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Dark Towers
by David Enrich
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AuthorDavid Enrich
PublisherHarperCollins
SynopsisA searing exposeby an award-winning journalist of the most scandalous bank in the world; including its shadowy ties to Donald Trump's business empire.In January 2017; Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. As he delivered his fiery Inaugural address; a grey-haired woman named Rosemary Vrablic sat in the VIP section of the audience. Vrablic was an executive at Deutsche Bank; and without her; Donald Trump probably wouldn't have been moving into the White House.This is the never-before-told story of how a 150-year-old German bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality; a history that traces back to its role helping the Nazis build Auschwitz. In the 1990s; a succession of ruthless executives made the fateful decision to chase Wall Street riches―and set Deutsche Bank on an epic path of devastation. Its sins included manipulating markets; violating international sanctions; and laundering money for Russian oligarchs.Desperate for an American foothold; Deutsche started doing business with a self-promoting real estate magnate who most banks deemed too dangerous to touch: Donald Trump. Over the next 20 years; Deutsche executives―including a man with a damaged brain; the son of a Supreme Court justice; and Rosemary Vrablic―loaned billions to Trump and the Kushner family. Why?To unravel this mystery; the book traces the rise and fall of Bill Broeksmit; an American executive who was regarded as the conscience of Deutsche Bank. In 2014; he was found hanging in his London apartment. His son gets access to Broeksmit's computer files and embarks on a wild quest to understand why his father killed himself. The answers he finds will help explain how Deutsche Bank became the financial equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction.
