A Billionaire Walks Into A Massage Parlor

[Au165]

Adam Schefter may have been right about other larger names....

Aaaaah this is too good. He signed it. Respect, @jkbjournalist. pic.twitter.com/9aimVd9nAR

— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) March 8, 2019

[GMDino]

(03-08-2019, 11:48 AM)Au165 Wrote: Adam Schefter may have been right about other larger names....

Aaaaah this is too good. He signed it. Respect, @jkbjournalist. pic.twitter.com/9aimVd9nAR

— Dan Bloom (@danbl00m) March 8, 2019

The article says she sold those locations before this went down and hasn't been charged.  It also says she still owns a couple spas with dubious practices that the police have looked into.

I'd like to think DJT has no idea who is sitting next to him.  But I'd also like to think his protective services vet the people sitting next to him.

Who know how or what Trump does though.

[Au165]

(03-08-2019, 12:00 PM)GMDino Wrote: The article says she sold those locations before this went down and hasn't been charged.  It also says she still owns a couple spas with dubious practices that the police have looked into.

I'd like to think DJT has no idea who is sitting next to him.  But I'd also like to think his protective services vet the people sitting next to him.

Who know how or what Trump does though.

Did you read it all? Her family is still tied to them, her husband still runs one. She moved to get her name off of them all. Her name was tied to them while they were offering sexual services before her name was removed from business records. The issue here is Kraft and Trump are friends, Kraft gets busted at one of her "former" spa's. It'll be interesting where this goes, but don't be confused by here name not appearing on business records as of late as she did this as she embarked on a more public political path years back.

For a person to be seated that close to him at an event they have to go through extensive back ground checks, according to someone in the article. There were personal hand written cards to her. She was at Mar A Lago all the time. Maybe he knew, maybe he didn't but don't sleep on the Kraft tie.

[GMDino]

(03-08-2019, 12:04 PM)Au165 Wrote: Did you read it all? Her family is still tied to them, her husband still runs one. She moved to get her name off of them all. Her name was tied to them while they were offering sexual services before her name was removed from business records. The issue here is Kraft and Trump are friends, Kraft gets busted at one of her "former" spa's. It'll be interesting where this goes, but don't be confused by here name not appearing on business records as of late as she did this as she embarked on a more public political path years back.

For a person to be seated that close to him at an event they have to go through extensive back ground checks, according to someone in the article. There were personal hand written cards to her. She was at Mar A Lago all the time. Maybe he knew, maybe he didn't but don't sleep on the Kraft tie.

Oh, don't get me wrong.  I'm sure she's dirty with dirty money.  That's the best way to get close to DJT.  He doesn't like people who fail so do whatever you have to do be "successful".

I just skimmed to see if she had been charged and caught that she was no longer the owner.

It's just really weird how DJT keeps having these people around him who are law breakers.  Really weird.  

[Au165]

(03-08-2019, 12:28 PM)GMDino Wrote: Oh, don't get me wrong.  I'm sure she's dirty with dirty money.  That's the best way to get close to DJT.  He doesn't like people who fail so do whatever you have to to be "successful".

I just skimmed to see if she had been charged and caught that she was no longer the owner.

It's just really weird how DJT keeps having these people around him who are law breakers.  Really weird.  

I wonder if they can't build a case 5 years old because of statute of limitations? Either way, I'm not sure this is over based on some other things I have seen.

[BmorePat87]

lol wow, those are some pretty awful optics.

[*Nately120*]

(03-08-2019, 12:00 PM)GMDino Wrote: The article says she sold those locations before this went down and hasn't been charged.  It also says she still owns a couple spas with dubious practices that the police have looked into.

I'd like to think DJT has no idea who is sitting next to him.  But I'd also like to think his protective services vet the people sitting next to him.

Who know how or what Trump does though.

Even if Trump were caught saying he went there and got rubbed n' tugged by illegals people would still just assume he is lying in order to impress people.

[GMDino]

So she was also getting paid to get others access to the POTUS.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/what-we-know-about-the-spa-owner-cindy-yang-selling-access-to-trump.html

Lots of neatokeen info there.

