Brant HoustonUniversity of Illinois

Paul Manafort (pictured) and Rick Gates are facing 12 counts, including conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy against the United States and other charges. | Elsa/Getty Images

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000

https://www.fara.gov/

https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-secret-to-trump-hes-really-a-russian-oligarch/2016/08/19/bc7226a2-6623-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?utm_term=.870b12835bab

https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2017/10/17/forbes-400-2017-americas-richest-people-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump/#730b286b5ed5

https://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht/superyacht_sea_owl.html

https://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_musashi.html

Larry Ellison - Yacht - Yacht Name: Mushashi - Yacht Length: 88 m (288 ft) -Guests: 18 in 9 cabins - Crew: 23 in 10 cabins - Yacht Value: US$ 130 million -Owners Name: Larry Ellison - Larry Ellison Net Worth: US$ 49 billion - Owners Company: Oracle - Owners Country: USA - Larry Ellison previously owned the 138 meter Rising Sun, but he considered her too large to reach nice yachting destinations. Ellison owns several large houses in Malibu, California.

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/95m-superyacht-kismets-winning-combination--25961

http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-facts-about-bill-gates-house-2016-11/#its-worth-at-least-124-million-today-1

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/23/mark-zuckerberg-hawaii-land-lawsuits-kauai-estate

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/us/politics/wealthy-families-presidential-candidates.html#donors-list

https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php

http://www.muckety.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsPWmioSHg

https://www.curbed.com/maps/industrialist-mansions-estates-across-america-map

http://www.nndb.com/lists/439/000127058/

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/12/how-oligarchs-took-america//

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/kj9zai/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-martin-gilens---benjamin-page

All oligarchs are fully disarmed No oligarchs rule – if in office it is not

for, or as, oligarchs The coercive state defends property

rights through bureaucratic institutions Oligarchs submit to laws in exchange

for property protection - Jeffrey Winters, “Oligarchy”

Oligarchs pursue their objectives of income defense by using their power and resources to shape political incomes in their favor. - Winters

1913 federal income tax was deliberately imposed on the wealthiest individuals

The income tax was effective on oligarchs only in its first four years

- Winters

https://www.withersworldwide.com/en-gb/

https://www.withersworldwide.com/en-gb/

David Cay Johnston, business journalist, reported in 2003 there were 16,000 lawyers specializing in trusts and estates.

https://davidcayjohnston.com/about-david/biography/

Tax evasion and avoidance through laws, lawyers and accountants

$18 trillion of assets are offshore (IMF estimate 2009)

Now estimated at $32 million - Tax Justice Networkhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth/super-rich-hold-32-trillion-in-offshore-havens-idUSBRE86L03U20120722

$400 billion of taxes avoided globally each year (Tax JusticeNetwork)

https://www.taxjustice.net/

http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/clinton-donors

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/02/19/here-are-the-7-biggest-donors-to-the-bill-hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-foundation/?utm_term=.048d5e721f28