Hey! Look at Bannon's "boat". The Lady May price reduced to $28,000,000

[underpants]

Bannon was arrested while cruising Long Island Sound near Westbrook in a $28 million mega yacht called Lady May.
https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-bannon-arrested-connecticut-20200820-aogsf64fr5axpheyas2xhsst7u-story.html



Major price reduction on LADY MAY

The owner of LADY MAY has instructed us to reduce her asking price significantly, by EUR 4,100,000 to EUR 24,900,000.

LADY MAY is a 46.2m (151.6ft) all-aluminium yacht delivered by Feadship, De Vries of The Netherlands in 2014 with engineering and exteriors by Dubois Naval Architects and interiors by RWD. This impeccable pedigree won her a clutch of awards at the ShowBoats Design Awards 2015, including both naval architecture and exterior design for Dubois and interior design in a yacht under 500GT for RWD. Boat International was moved to ask 'Is LADY MAY the most innovative superyacht ever?'

https://www.burgessyachts.com/en/about-us/news/major-price-reduction-on-lady-may

[lame54]

1. Was that the boat he was arrested on?

[underpants]

5. Apparently so

Hartford Courant link at the top

[Sanity Claws]

2. How are you going to afford something like that without grifting?

[lame54]

7. Seinfeld

[underpants]

20. that's kinda muddled

He basically started buying media as you probably know. I think he sold out of Seinfeld while it was on the air but it’s not clear.

https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/did-steve-bannon-really-make-millions-from-seinfeld.html

[Alliepoo]

26. It belongs to his "businessman" friend.

Looks like Federal authorities are looking at a deal that he and Bannon are cooking up.

[Botany]

3. That is the funniest looking wall I have ever seen.

Grifters! Fucking Grifters.



Key people Steve Bannon (Advisory Board Chair) Kris Kobach (Advisory Board)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Build_The_Wall

[underpants]

25. It's mobile

And at sea. They’ll NEVER see THAT coming.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Are you saying it's his boat?

The articles I've seen so far have only said 'on a boat' ... was it his own boat?

[underpants]

9. See the Hartford Courant link at the top

Here it is also. Local news.

https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-bannon-arrested-connecticut-20200820-aogsf64fr5axpheyas2xhsst7u-story.html

[mr_lebowski]

11. Got it ... belongs to an exiled Chinese businessman ...

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Bannon and exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui “have been spending significant time together on Mr. Guo’s yacht.” The two men have been linked to GTV Media Group, a private company under federal investigation.

[underpants]

14. The bio at the bottom for the longtime reporter couldn't be more perfect

Edmund H. Mahony
Edmund H. Mahony

Ed Mahony has covered Connecticut for more than three decades, mostly for the Hartford Courant. Over the last decade, he has covered some of the country’s biggest political and mob trials. He is the recipient of numerous journalistic awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the George Polk award, which he has won twice.

[mr_lebowski]

13. Another article says it's owned by an exiled Chinese businessman ... near the bottom

https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-bannon-arrested-connecticut-20200820-aogsf64fr5axpheyas2xhsst7u-story.html

[OAITW r.2.0]

17. Thanks....it seemed to make sense, but I will retract my post.

[yellowcanine]

8. Arrested by USPS Agents! Oh the irony!

Apparently the main charges are mail fraud. Don't mess with the USPS!

[underpants]

18. Abigail Spanberger started as a Postal Inspector

Her first job out of UVA and entry into law enforcement and intelligence

[C_U_L8R]

10. That's an air conditioner unit on pontoons.

Why bother boating if you're just going to stay inside? What over-privileged assholes.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. So Bannon was with his Chinese buddy on that yacht.

There's even MORE trouble brewing for Stevie-boy!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fundraising-at-company-tied-to-steve-bannon-and-guo-wengui-faces-probe-11597857467

A media company linked to former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon and exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui raised more than $300 million in a private offering this spring that is now being investigated by federal and state authorities, say people familiar with the matter.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. have frozen accounts tied to fundraising for the company, GTV Media Group, some of these people said. Bank of America Corp. also closed an account for GTV Media’s parent company shortly after it was opened in recent months, another person with knowledge of the situation said.

The federal probe is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission, people familiar with the investigation said. The investigators have been examining whether GTV Media or associates of Mr. Guo violated securities laws through the private share placement. The New York state attorney general’s office has also been examining the matter, these people said.

[underpants]

16. How perfect

Thanks

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. I'm reminded of "The Blues Brothers" movie...

... with pretty much EVERYONE after the guy.

Probably even Nazis that he cheated out of money. Lol!

[demmiblue]

15. The owner:

Guo Wengui (Chinese: 郭文贵; born 10 May 1970 (self claim)[2] or 5 October 1968[3]), also known under the names Guo Wen Gui, Guo Haoyun (郭浩云 , Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok,[4] is a Chinese billionaire businessman who later became a political activist and controls Beijing Zenith Holdings (via proxy people Li Lin and Jiang Yuehua),[5] and other assets.[6][7] At the peak of his career, he was 73rd among the richest in China. After falling out with members of the Communist Party leadership, Guo was accused of corruption and other misdeeds and forced to flee China. He fled to the United States in late 2014, after learning he was going to be arrested after allegations against him including bribing, kidnapping, money laundering, fraud and rape.[8]

Despite Guo's claims of being a whistle-blower, his statements were unable to be verified by newspapers such as The New York Times.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Wengui

[Kid Berwyn]

23. Must've missed a payment to Xi.

Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign: The Hidden Motives of a Modern-Day Mao

Excerpt...

The range of people targeted by Xi’s anti-corruption campaign is extensive. The list includes army generals, 35 members of the party’s influential Central Committee, nine members of the party’s internal disciplinary body, as well as senior officials, such as a former Chinese president’s chief of staff. Most telling, though, are the two highest-ranking officials prosecuted: Xi’s main political rivals, Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang. A powerful party chief known for his charisma and political potential, Bo was taken down when crimes committed by his family members were exposed at a time politically advantageous for Xi: shortly before Bo was expected to be appointed to the influential Politburo Standing Committee. Not long after, Minister of Public Security and a member of the same committee Bo was set to join, Zhou Yongkang, a rumored close friend and ally of Bo’s, was brought up on similar charges. Seemingly, the sole basis of the case against him was his alleged connection to a political rival of Xi’s. This correlation between indictments of high-level political figures and their political benefit to Xi is indicative of the alternate use that Xi has found for his anti-corruption campaign. Interestingly enough, one of the criticisms made against Bo by a longstanding party chief was that Bo revived songs and culture representative of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. The very same ones that, ironically, are now a constant feature of Chinese television under Xi’s administration.

Source: https://www.fpri.org/article/2018/08/xi-jinpings-anti-corruption-campaign-the-hidden-motives-of-a-modern-day-mao/

Organized crime means organized.

[Ilsa]

21. This page will scroll through pics of interior:

https://www.burgessyachts.com/en/buy-a-yacht/yachts-for-sale/lady-may-00002702

Or, click on the name of the boat in the article.

[underpants]

22. Fancy.

Thanks.

[TheBlackAdder]

24. I guess that will be up for US Marshal sale in the near future. 😂

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https://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/sales.htm

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