Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Point The Finger At Hunter Biden After Years Of Using The Trump Name And Presidency For Personal Profit.
Eric And Donald Trump Jr. Continually Rail Against Hunter Biden For His Business Practices…
Donald Trump Jr. And Eric Trump Accused Hunter Biden Of Using “His Family Name For Personal Gain” During The Obama Administration. “The brothers have accused him of leveraging his family name for personal gain while his father served in the Obama administration. Among other things, Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company that has been a focus of Mr. Trump’s interest in the country.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
…While Leveraging Their Father’s Presidency For Their Personal Benefit As They Controlled The Trump Organization.
Donald Trump Maintained Financial Interests In The Trump Organization After Handing Management Over To Donald Trump Jr. And Eric Trump Upon Winning The Presidency. “Although the president has turned over management of the company to Donald Trump Jr. and another son, Eric Trump, he still holds a huge financial interest in Trump projects around the world.” [New York Times, 02/23/18]
- Donald Trump Jr. Is An Executive Vice President Of The Trump Organization. “The president’s son, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said that the company had walked away from deals that could have made tens of millions of dollars so as not to create the appearance of any improprieties.” [New York Times, 08/13/19]
- Eric Trump Is An Executive Vice President At The Trump Organization. “Mr. Trump, who is President Trump’s son and an executive vice president of the company, abruptly canceled an interview with the attorney general’s office last month, and last week the Trump Organization told the office that the company and its lawyers would not comply with seven subpoenas related to the investigation.” [New York Times, 08/24/20]
Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Controlled The Trump Organization’s “Day-To-Day Management” While Their Father Served As President. “While most previous presidents have divested some financial assets and placed others in “blind trusts” they could not control during their tenures, Trump kept total control of the Trump Organization but ceded day-to-day management to two of his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric.” [Reuters, 04/09/18]
Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Participated In Campaign Rallies, Flew On Air Force One, And Attended Diner In Buckingham Palace During The President’s State Visit. “Since the company is privately held, that’s impossible to prove. In the meantime, both brothers sometimes travel on Air Force One — Eric Trump was aboard Thursday when the president flew to a rally in Minneapolis — and in June, both brothers dined at Buckingham Palace in London during Trump’s state visit. Both also spoke at Trump’s reelection kickoff rally in June in Orlando, Fla., and Trump Jr. is a leading surrogate at campaign events.” [LA Times, 10/10/19]
Donald Trump Jr. Facilitated A $1.7B Business Deal In Indonesia With A Billionaire Political Party Leader In 2019.
In 2019, Donald Trump Jr. Facilitated Sales At Luxury Trump-Branded Resorts In Indonesia Valued At Up To $1.7B.
In August 2019, Donald Trump Jr. Kickstarted Sales At Two Trump-Branded Luxury Resorts In Indonesia. “In August, President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr., flew to Jakarta to help kick-start sales at a pair of Trump-branded luxury resorts planned for Indonesia.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
- The Two Properties Were Expected To Be Valued At $1.7B Upon Completion. “But Mr. Hary said he expected both projects to be completed in three years and valued them together at $1.7 billion.” [New York Times, 08/13/19]
Trump Jr.’s Business Partner Is A Billionaire Political Party Leader In Indonesia Who Has A Construction Deal With A Chinese State-Owned Company To Build A Theme Park Next To The Trump-Branded Properties.
Trump Jr.’s Business Partner In Indonesia, Billionaire Hary Tanoesoedibjo, Leads His Own Political Party And Maintains Relationship With Leadership In The Country. “He and his billionaire business partner, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, chairman of the MNC Group, held a news conference to extol the virtues of the two Trump-branded resorts, one in Bali and the other at Lido, south of Jakarta. The resorts will include hotels, golf courses and residential units. […] Mr. Hary, who heads his own political party, the United Indonesia Party, or Perindo, was a candidate for vice president in 2014 and has talked of running for president. […] There have been local media reports that Mr. Hary’s daughter, Angela Tanoesoedibjo, may be in the running for a position in Mr. Joko’s new cabinet.” [New York Times, 08/13/19]
Tanoesoedibjo’s Company, MNC Group, Inked A Deal With A Chinese State-Owned Construction Company To Build A Theme Park Next To The Planned Trump Properties. “On May 15, an Indonesian company called MNC Group, which is partnering with the Trump Organization to build a six-star hotel and golf course in Indonesia, said it had struck a deal with an arm of the Metallurgical Corporation of China, a state-owned construction company, to build a theme park next door to the planned Trump properties. MNC has said that the hotel and the theme park are separate projects within the same development.” [New York Times, 05/28/18]
The Trump Organization Touted A New Road Being Built By The Indonesian Government That Would Make The Organization’s New Project More Accessible.
