Apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called Him Commodore as a way of teasing him. And it stuck. And then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. The kind of fortune that leaves a mark. In 1917 right next to the thenbrand new Grand Central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. It was called the Commodore Hotel. It was named after correspond kneel i couldnt say, the Commodore Vand built. Had a statute of him right out front. And that hotel was one of new yorks big successful shmancy centrally located famous
it was a big deal because the Commodore Hotel was a big Landmark Piece of new York Real Estate right next to Grand Central station. It also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. But it was a highprofile deal bec
business pitches overseas in the former soviet union. so we know what happened to donald trump. he became president. we know what happened to michael cohen. he s going to prison. what about the other guy? the architect who helped make these pitches for the trump organization, he himself has never been accused of wrongdoing that we know about. nobody has alleged that he has done anything to get himself in trouble with any of this stuff but he was proximate to something that is reportedly of investigation and where the other people involved are very, very much at the center of on going investigations. if the mueller investigation started to investigate this part of trump s business past, what about this other guy? i mean, the architect who was involved in these pitches, is he now part of the investigation,
organization, he himself has never been accused of wrongdoing that we know about. nobody has alleged that he has done anything to get himself in trouble with any of this stuff but he was proximate to something that is reportedly of investigation and where the other people involved are very, very much at the center of on going investigations. if the mueller investigation started to investigate this part of trump s business past, what about this other guy? i mean, the architect who was involved in these pitches, is he now part of the investigation, too? so christina reporter at cnbc reached out to that architect. she got a tip he was involved in the projects and the projects are subject of interest to robert mueller and she reaches out and that is when she pull that rabbit out of the hate. this magic trick. she didn t like saw the guy in half but it s the journalist equivalent. the architect did not respond to
and then bring michael cohen to make connections and also bring an architect who would show off possible designs for these potential trump developments. that was basically their three-pronged approach to making business pitches overseas in the former soviet union. so we know what happened to donald trump. he became president. we know what happened to michael cohen. he s going to prison. what about the other guy? the architect who helped make these pitches for the trump organization he himself has never been accused of wrongdoing that e with know about. nobody has alleged that he has done anything to get himself in trouble with any of this stuff but he was proximate to something that is reportedly of investigation and where the other people involved are very, very much at the center of on going investigations. if the mueller investigation started to investigate this part of trump s business past, what about this other guy?
corporate con job. andrew weissman now works for robert mueller. then there s lisa page. lisa page is a former prosecutor with deep experience in organized crime and money laundering, including working with an fbi task force that has pursued money-laundering cases related to putin connected and paul manafort-connected oligarchs in the former soviet union. lisa page now also works for robert mueller. this is greg andres. he s the latest hire that we know of on the robert mueller special counsel investigation. until recently andress ran the fraud unit in the criminal division of the u.s. justice department. he speciali ooiizes in money laundering, tax fraud, market that manipulation, corruption. greg andress is a big fish. he also now works for robert mueller. three weeks ago bloomberg was first to report that the mueller investigation was turning to trump s business past, trump s business transactions.