Vanky starts backing away slowly…

After this timeline was published, a spokesperson for Abbe Lowell, ethics counsel for Ivanka Trump, sent a statement. Noting that there was nothing wrong with considering real estate deals in Russia, it said, “Ms. Trump did not know about this proposal until after a non-binding letter of intent had been signed, never talked to anyone outside the Organization about the proposal, never visited the prospective project site and, even internally, was only minimally involved.” The extent of her involvement, the statement said, was to remind Cohen of the Trump brand’s high standards and to suggest architects.