The media has found a diversion from Trump’s palling around with known criminals. They are focusing on emails and Clinton foundations but the real scandals are Mafia ties and corruption appearances in Florida and New York.
How could anyone think someone who builds casinos and profits from conning could possibly not be palling around with the mob.
Read this if you already haven’t. www.thesmokinggun.com/…
He wrote to a Judge on behalf of a Cocaine Cowboy. He wrote a stunning
character letter for him. I wish they had printed the letter.
At the time Trump wrote his character reference letter, Weichselbaum, then in his mid-40s, was already a twice-convicted felon. In addition to his 1986 plea to federal cocaine distribution and income tax charges, Weichselbaum’s rap sheet included prior convictions for grand theft auto and the embezzlement of more than $130,000 from a Brooklyn manufacturing firm where he worked for a decade.
Oh but Donald is a fine fellow and is truthful and honest.. Go ahead Trumpnecks and believe that nonsense. Where is the media on these stories with legs?
When Trump wrote on Weichselbaum’s behalf, the real estate developer had known the criminal for several years. Weichselbaum, was general manager of a helicopter company that shuttled high rollers for Trump to the tycoon’s Atlantic City casinos, business that was worth about $2 million annually. Weichselbaum’s firm also maintained, stored, and provided pilots for Trump’s personal $10 million Super Puma helicopter.
[Another felon with whom Trump was friendly was also in the helicopter business. John Staluppi, a Colombo crime family member, was an owner of Dillinger Charter Services, which flew gamblers into Atlantic City on behalf of Trump and other casino licensees. As TSG reported last year, Staluppi also worked closely with the billionaire to create the Donald Trump signature series Cadillac limousine, which debuted in 1988.]
Now this part gets really interesting.
Immediately following his bust, Weichselbaum told a Trump aide about the criminal charges lodged against him in federal court in Cincinnati, Ohio (where some of the cocaine sold by Weichselbaum was transported and broken down for retail sale).
Two months after Weichselbaum’s indictment, the drug trafficker rented a Manhattan apartment directly from Trump, who presumably was aware that his lessee was facing the prospect of spending decades in less swanky environs. The two-bedroom coop unit, in Trump Plaza on East 61st Street, was owned by Trump himself and cost $7000 per month. Weichselbaum made his rent checks out to “Donald J. Trump,”
Not only that but he lived in Trump’s own apartment. Where are the investigations on all of this? Pam Bondi is the tip of the iceberg.. This is Donald Trump’s way of life. Read the Smokin Gun link.. Damn interesting and we are getting crickets from print and regular media. The corruption runs deep.
Weichselbaum eventually cut a plea deal and cooperated with Drug Enforcement Administration agents investigating narcotics trafficking rings. But while he was indicted in Ohio, that was not where he eventually pleaded guilty to felonies that carried a combined maximum penalty of 18 years in prison.
In a motion seeking to transfer the case to the Southern District of New York (which includes Manhattan, where Weichselbaum resided) or the Southern District of Florida (which includes Miami), the felon’s lawyers argued that Cincinnati was not a convenient locale or “the center of gravity of the case.” Additionally, many of Weichselbaum’s potential character witnesses were said to live in New York and were prepared to attest to his “substantial reputation as a legitimate and successful businessman.”
Though the venue change was opposed by federal prosecutors, the case was transferred out of Ohio (years later, the prosecutor who handled the case is still unsure why the matter was removed). But instead of landing in New York or Florida, the Weichselbaum prosecution was sent to the federal court in Newark, New Jersey, where it ended up on the docket of Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, the oldest sibling of Donald Trump.
From the Klan to the mob, Russian mob included, this is not what the media is covering. I think they are afraid.