{"id":296,"date":"2017-11-06T20:29:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ielrblog.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2017-11-06T20:29:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:29:57","slug":"ties-bind-paradise-papers-reveal-connections-trump-officials-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/06\/ties-bind-paradise-papers-reveal-connections-trump-officials-kremlin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ties That Bind: Paradise Papers Reveal More Connections between Trump Officials and the Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), along with 95 media partners, among them the New York Times and the Guardian, leaked 13.4 million documents revealing information about the offshore tax investments of more than 120,000 high-profile individuals and companies to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The project, called the \u201cParadise Papers,\u201d included the names of Trump administration officials involved with offshore accounts linked to the Kremlin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icij.org\/investigations\/paradise-papers\/explore-politicians-paradise-papers\/\">maintained a stake<\/a> in a shipping company, Navigator Holdings, which includes among its clients the Kremlin-connected Russian petrochemical company Sibur.<\/li>\n<li>Russian investor Yuri Milner, whose investments include a real estate company partly owned by Trump advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner, used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/05\/new-york-times-digital-the-paradise-papers-kremlin-cash-behind-billionaireas-twitter-and-facebook-investments.html\">Kremlin-backed funds<\/a> to invest heavily in U.S. social media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While offshore investments are not illegal in and of themselves, Ross\u2019s and Kushner\u2019s financial ties to Russia are worth particular scrutiny against the backdrop of Mueller\u2019s investigation, as well as revelations about the sheer scope of the systematic Russian propaganda operation mounted on U.S. social media platforms during the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>To explore the full extent of over a dozen Trump advisers\u2019 and backers\u2019 offshore connections, visit the ICIJ\u2019s \u201cThe Influencers\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.icij.org\/paradise-papers\/the-influencers\/#\/\">project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), along with 95 media partners, among them the New York Times and the Guardian, leaked 13.4 million documents revealing information about the offshore tax investments of more than 120,000 high-profile individuals and companies to the public. 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