![]() ![]() And we can’t do that if we have a paywall. We believe that’s an important part of building a more equal society. Vox is here to help everyone understand the complex issues shaping the world - not just the people who can afford to pay for a subscription. Second, we’re not in the subscriptions business. We often only know a few months out what our advertising revenue will be, which makes it hard to plan ahead. But when it comes to what we’re trying to do at Vox, there are a couple of big issues with relying on ads and subscriptions to keep the lights on.įirst, advertising dollars go up and down with the economy. Most news outlets make their money through advertising or subscriptions. Will you support Vox’s explanatory journalism? “I don’t think I said nobody signed it,” Giuliani said to the Daily News. Giuliani also flatly denied saying what he said on Sunday, when he told CNN that “no one signed the letter.” “It means nothing but an expression of interest that means very little unless it goes to a contract and it never did.” They are preparing for a PR campaign to convince you of what they want you to believe.” Giuliani tries to walk it backĪfter CNN obtained the letter of intent signed by Trump, Giuliani told the New York Daily News that the letter is “bullshit because it didn’t go anywhere.” “This doesn’t matter legally, and that’s the point - they’re not preparing for trial. “Why are they doing this?” Cuomo said, referring to the disconnect between Giuliani’s comment that “no one signed” the letter of intent, and the document affixed with Trump’s signature. Indeed, the letter of intent Trump signed states that “The Parties agree that unless and until a License Agreement between the Parties has been executed and delivered, no party shall be under any legal obligation of any kind whatsoever to consummate a transaction hereby by virtue of the (letter of intent).” There’s no evidence that a License Agreement was ever consummated.īut as Cuomo highlighted during his show on Tuesday evening, legal defenses are one thing - lying to voters about your business dealings with a foreign adversary during a presidential campaign in which that adversary is interfering in the election on your behalf is another. “I didn’t do the project, I decided not to do the project, so I didn’t do it,” he said on November 29. ![]() The president has also emphasized that the deal didn’t end up happening in the end. In tweets posted that same day, Trump hinted at a line new of defense - that even if he didn’t tell the truth about his dealings with Russia, lying is not a crime, and therefore the Mueller investigation “is an illegal Hoax that should be ended immediately.” Trump once said he had “no dealings with Russia.” Now he claims “everybody knew” about them. So I have no loans, no dealings, and no current pending deals.” I just don’t want to because I think that would be a conflict. “We could make deals in Russia very easily if we wanted to. “I have no dealings with Russia, I have no deals in Russia, I have no deals that could happen in Russia because we stayed away,” Trump said. I don’t deal there.”ĭuring a news conference held days before his inauguration, Trump offered a comment that now seems especially dubious in light of the signed letter of intent. The deal also included an opportunity to name the hotel spa after Trump’s daughter Ivanka.” “I have no deals that could happen”Įven though he personally signed a letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow, Trump repeatedly claimed during his campaign that he had “ nothing to do with Russia” and “ I know nothing about Russia. outlined a deal that would have given Trump’s company “a $4 million upfront fee, no upfront costs, a percentage of the sales and control over marketing and design. CNN has now published proof.ĬNN reports that the non-binding letter of intent - also signed by Andrey Rozov, owner of the Russian firm that would have partnered with the Trump Organization on the project, I.C. Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, told Congress last year that Trump signed the document. Xt12u8tRZr- Josh Marshall December 19, 2018 Chris Cuomo has the Trump Tower Moscow letter of intent with Trump's signature. ![]()
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