Mr. Danchenko mentioned the contact instructed him that Mr. Trump was “well-known” to Russian safety providers and appeared shocked he had not alre
Mr. Danchenko mentioned the contact instructed him that Mr. Trump was “well-known” to Russian safety providers and appeared shocked he had not already heard concerning the purported Ritz-Carlton matter.
A second contact additionally independently introduced up a compromising video of Mr. Trump of a sexual nature that will have been covertly filmed on the Ritz-Carlton. Nonetheless, that individual didn’t point out urination, in accordance with Mr. Danchenko.
Deciding to analyze additional, Mr. Danchenko mentioned he went to the Ritz-Carlton and chatted up a supervisor about rumors concerning superstar guests. The supervisor made a obscure remark that safety officers had covertly wired the resort to assemble compromising supplies about vital company like Mr. Trump. Mr. Danchenko took it as corroboration.
“I circled round it, you realize, sufficient for them to say, ‘look, yeah, there’s a — you realize, a humorous factor. There is likely to be a tape of Mr. Trump, is likely to be sexual, however, you realize, issues that occur at Ritz-Carlton keep at Ritz-Carlton,’” Mr. Danchenko mentioned.
Mr. Danchenko mentioned he later spoke with a lower-ranking resort worker who did “not say a lot,” however that he “interpreted as corroboration of what the primary three instructed me.”
He declined to offer extra particulars. When the F.B.I. spoke to him in January 2017 because it vetted the file, he instructed brokers that the fourth supply was a feminine resort employee who mentioned that “something goes” there, including that “formally, we don’t have prostitutes,” in accordance with a bureau abstract of the interview.
Mr. Danchenko additionally mentioned he noticed males on the resort who regarded like Russian safety officers and ladies who seemed to be prostitutes, saying that the scene “form of, to an extent, corroborates the story to me.”