On Oct. 21, 2014, Ivanka Trump logged onto Twitter to send a seemingly banal update: "Enjoying a strong coffee and a beautiful view of the sun rising over the Caspian Sea. Good morning from #Baku!"
She was in Azerbaijan that October because, weeks later, the Trump Organization would announce that an apartment tower was about to become the newest addition to the Trump Hotel Collection. There were, however, two problems with the project. The first was that the tower, though nearly completed, never opened. The second is that the building is the focus of serious and credible allegations of money laundering and corruption.