igor fruman in sunny isle, florida, in that they were directing former soviet businesspeople, money sources, to the purchase of condominiums in the trump two trump tower condos in sunny isle. so it was not unusual for these same fbi agents who i had worked with and spoken to in the past and i d provided information for, to ask me what i was hearing about what parnas and fruman were doing in ukraine. they really did a 180-degree tu turn. fairly low-level organized crime type guys. started asking questions and talking about political issues, disinformation issues relating to relating to the bidens and d.c. servers, possibly hiding out in ukraine which was very atypical of them and they
igor fruman in sunny isles, florida, in that they were directing former soviet businesspeople, money sources, to the purchase of condominiums in the trump two trump tower condos in sunny isles. so it was not unusual for these same fbi agents who i had worked with and spoken to in the past and i d provided information for, to ask me what i was hearing about what parnas and fruman were doing in ukraine. they really did a 180-degree turn. fairly low-level organized crime type guys. started asking questions and talking about political issues, disinformation issues relating to relating to the bidens and d.c. servers, possibly hiding out in ukraine which was very atypical of them and they started throwing around a lot of
very careful to try not to go on a fishing expedition. there s always a temptation to do that. talk more about all of this. let s talk with craig unger, contributing editor for vanity fair, author of trump s russian laundromat. and executive director of the foundation for accountability and civic trust. good to see you both. craig, you first. you wrote in the new republic in the 80s at least one russian who purchased six trump tower condos was later arrest arened and the properties seized for money laundering and you write there was never been any indication that trump knew anything about money laundering schemes. so why do you think he has drawn this red line on mueller and investigators looking into his and his families finances? i think it s exactly where mueller has to go. i tried to find out when trump was first compromised by russia and went back to 1984 when a man