Donald Trump’s background, a relationship with a cocaine dealer, would make any other person unelectable. What gives?
Trumps previously involved with a cocaine dealer
Donald Trump biographer David Cay Johnston revealed a bombshell recently. Donald Trump knowingly had close dealings with a cocaine dealer.
Johnston appeared on CNN host Michael Smerconish’s show.
According to Johnston, “Donald got his personal helicopter and the one for his casinos from a convicted felon who turned out to be a major drug trafficker, and instead of cutting ties with this guy, he kept him on, he rented him an apartment under very unusual circumstances as I described in the book,” Johnston said. “He wrote a letter pleading for mercy for him, saying he was a standup guy. The guy got 18 months while the people who actually delivered the drugs for him got 20 years. And, by the way, the case came before at one point Judge Maryanne Trump Barry — Donald’s older sister.”
The Smoking Gun reported the following.
“At the time Trump wrote his character reference letter, Weichselbaum, then in his mid-40s, was already a twice-convicted felon. In addition to his 1986 plea to federal cocaine distribution and income tax charges, Weichselbaum’s rap sheet included prior convictions for grand theft auto and the embezzlement of more than $130,000 from a Brooklyn manufacturing firm where he worked for a decade.
Weichselbaum, who peddled drugs and palled around with wiseguys, seemed an odd choice for Trump to publicly embrace. Especially since the developer–who has never been known for empathetic gestures–owned casinos monitored by New Jersey regulators on the alert for licensees who maintained business or personal relationships with unsavory types.”
David Cay Johnston went on to say that Donald Trump was consistently ranked to the bottom of the pack while managing his casinos.
(r/t RawStory)