Marketing Materials For The New Trump Project In Indonesia Touted A New Road Being Built By The Government That Would Make The Property More Accessible. “In Indonesia, the government is helping to build a major new highway that will make a new Trump development more accessible. Construction is scheduled to begin soon on what will be known as Trump Residences Lido, which will include 280 homes, a golf course and a hotel, south of Jakarta. The Trump family’s partner in Indonesia — a billionaire named Hary Tanoesoedibjo — is financing the project, with the Trump family getting a cut of the sales. In marketing materials released this summer, which featured the Trump family logo and a photograph of Donald Trump Jr., the company noted that the “Trump Residences Lido can be accessed directly through the newly opened Bocimi Toll Road.”” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
Donald Trump Jr. Leveraged His Name And Political Affiliations To Make $100M In Sales Of Condos In Trump-Branded Towers In India.
Donald Trump Jr. Made Over $100M In Sales After A Visit To India To Promote New Trump-Branded Towers.
In February 2018, Donald Trump Jr. Went To India To Sell Condos At Trump-Branded Towers. “Donald Trump Jr., who has spent the week in India pitching new luxury high-rises that bear his family’s name, took the stage before a crowd of about 200 on Thursday. “Building a Better Mumbai,” the banner behind him proclaimed.” [New York Times, 02/22/18]
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- India Is The Biggest Market For Trump Real Estate Interests Outside Of North America. “Mr. Trump has spent the last week in India promoting new luxury housing projects in the country, the biggest foreign market for Trump real estate interests outside of North America.” [New York Times, 02/23/18]
- By February 22, 2018, Sales For The Two Unbuilt Trump Towers In Gurgaon Surpassed $100M. “Mr. Mehta told local reporters that on Monday alone, when Mr. Trump touched down in New Delhi to kick off his weeklong tour, the company recorded sales of $15 million. Ground has yet to be broken on the two Trump towers in Gurgaon — the completion date is in 2023 — but sales have topped $100 million, Mr. Mehta said.” [New York Times, 02/22/18]
During The Trip, Trump Jr. Ran Ads Offering A Meet-And-Greet In Exchange For A $38,000 Booking Fee For The Trump Organizations Project Outside Of New Delhi.
The Trump Organization Ran Ads To Meet Donald Trump Jr. In Exchange For A $38,000 Booking Fee For A Trump Project In Gurgaon. “In New Delhi over the weekend, several of the country’s leading newspapers carried full front-page ads with the younger Mr. Trump’s face, arms crossed over his chest with the question: “Trump is here. Are you invited?” The ad promised a meeting with the president’s son if prospective buyers put down a booking fee of about $38,000 for a Trump Organization project in Gurgaon, just south of New Delhi.” [New York Times, 02/22/18]
A Year Prior, Marketing Materials For A Trump Organization Project In India Leveraged Photos Of “POTUS” Donald Trump.
In 2017, Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Promoted A Project In India With A Picture Of President Trump, Noting The Tie With “POTUS.” “In 2017, the Trumps marketed another project in India — this one in Mumbai — with a picture of President Trump, calling it “an opportunity worth its weight in gold” to be associated with “celebrity & POTUS Donald Trump’s Trump Organisation,” using the abbreviation for president of the United States and the British spelling for organization.” [LA Times, 10/10/19]
Donald Trump Jr. Planned To Give A Speech On The President’s Indo-Pacific Cooperation While On The Business Trip In India, Changing The Speech Topic After Receiving Backlash.
Trump Jr. Planned To Give A Speak On “Indo-Pacific Cooperation” Promoted By President Trump Around The Same Time But Canceled The Planned Speech After Receiving Backlash Over Ethics Concerns. “He originally intended to give a speech Friday on “Indo-Pacific” cooperation, a policy idea recently championed by President Trump as a counterweight to China’s rising influence. […] Two organizers of Friday’s conference said that they had proposed the Indo-Pacific topic to Donald Trump Jr.’s team and that he had agreed to address it. On Thursday, after criticism by ethicists and a Democratic senator, Mr. Trump requested that the topic be changed, they said.” [New York Times, 02/23/18]
- India Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gave A Keynote Speech Following Donald Trump Jr.’s Interview During The 2018 Trip. “And last year, Donald Jr. visited India to sell condos at future Trump-branded towers, appearing at an event that also featured India’s prime minister.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
Donald Trump Jr. Touted “Post-Politics” Work To An Indian Business Publication, Noting The Strong Relationship Between The Trump Organization And India.
