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One important question Cohen might not get asked today:
Why did he help facilitate the $9.5M sale of a Beverly Hills mansion Donald Trump got for free? revealnews.org/article/a-smal…
Why did he help facilitate the $9.5M sale of a Beverly Hills mansion Donald Trump got for free? revealnews.org/article/a-smal…
The deal worked like this:
In 2008, an Egyptian man named Mokless Girgis bought an opulent 10,400-square-foot mansion on famed Rodeo Drive.
He had a reputation for small-time financial scams.
In 2008, an Egyptian man named Mokless Girgis bought an opulent 10,400-square-foot mansion on famed Rodeo Drive.
He had a reputation for small-time financial scams.
Public records show that the sale price was $10.3 million.
Six weeks later, Girgis transferred the mansion to a shell company set up by Donald Trump – for no money at all. documentcloud.org/documents/4429…
Six weeks later, Girgis transferred the mansion to a shell company set up by Donald Trump – for no money at all. documentcloud.org/documents/4429…
Trump held the property for less than a year, then sold it for $9.5 million – completing what, on paper at least, appears to be the best real estate deal he ever made.
Girgis, in a filing to Los Angeles County, claimed that his name was put on the deed to the mansion by mistake. That’s why no money changed hands when he deeded the property to Trump.
Yet five real estate lawyers we talked to said the transaction defied norms for high-end deals.
None had ever heard of a mistake in which a multimillion-dollar property was actually *deeded to the wrong buyer.*
None had ever heard of a mistake in which a multimillion-dollar property was actually *deeded to the wrong buyer.*
Others were more forceful.
“Anyone investigating the transactions of the president and his minions would want to follow up on the numerous oddities and red flags that this series of transactions raises,” said Ross Delston, a DC-based attorney and consultant to the IMF.
“Anyone investigating the transactions of the president and his minions would want to follow up on the numerous oddities and red flags that this series of transactions raises,” said Ross Delston, a DC-based attorney and consultant to the IMF.
Cohen filed the legal papers for the shell company involved in the mansion’s purchase.
And he notarized the deed when Trump sold the property, records show. He didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment. documentcloud.org/documents/4404…
And he notarized the deed when Trump sold the property, records show. He didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment. documentcloud.org/documents/4404…
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