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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCohen brokered mysterious $1.8 million loan to pool boy that Jerry Falwell Jr & his wife befriended
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirmed that he loaned $1.8 million with the help of President Donald Trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen to a young pool attendant he and his wife had befriended while staying six years ago at a luxury hotel.
Buzzfeed News had previously reported on a lawsuit that claimed the evangelical leader and his wife had developed a friendly relationship in 2012 with Giancarlo Granda, then 21 years old, at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, and Falwell confirmed in a court filing that he helped set up the younger man in business.
Cohen, who was sentenced earlier this month to three years in prison as part of a case involving payoffs to Trump mistresses, helped broker the Falwells endorsement of Granda to invest in a dormitory-style hotel in Miami Beach.
A source close to Falwell told Buzzfeed News he was sure Falwell had discussed the Granda case with Cohen before endorsing Trump for president, although theres no evidence to show those discussions were related.
Granda was introduced in 2012 to Trump, then a reality TV star and real estate mogul, at Liberty University, where the celebrity businessman was giving a convocation speech, which was also attended by Cohen.
More here --> https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/michael-cohen-brokered-mysterious-1-8-million-loan-pool-boy-jerry-falwell-jr-wife-befriended/
To recap, Cohen's clients:
Trump, Hannity, Broidy & Falwell Jr.
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,724 posts)Advice: do not search Google Images for "stable boy" at work.
TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)Cattledog
(6,668 posts)Leghorn21
(14,113 posts)I love dis!!
ScratchCat
(2,753 posts)Who doesn't loan a young pool boy nearly $2 million to start a business?
(This is going to get good. I'm still waiting to see who Hannity paid off for what too)
The Velveteen Ocelot
(131,226 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.
UpInArms
(55,356 posts)3_Limes
(580 posts)Can't wait to here more!!
Just no way this all pure and innocent.
Sneederbunk
(17,640 posts)Autumn
(49,020 posts)So they bought him a job so he could be hired as the manager for $1.8 million?
yeah right
3_Limes
(580 posts)I'm very, very curious to discover that!
Autumn
(49,020 posts)Or laying on someone.
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,497 posts)Doin the Bossa nova?
No, doin the bossa favor. Nyuk nyuk.
czarjak
(13,678 posts)Obviously!
Vinca
(54,330 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(131,226 posts)Because whatever it was, it wasn't hotel management.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)are the friendliest kind (R).
Blue Owl
(59,626 posts)nothing fishy there...
Yavin4
(37,182 posts)Must have been great at his job. Probably greatest ever.
yellowcanine
(36,826 posts)Iggo
(50,052 posts)...but damn, the jokes.
Leghorn21
(14,113 posts)And this is just the very teeny beginning of this saga
YEAH BABY
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