BREAKING: Trump Tax Records show a secretly held bank account in China. The account did not show up on Trump’s public financial disclosures, where he must list personal assets, because they are held under corporate names. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/trump-taxes-china.html

In 2017, the company reported an unusually large spike in revenue — some $17.5 million, more than the previous five years’ combined. It was accompanied by a $15.1 million withdrawal by Mr. Trump from the company’s capital account.

During the 2016 campaign, a shell company controlled by a Chinese couple from Vancouver bought 11 units, for $3.1 million, in the Las Vegas tower Mr. Trump co-owns with the casino magnate Phil Ruffin.

The owner of a Las Vegas-based financial services firm said he was visited by two F.B.I. agents asking about the company behind the purchases, which he said had used his office address in incorporation papers without his knowledge. It is not known what became of the inquiry.

Important to note: Christopher Steele wrote in his dossier that Trump was not nervous about connections to Russia, as they distracted from his corruption in China.

And perhaps this secret bank account, and the secret payments from it in the first year of Trump’s term that we knew nothing about, explain this kind of behavior.

Recall that the NYT—which has done a top notch job at this complex reporting effort—recently reported that Mr. Ruffin personally guaranteed a loan for $30 million to Trump during the home stretch of 2016. If it went to the campaign, it was a severe violation of the law.

It was also recently revealed by CNN that Mueller and other investigators pursued an Egyptian bank about whether it funneled $10 million to the 2016 Trump campaign.

How was the 2016 campaign funded? And why was Mr. Trump accessing bizarre bank accounts in China during the Presidency?

Who is funding the current campaign?