I didn't see if Trump signed any bibles for her though.  

[GMDino]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article230946518.html

Quote:Federal prosecutors demand Cindy Yang records from Mar-a-Lago, Trump campaign



Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., this week sent subpoenas to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, and Trump Victory, a political fundraising committee, demanding they turn over all records relating to Republican Party donor Li “Cindy” Yang and several of her associates and companies, the Miami Herald has learned.


Yang, a South Florida massage-parlor entrepreneur, is the target of a public corruption investigation seeking to determine if she funneled money from China to the president’s re-election campaign or otherwise violated campaign-finance laws. She became a GOP donor in the 2016 election cycle and opened a consulting company that promised Chinese businesspeople the chance to attend events at Mar-a-Lago and gain access to Trump and his inner circle. Some of those events were campaign fundraisers that required guests to buy tickets for entry, payments that are considered political contributions. Foreign nationals are prohibited from donating to U.S. political campaigns.


Investigators are seeking evidence from Mar-a-Lago and Trump Victory as they build a potential case against Yang and possibly others close to her. The president’s club and the fundraising committee are not the targets of the investigation. The subpoenas cover records from January 2017 to the present. A spokeswoman for Yang did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

One subpoena, issued by a federal grand jury in West Palm Beach, compels Mar-a-Lago to turn over all documents, records and communications relating to Yang, as well as 11 other people, one charity and seven companies affiliated with her, according to a person familiar with the investigation who asked for anonymity to discuss an ongoing probe. The people named in that subpoena include Yang’s family members, former employees at her massage parlors and several donors to Trump Victory. Prosecutors were trying to serve the subpoena to Mar-a-Lago through a South Florida law firm, the source said.
SAVE NOW
The second subpoena, for Trump Victory, was served to attorneys at a Washington, D.C., law firm. It seeks campaign-finance records relating to Yang and her associates.


Mar-a-Lago is owned by the Trump Organization, the president’s family company. Trump Victory is a joint fundraising committee for the president and the Republican National Committee. It supports his re-election efforts.


The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday. Blair Ellis, RNC press secretary, said: “Trump Victory makes every effort possible to ensure that all contributions are made in accordance with the law. While we can’t comment on any possible ongoing investigations, of course our committee would comply with any request from law enforcement to ensure all contributions are made legally.”


The Justice Department declined to comment.


The investigation is being handled by the FBI and the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section in Washington. While special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election has ended, the new probe examining Chinese money may add to growing concerns over foreign influence heading into the 2020 election. (In a separate matter, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami have been investigating possible Chinese espionage operations in South Florida targeting Mar-a-Lago.)


Li ‘Cindy’ Yang poses with President Donald Trump at a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago on March 3, 2018. She received a signed photograph. A flier for the event advertised a ‘reception, photo and two seats for dinner with President Trump’ for a donation of $50,000.

Prosecutors handling the public-corruption probe had previously subpoenaed Bing Bing Peranio, a former receptionist at one of Yang’s massage parlors, for information about a $5,400 donation she made to Trump Victory ahead of a March 3, 2018, RNC event at Mar-a-Lago. Investigators are seeking to learn if foreign nationals may have been the original source of that money. In interviews with the New York Times and Miami Herald, Peranio has refused to answer when asked if Yang reimbursed her for the donation, a violation of campaign-finance laws against “straw” donors.


Peranio was named in the Mar-a-Lago subpoena as well. So were several other people who made donations to the president’s re-election campaign shortly before the event.


Concerns that Yang could be funneling foreign money to Trump’s campaign began in March after the Miami Herald revealed she was using Chinese-language social media to advertise ticket sales for events at Mar-a-Lago to Chinese business executives, and had been photographed several times with Trump and other leading Republican politicians. She promoted the GOP fundraisers and charity galas at Mar-a-Lago as ways to meet the president, his family and his advisers. The phenomenon was dubbed ”Trump Tourism.”


