Trump Organization wanted to give Putin $50 million penthouse

Russia’s leader would have received Trump Tower Moscow apartment for free. No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Friday, November 30 TRUMP’S $50 MILLION PENTHOUSE GIVEAWAY The Trump Organization reportedly considered giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a penthouse worth $50 million in a failed 2016 project to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. “If we have Putin in the penthouse every oligarch in Russia would want to live in that building,” Felix Sater, a businessman who worked on the project and suggested the idea, told The Washington Post, following on from reporting by BuzzFeed. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] TRUMP FIXER PLEADS GUILTY President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation for lying to Congress during private testimony last year about the timing and extent of his discussions about the Trump Tower Moscow project. 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