Donald Trump Jr. Discussed Plans To Work With “Post-Politics,” Touting Relationship He’d Build In Over The Years That Were Strengthened During His Father’s Presidency. “Trump Jr. told Mint, an Indian business publication, that India would be “a market that we would be very interested [in], post-politics” and that “it would be easier for me to get going in India because of the relationships we have built up in the last decade.” Those relationships predated Trump’s presidency — the company laid the groundwork for the developments years before he won in 2016 — but they have been strengthened from the White House.” [LA Times, 10/10/19]
After Receiving Offers For $2B In Deals From An Emirati Billionaire Following Donald Trump’s Election, Donald Jr. Met With The Same Businessman To Discuss “New Ideas.”
Shortly After Donald Trump Sr. Took Office, His Son Donald Jr. Met With Emirati Billionaire Hussain Sajwani To Discuss “New Ideas.”
Donald Trump Jr. Traveled To Dubai In May 2017 To Discuss “New Ideas” With Emirati Billionaire Hussain Sajwani “Donald Trump Jr. traveled to Dubai and met a billionaire business partner, discussing “new ideas” as the Emirati’s real estate firm still lists possible plans for future joint projects while Trump’s father is in the White House.” [AP, 05/18/17]
In 2017, The Trump Brothers Opened A Golf Club In Dubai With Sajwani.
In February 2017, Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Opened A Gulf Club In Dubai Alongside Their Emirati Billionaire Partner Hussain Sajwani. “Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons arrived in the United Arab Emirates for an invitation-only ceremony Saturday to formally open the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai. […] Photographs shared on social media by real estate brokers showed Eric and Donald Jr. first attending a private luncheon Saturday afternoon in Dubai with Hussain Sajwani, the billionaire who runs DAMAC Properties, the developer that partnered with Trump on the golf course.” [AP, 02/18/17]
Hussain Sajwani Offered The Trump Organization $2B In Deals After Donald Trump Won The 2016 Election And Noted Plans For A Luxury Hotel With The Organization.
Sajwani’s Company, DAMAC, Listed Plans For A “Luxury Boutique Hotel” With The Trump Organization In Regulatory Filings. “It also listed plans for a “luxury boutique hotel to be operated by the Trump Organization” at DAMAC Hills, a massive development of villas and apartment buildings in Dubai’s desert that surrounds the newly opened Trump golf course.” [AP, 05/18/17]
DAMAC Offered The Trump Organization $2B In Deals After Donald Trump Won The 2016 Election. “Days before becoming president, Trump had told journalists that DAMAC had offered the Trump Organization $2 billion in deals after his election, something DAMAC also confirmed.” [AP, 05/18/17]
The Trump Organization Worked With The Future Argentinian Economics Minister On A High-Rise Project In Uruguay.
Eric Trump Heads A Trump Organization High-Rise Project In Punta Del Este, Uruguay. “Eric Trump travels to Uruguay annually to check on the building’s progress and to extol its virtues to local journalists. He advised on major design decisions, including the type of marble used in the floors and the choice of Sub-Zero refrigerators and Hansgrohe faucets, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Trump team also has flown architects to Uruguay to assist in the project.” [New York Times, 06/02/19]
Appointed Economics Minister Of Argentina In 2016 After Trump’s Election, Nicolás Dujovne Was A “Key Figure” In The Punta Del Este Project. “For example, according to four people familiar with his role, a key figure in the early stages of the Punta del Este deal, who also tried to sell condos in the building, is now Argentina’s economics minister. […] In 2016, after Mr. Trump was elected, Argentina’s president appointed Mr. Dujovne as economics minister.” [New York Times, 06/02/19]
- In 2018, Dujovne Negotiated A $57B Loan From The International Monetary Fund In Washington, The Biggest Loan In The Fund’s History. “Mr. Dujovne was the country’s lead negotiator with the International Monetary Fund. Last year, he traveled to Washington and procured a $57 billion loan from the I.M.F., the biggest in the fund’s history. There is no indication that he received the bailout because of favoritism.” [New York Times, 06/02/19]
Don Jr. and Eric Trump Received Approval For Their Largest New Real Estate Development Since Donald Trump Became President After A County Council In Scotland Waived Investment Requirements, Making The Project More Lucrative.
