The Son of Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Helped Trump Secure Loans at Deutsche Bank

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JERRY LAMBE

Oct 28th, 2020, 11:12 am

The son of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy helped Donald Trump in 2005 secure nearly $700 million in loans to construct a skyscraper in Chicago, despite Trump’s reputation for defaulting on business loans, the New York Times reported on Tuesday evening.

According to the report, Justin Kennedy, who ran the German bank’s commercial real estate team and was close with the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, was willing to overlook Trump’s shoddy history as a debtor, getting the future president to personally guarantee $40 million of the loan. Both Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump currently work in the White House.

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In Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and an Epic Trail of Destruction, finance editor of the New York Times David Enrich described how Justin Kennedy was “drawn to Trump’s risk-taking and glamour” while he was shepherding lucrative loans to Trump’s private businesses, even after the bank’s clients took massive losses when Trump’s Atlantic City casinos went bankrupt. After Trump’s election, the family reportedly set their sights on persuading Justice Kennedy to step down so the president could appoint a second justice to the bench.

“Trump’s flattery was part of a coordinated White House charm offensive designed to persuade the ageing justice – for years, the court’s pivotal swing vote – that it was safe to retire, even with an unpredictable man in the Oval Office,” Enrich wrote.

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https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-son-of-former-supreme-court-justice-anthony-kennedy-helped-trump-secure-loans-at-deutsche-bank/

[DURHAM D]

1. Anthony Kennedy is just another garden variety traitor in service to Trump.

[spooky3]

2. The corruption is strong with this one (too).

And he sounds incredibly stupid.

[Blue Owl]

3. Mmm HMMMM!!!

[malaise]

4. Didn't he also give Ivanka private Civics lessons?

Wonder if the Con blackmailed him too

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. He has a brother.

Who, I faintly remember reading, is/was a lawyer? also involved with the trumps.

So, that was back in late '80's. yeah? I can imagine the temptations trump could offer the banker kid.

[malaise]

7. LOL - The judge not the son

The connections between Kennedy and Trump, per the New York Times report are surprisingly deep, given the president’s general lack of DC experience—and Trump and his allies exploited them to perfection, encouraging the swing justice to retire before the 2018 midterms, which could return control of the Senate back to Democrats. Trump nominated Neal Gorsuch, a former Kennedy clerk, to replace Scalia shortly after assuming office. Ivanka Trump visited the Supreme Court a week before Kennedy’s retirement as the justice’s guest. Kennedy has, over the last two years, sided with the Trump administration in a number of narrow rulings.

https://newrepublic.com/article/149496/trumps-relationship-justice-kennedy-sounds-shady-new-report

[empedocles]

5. Had hoped that would've been very visible by now. Not happen.

Someday though

[panader0]

8. The story I got here on DU at the time said

Justice Kennedy was afraid of the connection between his son and trump loans with
Deutsche Bank and was told of he stepped down, there would be no charges or investigation.
So Justice Kennedy was coerced to step down to protect his son.

[Boogiemack]

9. Yep, that's old news. Kennedy stepping down is the real corruption. How much did he make? nt