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PunkinPi

(4,875 posts)
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 01:44 PM Dec 2018

Cohen brokered mysterious $1.8 million loan to pool boy that Jerry Falwell Jr & his wife befriended

Michael Cohen brokered mysterious $1.8 million loan to pool boy that Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife befriended (full title)

Jerry Falwell Jr. confirmed that he loaned $1.8 million — with the help of President Donald Trump’s 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 there’s 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.
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Cohen brokered mysterious $1.8 million loan to pool boy that Jerry Falwell Jr & his wife befriended (Original Post) PunkinPi Dec 2018 OP
Well at least it wasn't the ranch hand or the stable boy. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #1
Perhaps he's a specialist, you know... like a breeder TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #16
Says the internal monologue of his wife: "I don't even know this guy. What's Jerry's connection?" TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #2
Pool Boy! Cattledog Dec 2018 #3
Ohhhhhhhhhhh Leghorn21 Dec 2018 #4
Come on ScratchCat Dec 2018 #5
A loan or hush money? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #6
Hush, now! UpInArms Dec 2018 #7
This has the potential to deliver thebiggest and best slice of schadenfreud pie I've ever had! 3_Limes Dec 2018 #8
Coffee Boy did not do this well. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #9
The pool boy the two of them befriended? Autumn Dec 2018 #10
So just what might Grenada's area of expertice be? 3_Limes Dec 2018 #12
I think his area of expertise must be the laying on of hands. Autumn Dec 2018 #14
Maybe he was a dancing instructor. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2018 #18
God's will... czarjak Dec 2018 #11
Holy shit . . . what did a pool boy have to do to get $1.8 million?? Vinca Dec 2018 #13
I'm sure that was just a rhetorical question... The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #15
Friendly friends (R) Achilleaze Dec 2018 #17
Hmmm HMMMMMMM... Blue Owl Dec 2018 #19
That's one hell of a pool boy Yavin4 Dec 2018 #20
Sometimes a pool boy is just a pool boy! yellowcanine Dec 2018 #21
I know pool boy is an honorable profession... Iggo Dec 2018 #22
Came back to KICK, because this story is the most delightful of the day!! Leghorn21 Dec 2018 #23

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,436 posts)
1. Well at least it wasn't the ranch hand or the stable boy.
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 01:47 PM
Dec 2018

Advice: do not search Google Images for "stable boy" at work.

ScratchCat

(1,988 posts)
5. Come on
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 01:53 PM
Dec 2018

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)

3_Limes

(363 posts)
8. This has the potential to deliver thebiggest and best slice of schadenfreud pie I've ever had!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 02:02 PM
Dec 2018

Can't wait to here more!!

Just no way this all pure and innocent.

Autumn

(45,071 posts)
10. The pool boy the two of them befriended?
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 02:12 PM
Dec 2018

So they bought him a job so he could be hired as the manager for $1.8 million?

"Granda was hired as the manager despite having no relevant experience in real estate or hotel management."




yeah right

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
23. Came back to KICK, because this story is the most delightful of the day!!
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:55 AM
Dec 2018

And this is just the very teeny beginning of this saga

YEAH BABY



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