SCOTUS Justice Kennedy's son was Trumps banker at Deutsche Bank
 

Trump's business career is more connected to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy than we ever knew


Deutsche Bank loaned President Donald Trump over $1 billion for his real-estate projects while Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's son led a real-estate division there, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Justin Kennedy was the global head of the real-estate capital markets division of Deutsche Bank, which loaned to Trump when other banks wouldn't.

The son of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was leading a real-estate division of Deutsche Bank as it gave President Donald Trump over $1 billion in loans to finance his real-estate projects when other banks wouldn't, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Justin Kennedy, the former global head of Deutsche Bank's real-estate capital markets division, was one of Trump's close business associates, The Times reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

Because of Trump's inconsistent track record in business, which included multiple bankruptcy filings and frequent lawsuits, most other major banks would not lend to him. Deutsche Bank loaned Trump the funds to construct and renovate skyscrapers and other developments in New York City and Chicago, The Times reported.

After Trump's first address to Congress, in February 2017, he reportedly stopped to chat with Anthony Kennedy, saying: "Say hello to your boy. Special guy."

The Times article describes an unusually close relationship between Anthony Kennedy and Trump and a "quiet campaign" from the White House to encourage Kennedy to retire. Trump has praised Kennedy and his work, though it has included decisions on hot-button issues such as abortion, marriage equality, and the death penalty that many conservatives disagreed with.

After nominating Neil Gorsuch to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in January 2017, Trump appointed three judges who had previously clerked for Kennedy to federal appeals courts, and he included another two on the shortlist to fill any subsequent vacancies on the Supreme Court, The Times reported.

Kennedy's retirement announcement on Wednesday sent shockwaves through Washington and constituted a victory for Trump, who will choose Kennedy's replacement, pending confirmation from the Republican-controlled Senate.

By nominating a solidly conservative justice to replace Kennedy, who was known as a "swing vote" and a decider in many key cases, Trump and the Senate can swing the ideological balance of the court to the right, a move that is likely to satisfy his base ahead of crucial midterm elections this year.

Where do the Russians fit in?

wow!

that certainly answers my question re: why Kennedy wouldn't bother to wait a couple years to retire.


wow!

It seems kinda odd, specially with some of his recent decisions which favor Trump, but I think Democrats should tread lightly and not try to throw him under the bus with out actual proof.

It is very suspicious though that he doesn't even seem willing to wait until after November. Unless there is some unknown medical reason, not waiting until November elections, then it's very concerning to say the least.

A lot of questions and no answers

The Russians control everything at this point.

Yeah, but it's one of my gripes with Democrats is they will often rush to be the good guys with out waiting to see whats going on first.

We saw this with Al Franken where he was shoved in a corner and force to resign because Democrats jumped to attack him just to say he we hold ours accountable. Sure hold them accountable, but wait and see if he did it 1st.

Same thing happened with Democrats jumping to support BLM. I've always felt that was a big mistake, because BLM was very racist regardless of the motivation of that movement. The movement was understandable, but the racism that sounded it was not. Democrats should have never supported that.

Democrats seem to try to hard sometimes to prove they are not like Republican scumbags and in doing so, sometimes turn into what they are trying to avoid.

you forgot to add to this story that trump "forgot" to pay 500 million of this loan back.

You do realize Deutsche Bank is a German bank right? Asking for a friend. :thumbsup

Good point thanks :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:thumbsup