A Russian oligarch who bought a mansion in Trump arrested for corruption: report

A Russian billionaire who bought a private mansion in President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pauses Missouri campaign rally after woman collapse Fox News hosts join Trump at Missouri campaign rally, Nate Silver during the final screenings at mid-week course: "Democrats need two things to go wrong" to lose the house MORE in 2008 in a case that is now the subject of an investigation by a special solicitor Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: The United States should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation into Russia was arrested Tuesday in Monaco for corruption.

Dmitry Rybolovlev, president of AS Monaco, was arrested Tuesday by the Monegasque authorities and is currently under investigation for bribery and "active and passive influence trafficking", according to the French newspaper Le Monde.

Rybolovlev bought a $ 95 million Trump-owned Florida mansion in 2008, a sharp increase from the $ 41 million Trump had paid for the property four years earlier. Rybolovlev, who never resided in the house, instead divided the property into three plots, two of which he has sold so far for $ 71 million, according to the New York Times.

His purchase of the mansion is one of many Trump commercial transactions whose report was reported by Bloomberg News last year by Mueller, who is investigating allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 election.

In Monaco, Rybolovlev is the subject of an investigation since the publication of text messages revealing that his lawyer was in regular contact with the main law enforcement officials in Monaco, urging them to buy airline tickets and other benefits, according to the Times.

Philippe Narmino, Monaco's Minister of Justice, resigned last year following the scandal after it was revealed that he had thanked Rybolovlev, via the Russian attorney , having made a helicopter trip in the Rybolovlev ski resort.

Trump and his allies attacked the special attorney to investigate the president's commercial relations, which they say are outside Mueller's mandate under the Ministry of Justice.