1/ We found out that Donald Trump Jr. invested in a company run by a major campaign fundraiser named Gentry Beach. Here’s how we figured it out: propub.li/2U9lM5E
2/ First, you need to know a little bit more about Gentry Beach. He’s a Dallas-based investor and he’s done business with Don Jr, who said Beach and a group of other fundraisers raked in over $150 million for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
3/ We found out that on Sept. 13, 2017 a Trump Organization employee formed a new company in Delaware called MSMDF Agriculture LLC. But the publicly-available filing didn’t provide any information about who controlled the company or what it was used for. 
4/ Because the Trump Organization has contracts with NYC to run a skating rink & golf course, the org must file annual disclosure reports. We dug through them & found that in Dec. 2017, Trump Jr. was listed as the president, secretary and treasurer of MSMDF Agriculture LLC.
5/ Gentry Beach is the co-chairman of a Texas-based hydroponic lettuce farming start-up 🥬. It’s called Eden Green Technology.
6/ An affiliate of the company in the UK disclosed earlier this year to British regulators that it had issued 7,500 shares to MSMDF Agriculture LLC, a.k.a. Don Jr.
7/ So, at this point we knew that:
🥬Beach helped raise a lot of money for Donald Trump
🥬Shortly after his father took office, Trump Jr. took control of a new LLC
🥬Don Jr.’s new LLC received 7,500 shares in Beach’s company
🥬Beach helped raise a lot of money for Donald Trump
🥬Shortly after his father took office, Trump Jr. took control of a new LLC
🥬Don Jr.’s new LLC received 7,500 shares in Beach’s company
8/ Then we found this: Eden Green’s biggest investor, an entity called Cox-Eden, L.P., sued Eden Green, claiming the company had blown through $19 million in just 9 months (the company raised $22 million in total as of June) & that executives paid themselves exorbitant salaries.
9/ Less than a month after filing the court papers, investor Cox-Eden settled its case with Eden Green for undisclosed terms. An Eden Green spokesperson disputed the claim that executives paid themselves exorbitant salaries and said the company’s finances are strong.
10/ For more on how we reported our story on Trump Jr.’s business relationship with his college friend and Trump campaign fundraiser, click here → propub.li/2U9lM5E
