WHO IS FELIX SATER? --- TRUMP'S RUSSIAN MONEY MAN ================== WHO Is Felix Sater? He was a very close business associate of Donald J. Trump. He was, until recently, a "principal" of an investment firm, Bayrock Capital, which was located on the 24th floor of Trump Tower, two floors below Donald Trump's office - located on the 26th floor. Sater was, until recently, one of the FBI's most coveted counter-intelligence assets who for years reported back to the FBI on a daily basis and provided that organization with critical foreign intelligence information, information that was in turn passed on to the CIA. WHAT Is Felix Sater? He is a financial/investment "facilitator" for Donald Trump. Felix's father, Mikhail, was a lieutenant (or soldier) in the Simeon Mogilevich Russian crime family, the largest such criminal organization in the world. In addition, Felix Sater knows numerous individuals throughout Russia, the Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakistan, et al. who are from the criminal/underworld. There is money galore that needs to be spirited out of Mother Russia and sent overseas to be cleaned (or "laundered"). WHEN Did Felix Sater enter into the picture and become involved with Donald Trump in the first place? Felix Sater was convicted in 1999 for investor fraud but the court records were sealed and the actual sentencing was delayed for almost a decade. It was felt that Mr. Sater was of such high value to the United States government that he should be put in a special protected status. He was free to operate without any public record of a criminal past. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Sater - sometime between 2000-2002 - made the acquaintance of Donald J. Trump. WHY Was Felix Sater an associate of Donald Trump? It was common knowledge in the New York metropolitan area that Donald Trump would