ABC News Has a story up that reveals who owns those blocked numbers that Donald Trump Jr. made calls to after the infamous Trump Tower meeting.
The calls to blocked numbers, which came on June 6, and after the meeting on June 9, were between Trump Jr.’s cell phone and two family friends -- NASCAR CEO Brian France and real estate developer Howard Lorber, according to the sources.
France, whose family has owned NASCAR since the sport’s inception in the late 40s, is currently on leave as CEO because of his arrest on aggravated drunk driving and drug charges.
When he endorsed Trump in early 2016 it didn’t go over well with people who thought NASCAR had no business getting involved in politics — and this development highlights why.
When France announced his endorsement of Trump’s candidacy – a decision that drew backlash from the professional driving community – the campaign released a statement, penned by France, in which he said Trump’s “leadership and strength are desperately needed.” At a campaign rally in February 2016, France appeared beside Trump, who he said he had known for more than 20 years, and lauded him as a “winner.”
And then there is Lorber:
Trump’s ties with Lorber run even deeper, and have attracted the interest of congressional investigators, sources said. In the 1990s, when Trump started exploring real estate options in Russia, Lorber accompanied him on a tour of Moscow. A real estate developer who has done business there, Lorber appeared in a biographical video of Trump that aired on jumbotrons at the 2016 Republican National Convention before his acceptance speech.
A spokesperson for Lorber said the real estate executive “does not recall having conversations with Donald Jr. in the summer of 2016, but in any event he has absolutely not had conversations with Donald Jr. about any Russian matters.”
So … the question now is why he was calling France and Lorber.