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One part of the now expanded probe into financial transactions that I am really interested in is Wilbur Ross, if they start looking into his investment in the Bank of Cyprus (which he has taken a bath on , for what it is worth). I'd actually guess that all of the "Russia" stuff they are going to find around him won't connect up neatly to Trump. Although, there will be a ton of stink there, because he jumped into a cesspool. That island and that bank were a giant toilet of Russian oligarchs and criminals laundering money; it went on for decades. Even when Ross took on the vice chairmanship (or whatever he was to that board) of the bank after he raised the money to bail it out, his fellow board members were a bunch of Russians connected to Putin. ... including a former KGB agent.

If they somehow start digging around, and they pull out business dealings related to Paul Manafort, or worse, Trump or his kids, the money trail could start to create smoke. I am guessing that won't be the case, because it can't possibly be that neat and clean. Regardless, I would love for Wilbur Ross to be exposed for the fraud he is. Unfortunately, people don't really care, and don't seem interested in understanding. But Wilbur Ross has made a career out of profiting from crony capitalism. He is the king of lobbying for special benefits (which he buys or trades favors for) and then deploying money in "turnaround" situations that he gets help on with bought-and-paid-for tariffs, bail outs and other government interventions that unfairly benefit him. This administration has trumpeted him as a business genius, but if you asked Wilbur Ross to steward a business in a competitive environment, I honestly don't think he could do it. He's failed at more things than most people could imagine, in which he tried to stack the deck first.

In any case, Cyprus has long been cesspool of Russian mafia money and international gangsters, and Wilbur Ross in his wisdom, decided to jump knee deep into it. He can't be happy about Mueller digging through his dealings.