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Trump Real Estate Customers Increasingly Turn To Anonymous Shell Companies For Condo Deals, Report Finds

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President Trump speaks to participants in the annual demonstration known as the March for Life and abortion rights opponents in the Rose Garden at the White House on Jan. 19, 2018 in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
President Trump speaks to participants in the annual demonstration known as the March for Life and abortion rights opponents in the Rose Garden at the White House on Jan. 19, 2018 in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

President Trump's first year in office has been a profitable one for his companies. Last year, Trump's companies sold more than $35 million in real estate. According to USA Today, most of that property was bought anonymously, through secretive shell companies.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Nick Penzenstadler (@npenzenstadler), who covers Trump's conflicts of interest for USA Today.

This segment aired on January 22, 2018.

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