Oh, this one’s short, but fun. It seems that Herr Presidente sold millions of dollars worth of real estate through a host of shell companies over the years, including over $35 million last year alone. I realize that’s likely old news to many people who have followed Dear Leader's shady shenanigans, but this one has an interesting connection to his ever-so-lovely racist comments about “sh*thole countries”… which included Haiti.
From Rawstory:
More than a fifth of Trump’s condominiums in the U.S. have been purchased since the 1980s in secretive cash transactions that fit a Treasury Department definition of suspicious transactions, reported Buzzfeed News.
Records show more than 1,300 Trump condos were purchased through shell companies, which allow buyers to shield their finances and identities, and without a mortgage, which protects buyers from lender inquiries.
Those two characteristics raise alarms about possible money laundering, according to statements issued in recent months by the Department of Treasury, which has investigated transactions just like those all over the country.
...Including a $446 875 apartment in the Manhattan Trump Tower, complete with money laundering intent.
Trump companies reportedly sold $35 million in real estate last year alone — mostly to secretive shell companies that open the president up to possible influence peddling.
According to the Buzzfeed News report, the Haitian government complained in the 1980s that former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier laundered money stolen from the Caribbean nation’s treasury by purchasing an apartment in Trump Tower.
So, money beats one’s racist views any day, it seems. Maybe Trump just thinks he’s removing money from an undeserving person of colour from a “sh*thole country”? Nah, money is colourblind and it’s what Dear Leader truly worships… other than himself, that is.
Hey Mueller, I know this particular tidbit probably isn’t usable in your current case against Dear Leader’s cabal but if it helps lead you to more money laundering activities from during Rump’s Residency, I hope this is one more nail you can insert into Trump’s political coffin.
Ht to JR Gaillot @jrgaillot (Ok, I got his tweet in my Twitter feed and thought it was an interesting bit of karma)
EDIT: I should have put in a link to the Buzzfeed article. It goes into FAR more detail.
EDIT DEUX: Altered the title as per TJoz’s suggestion in the comments. :-)