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Sep 19, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Fortress Investment Group (loaned Trump Chicago $130mil & forgave $50mil in '12, loaned Kushner Cos) subsidiary New Fortress Energy won federal permits to haul hazardous liquified natural gas/LNG along FL's east coast by Ann Henson Feltgen, Dan Christensen
floridabulldog.org/2020/09/fortre…
In April 2019 Trump issued an executive order directing the Transportation Sect to permit LNG shipment in rail tank cars throughout the country, the order took effect Aug 24

The permits facilitate Fortress projects costing hundreds of millions of dollars

floridabulldog.org/2020/09/fortre…
Describing LNG dangers, Jordan Luebkemann at Earthjustice said "It would only take 22 tank cars to hold the equivalent energy of the Hiroshima bomb”

Opponents of LNG rail transport perceive connection between Trump’s Fortress debts and backing their plans
floridabulldog.org/2020/09/fortre…
In January Apollo Global Management provided an $800 million term loan facility to New Fortress Energy

(Apollo has separately provided loans to Kushner Companies)

businesswire.com/news/home/2020…

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Sep 14
Behind the Trump Crypto Project Is a Self-Described ‘Dirtbag of the Internet’

‘If you do this right, who f---ing cares if it goes to zero,’ Chase Herro once said of crypto.

Herro is the dealmaker behind World Liberty Financial, crypto project promoted by Donald Trump & his sons
“You can literally sell s--- in a can, wrapped in piss, covered in human skin, for a billion dollars if the story's right, because people will buy it,” Herro said about crypto in a 2018

Herro was introduced to the Trumps by Steve Witkoff and his son Zach
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Trump's new crypto partner Chase Herro (aka Hero) tells the story of how he spent time in prison for dealing marijuana when he was a young man before getting rich through internet marketing in the early days of social media through “affiliate marketing”

bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Sep 12
Trump's latest shady deal is a crypto project linked to a $2 million DeFi hack and former pick-up artist

A white paper on World Liberty Financial lists 4 people who had worked on Dough Finance which was hacked in July, via @CoinDesk

coindesk.com/business/2024/…
The World Liberty Financial team includes "Chief Crypto Advocate" Donald Trump, Eric, Don Jr, and Barron is the project's "DeFi visionary"

Trump friend and property developer Steve Witkoff, his son Zach Witkoff and lawyer Alex Golubitsky are also involved
coindesk.com/business/2024/…
Head of operations Zachary Folkman and data and strategies lead Chase Herro (aka Hero) reportedly built recently hacked Dough Finance and co-created Subify

Folkman under alias Zack Bauer formerly operated pick-up artist advice platform "Date Hotter Girls"
coindesk.com/business/2024/…
Read 7 tweets
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Sep 5
Dimitri and Anastasia Simes charged - for allegedly conspiring to provide services to and launder over $1 million from sanctioned Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia; Anastasi allegedly provided art and antiques to sanctioned oligarch Aleksandr Udodov

justice.gov/opa/pr/tv-pres…
2020 story by @toddprincetv on Udodov

The Armani-Designed NY Condo Where Connected Russians Have Bought Apartments: Aleksandr Udodov, brother-in-law of Russia’s new PM, bought 6 condos at 20 Pine St from Valentin Laskov, casino biz parter of Michael Cohen
Dimitri Simes the Russian-born president of the Center for the National Interest hosted an event in 2016 featuring Henry Kissinger and attended by Jared Kushner

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Sep 4
Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing US Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests

Kostiantyn Kalashnikov & Elena Afanasyeva deployed nearly $10mil to publish RT-curated content thru TN company

justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-…
Treasury Takes Action as Part of US Government Response to Russia’s Foreign Malign Influence Operations

Indictment: Russian propagandists used Tennessee content company to push disinformation

Per this story in The Tennessean, the indictment doesn't identify company, but description matches TN-based Tenet Media

tennessean.com/story/news/cri…
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Sep 2
Elon Musk’s Twitter investors have lost billions in value

This recent @faizsays story estimates the $33.5 billion equity stake at the time of the sale would be worth around $9.4 billion today based on an analysis of valuations from X shareholder Fidelity. HT @NFTethics
This story estimates that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (and Kingdom Holding Co.) had an investment of $1.89 billion at time of sale to Musk, and 2024 value is $529.2 million, a loss of -$1.36 billion

My recent story shows loss was likely larger

washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
My recent story shows that Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s $1.9 billion stake in Elon Musk’s X likely has dropped to $262 million

I also am the first to report here the amount Prince Alwaleed and Kingdom Holding recently invested in Musk's xAI - $400 million

newstracs.com/new-details-on…
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Aug 29
Interesting update on Christopher Condon CEO of Economic Transformation Technologies/ETT which paid indicted Alexander Smirnov $600,000

@twistopherrobin found Condon/ETT announced several deals w/Kenneth Ekow Andam who fled UT securities violation in 2018
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…
Story by @JSweetLI on Smirnov, Condon and Trump links

US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates

Alexander Smirnov was paid $600,000 in 2020 by ETT – the year he allegedly began lying to FBI about Bidens’ role in Ukraine business
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…
@JSweetLI Adding to @twistopherrobin find that Christopher Condon of ETT joined “Side Equity Ventures” and Kenneth Ekow Andam

A press release announced ETT JV with WorldVuer CEO Kenneth Ekow Andam

And ETT announced $3.9 billion deal with Oicintra, Inc. founded Kenneth Ekow Andam

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