Trumpcast: A Tower in Toronto and the Story of Kleptocracy

Jacob Weisberg talks to Tom Burgis of the Financial Times about his story "Tower of Secrets: The Russian Money Behind a Donald Trump Skyscraper." The two discuss a deal in Toronto, why western real estate is sought after to clean money, and what more this says about the rise of kleptocracy around the world. Alex Shnaider has responded to Tom's story and can be read here in full: "An Article Littered With 'Ifs' and 'Possibilities.'" This episode is brought to you by House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger, chronicling a decades-long relationship between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian mafia.