The Russian Money Test — Audit finding
Entities and roles
- America First Audit — The Russian Money Testaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject
Claims and evidence
- analysisdocumented
Trump's categorical 2017 denial conflicted with a Trump-signed 2015 letter of intent and a named Moscow licensing effort pursued during the campaign, while the project remained proposed and produced no established payment in this record.
- Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of InterestTrump statement that he had no dealings and no deals that could happen in Russia
- U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Minority Views, Report on Russian Active MeasuresPages 49-51 on the 2015 Trump Tower Moscow letter of intent, named intermediaries, licensing terms, and campaign-period negotiations
- U.S. Department of Justice: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, Volume IIPrinted pages 134-142, including page 135 note 915: Trump approval, signed fall-2015 letter of intent, Trump Organization licensing terms, Felix Sater and Michael Cohen intermediaries, and travel discussions through June 2016
- Axios: Giuliani admits Trump signed letter of intent for Trump Tower in MoscowIndependent report on the October 28, 2015 Trump-signed letter of intent and the proposed Moscow project