In September 2019, The Trump Organization Received Approval In Scotland For A Golf Resort Near Aberdeen, The Largest New Real Estate Development Financed By The Organization Since Donald Trump Became President. “Despite opposition from many local residents, the Trump Organization on Thursday received approval in Scotland for what will be the largest new company-financed real estate development project since President Trump was elected: a major expansion of its golf resort near the northeast port city of Aberdeen.” [New York Times, 09/26/19]
The County Council Waived Additional Investment Requirements For The Trump Organization, Making The Real Estate Development “Much, Much More Lucrative.”
The Aberdeen Council In Scotland Dropped An Additional Investment Requirement For The Trump Organization’s Housing Development, Making The Deal “Much, Much More Lucrative.” “In Scotland, the Aberdeenshire Council recently dropped an earlier requirement that the new housing development could not be built until the Trumps spent tens of millions of dollars on other investments at the resort. […] But Mr. Martin, a council member who opposed the approval, said the Trumps benefited handsomely from the change. “It is a much, much more lucrative deal now,” he said.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Sold $110M Of Their Father’s Real Estate Holdings During The First Three Years Of His Presidency, Including Multi-Million Dollar Sales To People Connected To The Chinese And Indonesian Governments.
From 2017 To 2019, Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Sold Off $110M Of President Trump’s Real Estate Holdings. “But Don Jr. and Eric are playing things conservatively, tending to their properties, paying down debt and stockpiling a hoard of cash. Since their father’s inauguration, they have sold off $110 million of the president’s real estate holdings—through more than 100 tiny transactions that have mostly flown under the radar.” [Forbes, 10/02/19]
Indonesia Political Party Leader Hary Tanoesoedibjo Bought President Trump’s Beverly Hills Mansion From The Trump Organization For $13.5M.
The Trump Brothers Sold Hary Tanoesoedibjo Their Father’s Beverly Hills Mansion For $13.5M. “They sold Trump’s mansion in Beverly Hills for $13.5 million to a company tied to Indonesian billionaire (and Trump business partner) Hary Tanoesoedibjo.” [Forbes, 10/02/19]
In February 2017,The Trump Organization Sold A $15.8M Penthouse To A Consultant With Ties To The Chinese Government And Who Had Alleged Ties With Chinese Military Intelligence.
In February 2017, The Trump Organization Sold A Trump Penthouse To Angela Chen, The Head Of A Consulting Firms With Ties To Chinese Government Officials, For An Inflated $15.8M. “In February 2017, the Trump Organization unloaded a $15.8 million Trump Park Avenue penthouse—a home formerly occupied by Jared and Ivanka—to Angela Chen, who runs a consulting firm with ties to Chinese government officials and (allegedly) Chinese military intelligence, says Mother Jones. A Forbes analysis found that this price was 13 percent more than that paid for a comparable unit a year earlier, and that it sold at a time when the building’s other units, on average, were selling for 25 percent less.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
- Chen Also Has Ties To An Alleged Front Group For Chinese Military Intelligence. “Further investigation by Mother Jones has unearthed a new element to the story: Chen has ties to important members of the Chinese ruling elite and to an organization considered a front group for Chinese military intelligence.” [Mother Jones, 03/15/17]
During Donald Trump Presidency, A Lawyer From The Trump Organization Called The President Of Panama For Help In Negotiations Around A New Property.
A Lawyer For The Trump Organization Called The Panamanian President For Help In Negotiations Around A Property In Panama. “When the Trump Organization tangled with the majority owner of a property in Panama, for example, its local lawyers at one point called on the Panamanian president for an assist.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
In 2018, Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Sold $3.2M In Land In The Dominican Republic.
The Trump Brothers Executed A $3.2M Land Sale In The Dominican Republic In 2018. “That figure includes a $33 million sale of the company’s stake in a federally subsidized housing complex—a transaction Secretary of House & Urban Development Ben Carson had to approve—and a $3.2 million sale of land in the Dominican Republic last year, which Forbes called “the clearest violation of their father’s pledge to do no new foreign deals while in office.”” [GQ, 10/14/19]