Russian-born businessman Felix Sater has confirmed a bombshell detail in the Russia investigation
Felix Sater, a Russian-born businessman and associate of President Donald Trump, confirmed Friday that the Trump Organization was pursuing a deal with a sanctioned Russian bank at the height of the 2016 election. The company was trying to secure financing for a Trump Tower in Moscow from Russia's VTB Bank through a local developer. The US imposed sanctions on VTB in 2014 and 2015, which froze its assets in the country and blocked US entities from doing business with the bank. The revelation will be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller, who recently subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents related to the Trump Tower Moscow ...