WATCH: Dutch film The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump: Connecting the dots on Trump’s ties with the Russian mob – Salon

As the U.S. continues itsinvestigations into the Trump campaigns possible collusion with Russia to influence the U.S. presidential election, the scandal has evolved intoa potential global conspiracy and has generated widespread interest abroad.

A new Dutch documentary released earlier this month, called The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump, appearsto provide the clearest thread to date between President Donald Trumps business dealings and the Russian mob.

The two-part film, produced by the Dutch television documentary program Zembla, features attorneys, a senatorand foreign intelligence analysts who are probing Trumps past ties with Russians. Zembla has provided Salon an English-language version of the film.

The documentary exploreshow Russia could have damning intelligence about Trump and how President Vladimir Putin could use that information to compromise the White House.

The danger plays into a well-established Russia toolbox of foreign influence, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says in the documentary. One of the ways in which the Russian government manipulates governments around the world is to build a network of people who they can control.

The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump claimsthat Russia may already have compromising material on Trump related tohis business partnership with the Bayrock Group, an international real estate company with alleged connections to the Russian mob. The Bayrock Group helped finance one of the Trump Organizations crown jewels, Trump SoHo in lower Manhattan.

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalistMichael DAntonio, who has written a book about Trump tells the filmmakers the sources of Trumps wealth likely pose a big problem for thepresident. He always says, I have no business in Russia. He never says, Russians have no business with me,' DAntonio saysat one point in the film.

Also in the documentary,Malcolm Nance, a foreign intelligence analyst for MSNBC, offers this acute summation of Trumps relationship with Russia: If you are a gambling addict and you owe somebody a lot of money, you would never insult your bookie.

Watch onSalon bothsegmentsof The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump, includingThe Russians and King of Diamonds.

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