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I put a bunch of documents--all public ones but rarely searched for--related to Trump's Scottish activity.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P0e9dvgOQKU-FkgXefAZT2QMknMWK_RF?usp=sharing
It takes work and some research skill, but things you will find:
- Trump Intl Golf shows the finances for Aberden.
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P0e9dvgOQKU-FkgXefAZT2QMknMWK_RF?usp=sharing
It takes work and some research skill, but things you will find:
- Trump Intl Golf shows the finances for Aberden.
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- Then compare the New Aberdeen Menie folder for planning docs around that site--you see that Trump is claiming far more expense than he could possibly spend.
- The Turnberry docs are more messy, because of multiple owners.
- Clear takeaways:
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- The Turnberry docs are more messy, because of multiple owners.
- Clear takeaways:
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- Elaborate scheme to make money disappear.
- The golf resorts make zero sense as a business for anybody but especially for Trump--they require enormous upfront capital expense and a lot of patience.
- So what is the real goal here? Why all this work?
Open questions:
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- The golf resorts make zero sense as a business for anybody but especially for Trump--they require enormous upfront capital expense and a lot of patience.
- So what is the real goal here? Why all this work?
Open questions:
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- How much money does he claim went into these properties, year by year?
- How much money did he have (check Michael Cohen docs for reference)?
- If the money doesn't add up, where did it come from?
- What's George Sorial's deal?
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- How much money did he have (check Michael Cohen docs for reference)?
- If the money doesn't add up, where did it come from?
- What's George Sorial's deal?
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- Why did Sorial sell his condo at Trump tower and overpay for a Florida property through a broker now in jail?
- Why did Sorial quit Trump Org and become a lobbyist?
- If the numbers do suggest this is an effort to hide money, why?
- It's doubtful it's just tax evasion.
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- Why did Sorial quit Trump Org and become a lobbyist?
- If the numbers do suggest this is an effort to hide money, why?
- It's doubtful it's just tax evasion.
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- If it is someone else's money, whose?
- Here we get circumstantial:
- Look at Trump pals, Mammadov and Agalarov, and their golf activity at same time.
- Look at Mammadov/Baghlan Group in the context of
https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/
and
https://www.occrp.org/en/laundromat/the-russian-laundromat-exposed/
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- Here we get circumstantial:
- Look at Trump pals, Mammadov and Agalarov, and their golf activity at same time.
- Look at Mammadov/Baghlan Group in the context of
https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/
and
https://www.occrp.org/en/laundromat/the-russian-laundromat-exposed/
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- My favorite under-reported story, the scheme, unearthed in Sweden, that combined Mammadovs, Krapivin, Bombardier, and the IRGC (through front Azarpassillo) in a bonkers rail theft scheme:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eX4xrQoJxGQnkA97A45OoQRUZsGf1oFu/view?usp=sharing
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eX4xrQoJxGQnkA97A45OoQRUZsGf1oFu/view?usp=sharing
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- No obv Trump link there, though it shows the volume of cash needing to be laundered by people with a practice of laundering through Scotland who also were working with Trump at the same time on other projects.
IMHO it would be worth the time of some forensic accountants
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IMHO it would be worth the time of some forensic accountants
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And people who know real estate/golf to draw out this picture.
My strong sense: the valuations make zero sense and the picture of a flow of funds is deeply problematic.
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My strong sense: the valuations make zero sense and the picture of a flow of funds is deeply problematic.
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Other fun questions that I haven't been able to answer:
- Why does O'Leary, this small golf firm in Ireland, suddenly have a ton of secretive LLCs?
- Why does Total Golf Construction, a small firm in Florida, open an Azerbaijan office--a country with 2 golf courses ...
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- Why does O'Leary, this small golf firm in Ireland, suddenly have a ton of secretive LLCs?
- Why does Total Golf Construction, a small firm in Florida, open an Azerbaijan office--a country with 2 golf courses ...
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both owned by Mammadov?
- Total Golf was working on Doral and Mammadov's at the same time.
- Could well be a legitimate answer, but they won't answer questions.
This is a huge job, best done by folks with subpoena power.
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- Total Golf was working on Doral and Mammadov's at the same time.
- Could well be a legitimate answer, but they won't answer questions.
This is a huge job, best done by folks with subpoena power.
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