Trump Getting Sloppy With Money-Laundering Past

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media prior to his departure from the White House November 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lag... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media prior to his departure from the White House November 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Josh Marshall

December 3, 2018 4:07 p.m.

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Every day President Trump lashes out in some new direction against Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. But today Trump got remarkably incautious, even by his standards. Garnering most attention today was Trump’s call for erstwhile bagman Michael Cohen to get a “full and complete sentence” for his crimes. But another comment got a lot less attention – one that suggests that Trump may now be lashing out and in the process blurting out clues about his own history of money laundering and business partnerships with people tied to members of Russian and Ukrainian organized crime.

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