You Will Anyway: al-Rumaihi details

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

al-Rumaihi details

[Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen,] is alleged to have asked Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, a former diplomat in charge of a $100bn Qatari investment fund, to send 'millions' through him to Trump family members. A source told DailyMail.com that the Qatari said he refused.

Al-Rumaihi on Tuesday issued a statement agreeing that he was at Trump Tower and a source with knowledge of the day said that Cohen had 'popped in' briefly to a meeting.

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DailyMail.com can disclose that the group also included Qatar's foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

The claims of a demand for 'millions' were made by a senior Kuwaiti government source close to Al-Rumaihi.

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The Kuwaiti source told DailyMail.com that following DailyMail.com's disclosure of the court case, Al-Rumaihi called him and boasted that Cohen had asked him for money in exchange for influence in the Trump administration.

The official said: 'He said Cohen told him to send millions to various members of the Trump family.' Al-Rumaihi did not do so, the official added. The Trump family members were not named.

Daily Mail

Gee, I wonder who that could be.

The ones in charge of the Trump organization from which Trump never divested himself? Or the ones embedded in the White House who were having some serious financial problems over some New York real estate for which they could not secure a loan from Qatar?

The Kuwaiti source said Al-Rumaihi informed him of the alleged bribery attempt so that he would not appear to be 'going behind Kuwait's back' in his relationship with the Trump administration.

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The Kuwaiti source claimed Al-Rumaihi told him that Cohen tried to get the money during a meeting which also included now disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn at Trump Tower in December 2016.

A representative for Al-Rumaihi's company Sports Trinity said they have 'no comment' on the alleged bribe offer.

So what happened when Qatar didn't pay the "protection" money?

Oh, yes, I remember:

The UAE severed ties with Qatar, and the Arab countries surrounding Qatar closed their airspace to Qatari aircraft; then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (who has since been fired) called for an ease to the blockade, but Trump sided with the UAE group; UAE ambassador Yousef Otaiba "suggested" maybe the US should move the US-funded airbase in Qatar to the UAE and pull US troops out of Qatar; the US ambassador to Qatar quit; and the US gave $15 billion to Saudi Arabia for missile "defense."

We run this country like the mob runs its operations. I guess that happens when you have a mob puppet boss at the helm.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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