Thread by @MsMariaT

Very Interesting: FL Trump Tower [Michael Dezer] owner avoided personal conversations with the president out of fear he'd ask for money

rawstory.com/2018/08/florid…

Miami Trump Towers Developer Michael Dezer Said He Worried Trump Would Ask Him for Money

miaminewtimes.com/news/michael-d… via @miaminewtimes

"The elder Dezer, an Israeli immigrant whose full last name is "Dezertov," was speaking to prosecutors as part of an investigation into North Miami Beach Mayor George Vallejo, who earlier this year was sentenced to house arrest after getting caught using campaign money"

"Donald Trump was also my associate for many years, and we didn't want to talk personal because I was afraid he was gonna ask for money," Dezer told Miami-Dade County prosecutors 6/8/16."

"New Times later obtained Vallejo's sworn testimony, in which he admitted that the Dezer family had paid off Vallejo's wife for years and that the Vallejo family created shell companies to hide those payments from the public. (One LLC was even headquartered in Wyoming.) "

"Records show many members of the Dezer property empire were interviewed as part of the Vallejo probe. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle's office spoke with not only the patriarch, Michael Dezer, but also Michael's wife, Naomi,"

" Son Gil Dezer also spoke with state prosecutors, as did multiple other Dezer business associates.

The family has long been known for being close to the Trumps."

"In 2004, the younger Dezer bragged to New Times about being able to get Trump on the phone whenever he wanted.

Much like Trump's empire, multiple Dezer properties have been involved in money-laundering probes,"

"One Dezer building, Sunny Isles Beach's Porsche Design Tower, is linked to both a criminal probe in Brazil and a major U.S. money-laundering investigation involving Venezuelan officials."

Heh, how much you wanna bet Maduro's stepsons laundered $$$ thru his properties?

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1023314181490073600

"A Russian prostitution ring was also recently busted inside Miami's Trump Towers III, though there's also no evidence the ring was related to either Trump or the Dezer family.

Re Vallejo:

No Miami Beach Mayor Admitted Payments From Trump-Tied Developers to His Wife

miaminewtimes.com/news/north-mia…

https://twitter.com/fairchild01/status/1024889889534312448

Remember they said (above), the shell co was reg'd in Wyoming?

Wyoming emerges as haven for foreign [read: Russian, Brazilian] money

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