Long suspected two stories Tom Barrack has told about his relationship w Trump are not entirely accurate. The first has to do w Colony Capital's loan to Kushner Cos & the second has to do w Trump DC..
...As Barrack tells it, Colony Capital was part of the consortium involved in restructuring Kushner Cos' 666 Fifth Ave debt in late '11. Based on SEC filings, I think CC gave an assist to the Kushners in March '10. Colony Capital 09 & '11 10-K notes....
...Colony Capital continued to include the debt in its 10-K up until '13. Assume it was eventually written off but I have no way of knowing. Point is it looks like Jared Kushner needed cash in a hurry when he married Ivanka in Oct '09...
...I suspect Barrack did Trump a favor in '11 when he wanted to bid on the Old Post Office by pretending Colony Capital was going to be Trump's partner to give Trump credibility & that Trump had Deutsche Bank already lined up along...
...Colony Capital "sold" the plane to Barrack's partners in his new venture, Falcon Peak Acquisitions, under the name, Hemispheres Horizons LLC registered in CA & DE...
...TI Capital & Barrack's family office, Falcon Peak Partners , were supposed take Falcon Peak Acquisitions public but the S-1 registration statement filed w the SEC was cancelled on Friday, July 23 after Barrack was indicted...
Leonard Leo is on the board of two 501(c)3)s related to the Napa Institute founded in '12 to "equip Catholic leaders to defend & advance the Catholic faith in the 'next America'". Napa Institute website... napa-institute.org
The three related 501(c)(3)s & EINs:
Napa Institute 45-3733093
Napa Institute Foundation 81-1190021
Napa Institute Legal Foundation 83-1067468
Most recent 990s are online at the IRS Charity Search website: apps.irs.gov/app/eos/
...The Napa Institute's tax exempt status was effective in '12, the Napa Institute Foundation's in Jan '16 & the Napa Institute Legal Foundation's in June '18... napalegalinstitute.org/about/board-of…
Read this story by @joshgerstein re Ruben Verastigui, 27, pleading guilty to a child pornography charge. I tweeted about how the GOP maneuvered him into a think tank spot but I didn't know about the case against Adam Hageman... politico.com/news/2021/07/0…
...March 5 '21 story by @caitlinoprysko about Adam Hageman being held since Nov 12 '20 on porn charges. Sounds like his arrest was delayed until after the election & news of it along w the existence of a GOP child porn ring was suppressed for months... politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
...The state of Arizona was looking to press charges against both Verastigui & Hageman who was w TPUSA, headquartered in Phoenix. Hageman who is from Arenzville Illinois previously managed the TPUSA Southern Illinois U chapter per FB...
Some background - James Solages is from Jacmel, a town on the southern coast of Haiti known as arts & culture center including a well known film school. At one time, Michael Capponi of Capponi Construction, planned to build a resort complex there... prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
...I have the only 990 filed by James Junior Solages' not-for-profit but I don't want to list the names of the other board members at the moment. The charity only raised $11k, most of which was spent on the celebration of women in Jacmel on Int'l Women's Day....
...No idea what this short by Milot Berquin is about but he is from Jacmel too....
Kevin Roberts, Texas Public Policy Foundation Executive Director, who strongly defended the cancellation of a talk at the Bullock Museum about a book that reexamines the Alamo myth, blocked me yesterday. Speaking of those TPPF 990s....#ForgetTheAlamo
...Took a look at the independent contractors @TPPF paid in '18 & '19 & Allen West's name popped out. West was paid $126k in '18 for "policy consulting". Working my through the list of other names...
Re allen.weisselberg@chevychasebank.net - This email account appears to be active. I don't know if it belongs to Trump's CFO, but here's what I do know about Trump's relationship w Capital One, Chevy Chase Bank & Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc....
...Per Trump's '15 financial disclosure, he had a $50m+ mortgage on 40 Wall St w Capital One, incurred in '05 & due in '17. He also had a $5m-$25m mortgage on Trump National DC w Chevy Chase Trust Holding Inc incurred in '09 & due in '29....
...At the end of his term in office, Trump still maintained a Capital One checking account w a balance of $5m-$25m. The 40 Wall St mortgage was refinanced by Ladder Capital in '15 & the terms of the Trump National DC w Chevy Chase Trust remained unchanged...