Trump engineered sudden windfall in 2016 as campaign funds dwindled - Tax records expose over $21mil in unusual payments from Las Vegas hotel Trump owns w/Phil Ruffin, routed through Trump cos and paid out in cash, by @susannecraig @mmcintire @russbuettner
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"The bulk of the money went through a company called Trump Las Vegas Sales and Marketing that had little previous income, no clear business purpose and no employees. The Trump-Ruffin joint venture wrote it all off as a business expense."
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Tax records show Trump Las Vegas Sales and Marketing had little income, with profits of $54,924 in 2007 & $420,756 in 2008. Then, in 2016, came a payment of $13,756,623
Ethics filing said company had a deal with a subsidiary of but no other details given
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Ethics filing said company had a deal with a subsidiary of but no other details given
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Seven weeks before the election the Trump-Ruffin partnership borrowed $30 million from City National Bank in Los Angeles. Trump signed loan documents in NYC, but tax records show that Ruffin personally guaranteed nearly the entire amount
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Here's the kicker to this latest NYT Trump tax story:
“If it turns out a corporation gave the campaign any money, that is illegal,” he said. “If an individual contributed any money exceeding the legal limits, that is illegal.”
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“If it turns out a corporation gave the campaign any money, that is illegal,” he said. “If an individual contributed any money exceeding the legal limits, that is illegal.”
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Article describes deal that will benefit Ruffin & others in Las Vegas
March 2020 Transportation Dept led by Elaine Chao approved sale of $1 billion tax-free bonds for a bullet train.
Deal involves Brightline owned by Fortress (former creditor of Trump)
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March 2020 Transportation Dept led by Elaine Chao approved sale of $1 billion tax-free bonds for a bullet train.
Deal involves Brightline owned by Fortress (former creditor of Trump)
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Another story involves federal decision by Transportation Dept under Elaine Chao favorable to rail company owned by Fortress
In 2019 subsidiary New Fortress Energy won federal permits to haul hazardous liquified natural gas/LNG along FL's east coast
In 2019 subsidiary New Fortress Energy won federal permits to haul hazardous liquified natural gas/LNG along FL's east coast
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1307376787245199363?s=20
Another detail on Ruffin who flew Trump to Miss Universe Moscow in 2013
Ruffin spoke at Freedom Fest 2015, the event where Maria Butina was in the audience and asked Trump a question
Ruffin met Yulya Alferova in Moscow, Alferova knows Butina & Torshin
Ruffin spoke at Freedom Fest 2015, the event where Maria Butina was in the audience and asked Trump a question
Ruffin met Yulya Alferova in Moscow, Alferova knows Butina & Torshin
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1072292497454493696?s=20
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