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Julian Englis

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Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:18 AM Jun 2017

Most Trump real estate now sold to secretive buyers [View all]

Source: USA Today

Since President Trump won the Republican nomination, the majority of his companies’ real estate sales are to secretive shell companies that obscure the buyers’ identities, a USA TODAY investigation has found.

Over the last 12 months, about 70% of buyers of Trump properties were limited liability companies – corporate entities that allow people to purchase property without revealing all of the owners’ names. That compares with about 4% of buyers in the two years before.

USA TODAY journalists have spent six months cataloging every condo, penthouse or other property that Trump and his companies own – and tracking the buyers behind every transaction. The investigation found Trump’s companies owned more than 430 individual properties worth well over $250 million.

Since Election Day, Trump’s businesses have sold 28 of those U.S. properties for $33 million. The sales include luxury condos and penthouses in Las Vegas and New York and oceanfront lots near Los Angeles. The value of his companies' inventory of available real estate remains above a quarter-billion dollars.

Read more: Linhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/13/trump-property-buyers-make-clear-shift-secretive-llcs/102399558/k to source



That's one way to pay bribes.
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The Trump money-laundering machine is going into high drive... Rollo Jun 2017 #1
top dollar for those NJ casinos all boarded up, a blight for years right on the old boardwalk. Sunlei Jun 2017 #4
Getting ready spike91nz Jun 2017 #2
a real estate hoarder finally has to have family clean-up the mess of ruined boarded up properties Sunlei Jun 2017 #3
Trumps could also be transferring their properties to themselves under no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #5
freaking russian mob OWNS the republican Draft Dodger in Chief Achilleaze Jun 2017 #6
Yes - this is how Cheeto got his under-the-table campaign funds FakeNoose Jun 2017 #20
I hear their names are Plutin and Krislayev. They're probably buying from Kushner, too. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #7
And a good way to launder money. paleotn Jun 2017 #8
Realestate is one of the best ways to buy influence on our politicans. Dustlawyer Jun 2017 #22
Exactly... paleotn Jun 2017 #24
Rumors about the identity of the buyer point to...... DFW Jun 2017 #9
Legalized bribery not fooled Jun 2017 #10
Liberals are so out of touch with middle class working people IronLionZion Jun 2017 #11
The decore is definitely early 90's Saddam. gordianot Jun 2017 #12
Saddam just wanted to make Iraq great again IronLionZion Jun 2017 #13
tRump is example of what gives noveau riche a bad name: too many (not all) are tasteless. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #17
Wink wink nudge nudge say no more Bayard Jun 2017 #14
Could be money laundering for Russia? lark Jun 2017 #15
Yep NewJeffCT Jun 2017 #18
Let's have Mueller get to the bottom of the secret numbered companies. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #16
This may explain why Mueller is hiring a money expert. Julian Englis Jun 2017 #19
Yep - they already know where to look FakeNoose Jun 2017 #21
Oh wow! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #23
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