Columnist for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. My email address is chris.anderson@heraldtribune.com.
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Aug 15, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
On June 8, at least 37 companies tied to Donald Trump and his family changed to a new registered agent, according to Florida business records.
It happened around the time - if not the same day - the feds instructed Trump to lock up classified docs at Mar-a-Lago. @HeraldTribune 1/
Could have been a routine move. Still ...
Trump has never done this with any company in Fla., going back decades in some cases.
The old reg. agent was in Plantation, 50 miles from Mar-a-Lago.
The new one's in Tallahassee, 420 miles away.
Both appear reputable. So why change? 2/
May 4, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Updated thread: A look at Trump's media companies and their ties to Ga. and Fla.
- There are two associated with Trump: T Media Tech LLC and Trump Media and Technology Group Corp.
- T Media Tech LLC registered in Ga. using a Mar-a-Lago address on 12/3/21. Much happening then.
- On 12/4/21, Trump Media and Tech. Group (TMTG) and Digital World Acquisition Group (DWAC), entered into agreement to raise $1 bil. from investors. DWAC promised to put $293 mil. more into merger.
- On 12/6/21 Devin Nunes becomes CEO of TMTG; SEC is now investigating merger.
Apr 25, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Scoop: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., owner of the failing Truth Social app, registered as a bus. in Fla. on 4-18, listing a Sarasota address for its office. The same address was used for the 8 officers, including Trump, Trump Jr., Devin Nunes and Kashyap Patel. Why? 1/
The officers, incl. Trump, have no ties to Sarasota, but the office is only 11 miles from Rumble, a video platform co. Four days after registering in Fla., Nunes said TS's website and apps had migrated successfully to Rumble, criticized for allowing Russian state TV feeds. 2/
Apr 21, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
STEVE BANNON UPDATE: Andy Badolato and Brian Kolfage pleaded guilty late Thursday afternoon in federal court for their roles in the "We Build the Wall'' scam. Bannon, originally a co-defendant, was pardoned by Trump. Badolato and Kolfage will be sentenced Sept. 6.
"I am terribly, terribly sorry for what I did,'' Badolato said to district judge Analisa Torres. "I humbly beg the court for mercy.'' Badolato is a resident of Sarasota County and has been a close associate of Bannon's for over 20 years.
Apr 3, 2022 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
STEVE BANNON THREAD: Andy Badolato - a close associate of Steve Bannon for 20 yrs. - recently changed his plea in the "We Build the Wall'' case to guilty. Co-conspirators Brian Kolfage and Timothy Shea also switched to guilty. Trump pardoned Bannon in same case. 1/
Badolato’s past — according to county and federal court records, state business filings, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reports, interviews with former associates and internal documents obtained by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune — includes numerous lawsuits, 2/
Feb 11, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
On April 9, 2021:
- Gen. Mike Flynn bought a $545,000 home in Englewood, Fla.
- Flynn quit Defending the Republic, Inc., a non-profit run by Sidney Powell that raised at least $17 mil. and is under federal investigation.
- Powell was tied to account at Englewood Bank & Trust 1/
- Flynn purchased his home from the Strayer Family Revocable Living Trust
- Larry and Sally Strayer signed a notarized Deed on April 9 and used R.I. and Az. driver's licenses for IDs. The Strayers are from Ohio.
- Gen. Flynn, though, is from R.I. and possessed an Az. license. 2/
#SteveBannon once sat on a company's board with a man named L.B. Moon, who was barred from practicing law by the Oklahoma Supreme Court for threatening to kill an adversary, put his body through a shredder and have five black men rape and kill his "pretty'' daughter. (cont.)
The Surpreme Court called Moon an "embarrassment to the legal profession” after finding “convincing evidence” that he falsely identified himself as an ATF agent, engaged in shooting firearms while intoxicated and attempted to extort money from a lawyer. (cont.)
(THREAD 1/8) #SteveBannon's documentary Trump @ War is being released Sunday. It was produced by his company Victory Film Group. The company does not appear to exist. It does not seem to be active on any state business registry.
(2/8) Bannon dissolved Victory Film Group on April 13, 2017, when he was in the WH. It was registered in Cal. The address was 8391 Beverly Blvd. That's a UPS store. Bannon has a pattern of using UPS stores for business and phony addresses for voting. businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/Retri…
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