FBI Raids Miami-Area Trump Building In Russia Probe

The Miami Herald reports:

The trio of Trump Towers on Sunny Isles Beach draws its share of gawkers, thanks to Donald Trump’s licensing deal that plastered his name on the oceanfront development. But on Thursday, the luxury high-rise complex drew the attention of law enforcement, namely the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A squad of FBI special agents, assisted by local police, descended on Trump Tower III at 15811 Collins Ave. to carry out a search of unit 4102. It’s owned by a shell company, MIC-USA LLC, that is controlled by two Russian businessmen, Oleg Sergeyevich Patsulya and Agunda Konstantinovna Makeeva, according to state corporation records.

On Friday, a spokesman for the FBI’s Miami field office said it “was conducting court-ordered law enforcement activity in the vicinity of that location,” but provided no other information.

Read the full article. Like many other buildings that bear his name, Trump doesn’t own the Sunny Isles Beach towers, but that hasn’t dissuaded wealthy Russians from buying units. Locals call the town “Little Moscow.”

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— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) May 13, 2023