Episode 5: Margarita Man, Part 1

For more on Felix Sater and Trump SoHo

New York Times: Donald Trump settled a real estate lawsuit and a criminal case was closed   

Los Angeles Times: Trump business associate led double life as FBI informant — and more, he says

BuzzFeed News: How a player In the Trump-Russia scandal led a double life as an American spy

NPR: Trump SoHo: A shiny hotel wrapped in glass, but hiding mysteries

Harvard Political Review: A tale of two Russias

For more on Iceland condo hotel money, Russians and jailed bankers

Bloomberg: Hey, Mueller, you should check out Iceland

Time: Why Russia is bailing out Iceland

The Telegraph (Britain): Donald Trump signed off deal designed to deprive US of tens of millions of dollars in tax

Sigrún Davíðsdóttir Icelog: Iceland, Russia and Bayrock – some facts, less fiction

For more on the failed Trump Fort Lauderdale condo project:

Miami Herald: Failed Donald Trump tower thrust into GOP campaign for presidency (with video and portion of 2013 Trump deposition)

Lawsuit brought by prospective buyers: Second amended complaint

YouTube: Wyclef Jean entertains at announcement of Fort Lauderdale project

Looking for book-length reading?

Craig Unger: “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia”

https://www.amazon.com/House-Trump-Putin-Untold-Russian/dp/152474350X

David Cay Johnston: “The Making of Donald Trump”

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Donald-Trump-David-Johnston/dp/1612196322

Salvatore Lauria: “The Scorpion and the Frog”

https://www.amazon.com/Scorpion-Frog-High-Times-Crimes/dp/1893224260

For more on Felix Sater and Trump SoHo

New York Times: Donald Trump settled a real estate lawsuit and a criminal case was closed   

Los Angeles Times: Trump business associate led double life as FBI informant — and more, he says

BuzzFeed News: How a player In the Trump-Russia scandal led a double life as an American spy

NPR: Trump SoHo: A shiny hotel wrapped in glass, but hiding mysteries

Harvard Political Review: A tale of two Russias

For more on Iceland condo hotel money, Russians and jailed bankers

Bloomberg: Hey, Mueller, you should check out Iceland

Time: Why Russia is bailing out Iceland

The Telegraph (Britain): Donald Trump signed off deal designed to deprive US of tens of millions of dollars in tax

Sigrún Davíðsdóttir Icelog: Iceland, Russia and Bayrock – some facts, less fiction

For more on the failed Trump Fort Lauderdale condo project:

Miami Herald: Failed Donald Trump tower thrust into GOP campaign for presidency (with video and portion of 2013 Trump deposition)

Lawsuit brought by prospective buyers: Second amended complaint

YouTube: Wyclef Jean entertains at announcement of Fort Lauderdale project

Looking for book-length reading?

Craig Unger: “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia”

https://www.amazon.com/House-Trump-Putin-Untold-Russian/dp/152474350X

David Cay Johnston: “The Making of Donald Trump”

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Donald-Trump-David-Johnston/dp/1612196322

Salvatore Lauria: “The Scorpion and the Frog”

https://www.amazon.com/Scorpion-Frog-High-Times-Crimes/dp/1893224260

For more on Mar a Lago

Palm Beach Post: Mar-a-Lago through the years in photos

Palm Beach Post: Trump's Mar-a-Lago tax deal veiled from IRS review

Vanity Fair: How Donald Trump beat Palm Beach society and won the fight for Mar-a-Lago

For more on Tamir Sapir:

Georgian Journal: Georgian businessman's Hollywood story from taxi driver to billionaire

The New York Times: $40 Million buys ex-cabby his own corner of 5th Avenue

The New York Times: Brass knuckles over 2 Broadway: MTA and landlord fight it out over rent and renovations

The Observer: Billionaire Tamir Sapir failed to notice that $200,000 worth of silver champagne buckets had been stolen from his Long Island mansion

The New York Post: The Crass Menagerie

For more on Sam Kislin:

The Moscow Times: The case of the vanishing chicken

The New York Times: Same chicken in every plot? Two accused of reselling poultry

The Associated Press: Giuliani contributor denies mob ties

Forum Daily.com: American associated with Trump will sue Ukraine

New York Post: Pols hail mob-tied Russian

Moscow News: Snowflakes the size of human heads

For more on Lev Leviev and Afrika Israel

The Times of Israel: Diamond smuggling scandal spotlights shadowy Israeli tycoon Lev Leviev

Haaretz: Who is Lev Leviev, the Israeli billionaire with ties to Jared Kushner and Putin?

For more on the Moscow hotel

Yahoo Finance: 'Country bumpkins:' Five business problems with Trump’s Russia project

The Mueller report: Special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, Trump Tower Moscow project, Pages 67-76

For viewpoints on the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting

The Guardian: Rob Goldstone on Trump: 'I think he likes Russia because Russia liked him'

The Observer: Emin Agalarov gets candid about geopolitical trolling and Trump Tower Moscow

For more on the Magnitsky Act

The Atlantic: Why does the Kremlin care so much about the Magnitsky Act?

NPR: What really irritates Vladimir Putin? The Magnitsky Act

For more on Dmitry Rybololev, the Donald Trump mansion, flight paths and a disappeared da Vinci

Palm Beach Post: Trump in Palm Beach: Did Russian mansion buyer make money?

Trump in Palm Beach: Why did Russian pay so much for his mansion?

Russian oligarch responds to Trump airport connection

Yachts of Trump financial backer, Russian oligarch seen close together

McClatchyDC: Trump, Russian billionaire say they’ve never met, but their jets did — in Charlotte

Russian billionaire says it was ‘pure coincidence’ his jet twice shadowed Trump’s

New York Times: In hard times, Russia tries to reclaim industries

Fox News: Leonardo Da Vinci’s $450M painting of Jesus Christ set for Abu Dhabi museum missing: report

For more on Russians, the Bank of Cyprus and Wilbur Ross

Amazon.com: This giant beast that is the global economy: Episode 1

International Consortium for Investigative Journalists: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross benefits from business ties to Putin’s inner circle

The Guardian: Trump's commerce secretary oversaw Russia deal while at Bank of Cyprus

The National Herald (Greece): Cyprus is on track to receive next bailout installment

New York Times: New commerce secretary was no friend to Russians at Cyprus Bank

For more on Deutsche Bank, mirror trades and Josef Ackerman

Bloomberg: How ‘mirror trades’ moved billions from Russia

Bloomberg: Wall Street nemesis joins House panel’s Deutsche Bank probe

International Business Times: Vladimir Putin's aides, including Rotenbergs, may have benefited from Deutsche Bank trades: Report

der Spiegel: How a pillar of German banking lost its way

U.S Department of Justice: Deutsche Bank mirror trade indictment