Trump gloats that Jr.’s June 2016 phone call was not to him. But guess who Jr. did call?
Trump and Don Jr not smiling anymore #MuellerIsComingForYou
One call was to Howard Lorber, who was involved in the Trump Moscow Project since the 80′s. Trump named him as a economic adviser!
The other person was “Brian France, the chief executive of Nascar”.
“Howard has major investments in Russia”, Donald J Trump
The recipient of one of the phone calls was Howard Lorber who is, yes, a “family friend.” But he is also a longtime point of contact in Trump’s ambitions to build a tower in Moscow, which date back to the 1980s. Lorber accompanied Trump on a 1996 visit to Moscow to explore building there. “Howard has major investments in Russia,” Trump boasted to a Russian politician at the time.
“As Craig Unger notes, Lorber’s dealings in Russia put him in contact with Russian mobsters.”
Trump Jr. was also very active in the family efforts to consummate the Moscow deal. Now, the timing of his call to Lorber may well be a total coincidence. But the more information that emerges about the Moscow tower project, the more central it appears to be to the Trump-Russia relationship. Coincidentally, in an interview yesterday, the New York Times asked Trump about his Moscow building plans. He dismissed the episode as a minor discussion that went nowhere.
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Another Trump adviser [Howard Lorber] with deep ties to Russia, Washington Post - August 10, 2016
The people Donald Trump Jr. talked to before setting up the Trump Tower meeting, Washington Post *** includes timeline
Senate Evidence Clarifies Mystery Calls Around Trump Tower Meeting, NYTimes
Howard Lorber's Birthday Party
Howard Lorber's Birthday Celebration @ the Grand Havana Room in Manhattan on 9-10-08. photos by K.Doran
