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Midweek Roundup: Blacklisted Entities Bought Trump Properties, US Commerce Secretary Kept Commercial Ties to Russia and China, and More

Wealthy Russians and Eastern Europeans, including some that have been blacklisted or convicted in the United States, used cash to buy 86 properties worth a combined $109 million in 10 Trump-branded developments, often through anonymous shell companies, a McClatchy investigation found. More An investigation by Forbes revealed that “for most of last year” U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross maintained ties to companies associated with the Chinese and Russian governments, including the Russia-linked Bank of Cyprus, despite claiming that he had divested most of his earnings before entering office. More A British businessman and frequent critic of U.K. financial institutions released...

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