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Last week, a campaign-finance watchdog group [url=https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article230706779.html]filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, claiming that Yang accepted payments from wealthy Chinese individuals in order to buy them tickets to RNC events. It is illegal to not disclose the original source of a political contribution, and it is illegal for foreign nationals — people who do not hold U.S. citizenship or a green card — to contribute to an American political campaign. Foreign nationals can attend fundraisers as guests so long as they do not reimburse the person who paid for their entry.

This cellphone selfie shows businesswoman Li ‘Cindy’ Yang watching the Super Bowl at President Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.

Yang has denied any wrongdoing and is suing the Miami Herald for defamation. The civil case is pending. She and her family have donated nearly $70,000 to Trump since his election.


RUBBING SHOULDERS
Since Trump became president, the RNC has chosen to host several campaign events at Mar-a-Lago to raise money for his re-election.
On March 3, 2018, Cindy Yang attended one of those events as a VIP guest after contributing the $50,000 required to receive a ticket and a signed picture with the president.


Yang would later use that photo and others from the event on the website of her consulting business, GY US Investments, to advertise access to the president to overseas clients. The subpoena compels Mar-a-Lago to turn over information on GY US Investments and a similarly named company, according to the source.

Cindy Yang attended Sen. Rick Scott’s Sunshine Ball in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. The event asked $25,000 for a photo opportunity with Scott.



Over the past year, Yang advertised at least eight Trump-related events to Chinese clients. Five of those events gave proceeds to Trump Victory — the committee dedicated to raising money for Trump’s re-election. Two of the campaign fundraisers were hosted at Mar-a-Lago, and the others at various venues around the country, including one at Cipriani restaurant in New York City.
Among the parties named in the Mar-a-Lago subpoena are:


 Fuming Yang and Guiying Zhang, Yang’s father and mother, and Zubin Gong, her husband. They could not be reached.


 Katrina Eggertsson, an employee at one of Yang’s massage parlors who donated $5,400 to Trump Victory and $5,400 to the president’s campaign fund before the Mar-a-Lago event that Yang attended as a VIP, according to FEC records. Eggertsson did not respond to a message.


 Jon Deng, a businessman from Palm Beach County who belonged to a political group called the National Committee of Asian American Republicans. Yang served as a fundraiser for that group, commonly called the Asian GOP. In the weeks before a 2017 Trump fundraiser in New York City where Yang brought several Chinese-speaking guests, Deng and his wife, Hui Liu, donated $85,000 to Trump Victory. At that event, two guests of the Asian GOP received photos with Trump priced at $50,000. Neither is recorded as making a contribution. Deng did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. In the past, Deng denied wrongdoing and said he no longer worked with Yang.


 Li Jing, a New York-based marketing executive who contributed $27,000 to Trump Victory ahead of the New York fundraiser. Jing previously told the Herald she did not recall the donation. Jing hung up the phone when reached by a reporter Wednesday. She did not respond to subsequent text messages.


 Elizabeth MacCall, a former employee at Yang’s day-spa chain who donated $5,400 to Trump Victory and $5,400 to Trump’s presidential campaign fund. MacCall declined to comment Wednesday.


 Haizhen Gong, owner of a day spa in South Florida who donated $5,400 to Trump Victory and $5,400 to the president’s campaign fund. A woman who answered a phone number listed for Gong said she did not speak English when a reporter called, and hung up twice when a Chinese-speaking reporter subsequently reached her.


 Several companies affiliated with Yang, including Destination of the World, Fufu International, Tokyo Beauty and Massage School and a nonprofit called the Women’s Charity Foundation. One of the charity’s founding members is Xianqin Qu, leader of the Florida chapter of a group known as a foreign arm of the Communist Party of China.


Yang had planned to attend an RNC fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago scheduled for March 10 of this year.



But she canceled at the last minute after the Herald reported that she had once owned the spa where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with receiving sex acts from a masseuse. (He denies the allegations.) Yang had sold that spa years earlier but continued to own a chain of day spas that, in at least two cases, were reported to police for prostitution.