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Trump sons' links to shady Russian deals exposed in new report

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The Daily Beast revealed that a 70-story Trump Tower Tbilisi project backed by President Donald Trump's sons is connected to oligarch Paata Gamgoneishvili. Per reports, Gamgoneishvili's past includes ties to a murdered journalist and an alleged scheme siphoning tens of millions from Russian oil giant Lukoil's Bulgarian operations. Eric Trump announced the project in May as the family's "first project in the region." The Daily Beast, joined by PunchUp and The Newsground, reported Biograpi Living, co-owned by Gamgoneishvili and originally named in the deal, now denies involvement despite a Trump announcement featuring the company. “This has nothing to do with the president,” spokeswoman Anna Kelly told The Beast, "whose investment holdings are held in fully discretionary accounts managed by independent third-party financial institutions." Investigators tied Gamgoneishvili to a network behind alleged financial fraud. Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova, who hosted investigative reports

First report: Trump Tower Tbilisi Deal in Georgia Linked to Russian Oligarch — thedailybeast.com, 4d