Interview · moment 9 of 14
Ivankov's Disappearing Act and the Prosecutors-Turned-Sater's-Lawyers Twist
from Boss of Bosses (with Russ Baker) · #38
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4 minGuest
Comparison to Whitey Bulger's FBI handling, the story of mob enforcer Ivankov hiding in Trump Tower and Trump's Atlantic City casino, and the revelation that two DOJ prosecutors who sought leniency for Sater later became his defense lawyers at Morgan Lewis.
- 29:55FBI allowed Ivankov to operate for years while committing countless murders in exchange for information.
- 30:17Tim notes it's unusual the FBI had someone dead to rights yet still allowed them to commit additional crimes.
- 30:28The FBI's pattern of recruiting informants to infiltrate mosques and stir up activity, citing the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as an example.
- 31:18Trump's relationships with Eastern Bloc mobsters, Putin ties, and the FBI's broader accountability problem all nest in one larger mystery.
- 31:57Trump's relationship with Sater would never have surfaced if a Bayrock employee hadn't stumbled upon Sater's FBI cooperation agreement.
- 32:25Attorney Fred Oberlander deconstructed Bayrock's Byzantine financial structure, revealing alleged money laundering from the former Soviet Union.
- 33:05The Bayrock employee discovered he was working for a convicted felon with mob ties and financial scams.
- 33:52The employee consulted a lawyer because knowingly working with a criminal without reporting it could make him liable for everything.
- 34:21Lawyers who handled the case have been prevented from talking about what they discovered.
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