Bernard Condon

Bernard Condon

November 16, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Trump Strikes New Overseas Deal and Raises Old Ethics Issue

Unlike Donald Trump's build-and-own ventures earlier in his career, licensing offers a relatively easy and risk-free way to generate cash assuming his brand remains strong.

By Bernard Condon

3 minute read

May 12, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Trump Sells Washington Hotel to Miami-Based Investor Group

CGI Merchant Group of Miami planned to remove the Trump name from the facade and rebrand the hotel a Waldorf Astoria.

By Bernard Condon

2 minute read

February 15, 2022 | Daily Business Review

A-Rod, Once Scorned by Trump, In Group Buying His D.C. Hotel

Word of Rodriguez's involvement in the Trump hotel deal brings together two infamously polarizing figures and has cast a renewed spotlight on their often-tempestuous relationship.

By Bernard Condon

6 minute read

August 27, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Ethics Outcry as Trump Touts 'Magnificent' Doral for Next G-7

Government ethics watchdogs have long railed against the perils of President Donald Trump earning money off the presidency and hosting foreign leaders at his properties.

By Bernard Condon and Adriana Gomez Licon

5 minute read

January 30, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Mar-a-Lago Chef Says Harassment Complaint Cost Him His Job

Former executive pastry chef Graham Randall says that he was laid off about six months after complaining to human resources that two top managers were engaging in offensive behavior toward two women pastry chefs.

By Bernard Condon

3 minute read

July 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Is Investigation a Backdoor to President Trump's Tax Return?

Attorney general candidate Zephyr Teachout said shifting from a civil case to a criminal probe into the Trump Foundation could lead to the release of the president's tax returns.

By Bernard Condon, Associated Press

1 minute read

June 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Immigration Firm Seems to Thrive After Trump Lawyer's Help

When Nicholas Mastroianni II hooked up with President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen last year, his business was threatened by a looming regulatory crackdown on the federal EB-5 program that offers foreigners permanent residency visas if they invest in certain U.S. real estate projects.

By Bernard Condon, Associated Press

1 minute read

March 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

NYC Launches Investigation Into Kushner Companies' False Filings

A New York City official is launching an investigation into falsified documents filed by the Kushner Cos. with the city, saying that they should have been discovered earlier because the documents were hidden in plain sight.

By Bernard Condon, Associated Press

5 minute read

June 01, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Creative Kushner Mapping Underscores Holes in Visa Program

The Kushner Cos. engaged in a bit of creative mapmaking to qualify one of its buildings in a booming New Jersey waterfront neighborhood across from Manhattan for a federal visa-for-investment program targeting struggling areas.

By Bernard Condon

4 minute read

March 24, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Trumps Plot Big Hotel Expansion, But Political Problems Loom

The Trump family is launching a new hotel chain in a bold expansion of a company that critics say is already too big and opaque for an enterprise whose owner sits in the Oval Office.

By Bernard Condon and David Koenig

9 minute read