doc Duvalier. He stole 1.6 million dollars from Haiti and put it into a |
| 1:11.0 | property in Trump Tower, New York. |
| 1:13.2 | Azerbaijan, the former transportation minister, Zaya Mamadov, put money into the Trump International |
| 1:18.6 | Hotel and Tower in Baku, Azerbaijan. |
| 1:22.2 | Money laundering. Kazakhstan, former Kazakhstan official and oligarch Timur |
| 1:26.4 | Kubaliov, money laundering. |
| 1:28.4 | His business has signed on to help finance the Trump Tower of a tummy, a planned enclave along Georgia's Black Sea coastline, former |
| 1:34.9 | Soviet Union. |
| 1:35.9 | Kazakhstan investing in the Trump-Soho New York, the Philippines, the guy who's the special |
| 1:42.1 | envoy for U.S. trade, hiding his money in the U.S. through |
| 1:46.2 | Trump properties. |
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