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While it may be perfectly legitimate to criticize Sean Hannity for being a pom-pom waver for Trump, this report is clearly a hit piece, delivered by a left-wing former news magazine now relegated to online status, via The Guardian (a left-wing British publication), which in turn appears to have received the story from Media Matters (David Brock's bottom-feeding, Soros-funded fever swamp).

Link: https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/04/18/last-year-hannity-mentioned-kidding-around-yesterday-michael-cohen-about-real-estate-deal/219985

 :amen:  Jean Hannity is entitled to invest his money as he sees fit and I can't see how it's anyone else's business how he does it.
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Investing is one thing...having the HUD Secretary...the guy who just approved the increase in your mortgages as a guest on your show and now fully disclosing the relationship is another thing entirely. He's totally shooting his credibility in the foot between this and not letting his viewers know about his relationship with Cohen while railing against people criticizing Cohen on his nightly show.
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The part I don't get is the article saying Sean "owns" "shell companies".  Is this supposed to mean he "created fake companies" so his name wouldn't be listed as "owning" these companies?? 

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@txradioguy

The part I don't get is the article saying Sean "owns" "shell companies".  Is this supposed to mean he "created fake companies" so his name wouldn't be listed as "owning" these companies??

Shell Companies is Liberal trigger speak for LLC's.

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Shell Companies is Liberal trigger speak for LLC's.


That’s true.  I remember those flaming liberals at Breitbart, Fox News, Washington Times, and others talking about the Clinton Foundation shell companies in 2016.
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@txradioguy

The part I don't get is the article saying Sean "owns" "shell companies".  Is this supposed to mean he "created fake companies" so his name wouldn't be listed as "owning" these companies??

The implication here is that Hannity is a crook.  Merely for benefiting from real estate investments that he has made.  Much like everything the left comes up with...it's all BS, IOW.

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This is according to a report by The Guardian, which said it reviewed public documents to identify Hannity as the beneficial owner of shell companies which own more than 870 properties ranging from luxury mansions to cheap rentals. Those purchases were made over the past decade.
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@txradioguy

The part I don't get is the article saying Sean "owns" "shell companies".  Is this supposed to mean he "created fake companies" so his name wouldn't be listed as "owning" these companies??

Creating a LLC for these type of investments (especially at the level we are talking about) is completely normal and financially prudent. It really isn't 'hiding ownership' per-say as ownership of the LLC can be discovered.

The only way this could be legally questionable is to shuffle expenses to avoid payment. Such as creating an LLC shell to hold the debt > move the ownership > bankrupt the LLC holding the debt- shielding the company & screwing the creditor(s). But that doesn't seem to be implied here.

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That’s true.  I remember those flaming liberals at Breitbart, Fox News, Washington Times, and others talking about the Clinton Foundation shell companies in 2016.

Oh puhleeze.  You're actually attempting to compare this leftist BS to the Clinton Foundation???
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Here I am, again forced to defend Sean Hannity, so bleep you all for that; if you had Sean's wealth and invested in rentals, would you advertise that you owned rental property and then sit back and wait for one or more of your tenants to sue you for some BS claim just to try to get a portion of your dough because tbey knew you were rich?  No, me neither.

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Oh puhleeze.  You're actually attempting to compare this leftist BS to the Clinton Foundation???

I do believe he is.   
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Don't get me wrong I have no problem with his investments or the fact he's trying to make money and live well...hell that's the American dream...my issue is that since he's a public figure he his a higher obligation to be transparent about these things if he's going to speak about them nightly to a national audience.
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I do believe he is.


You would, since we can see you’re day drinking.
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Don't get me wrong I have no problem with his investments or the fact he's trying to make money and live well...hell that's the American dream...my issue is that since he's a public figure he his a higher obligation to be transparent about these things if he's going to speak about them nightly to a national audience.

What..really?...Sean had no obligation to divulge all his financial interests and investments..
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That’s true.  I remember those flaming liberals at Breitbart, Fox News, Washington Times, and others talking about the Clinton Foundation shell companies in 2016.

LOL. Your boat is sinking on ya and all you can find to bail is that shit? Better abandon ship.

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You would, since we can see you’re day drinking.

I also remember when you used to be funny.  What happened?   

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Don't get me wrong I have no problem with his investments or the fact he's trying to make money and live well...hell that's the American dream...my issue is that since he's a public figure he his a higher obligation to be transparent about these things if he's going to speak about them nightly to a national audience.


Buy low, sell high.  Nothing wrong with it at all.  However, it’s funny how he bemoaned the Obama economy and has managed to do quite well in it, given many acquisitions were in 2013.  He also says quite a bit about his tax situation on his show.  He never fails to mention how much he pays and purposely overpays to avoid audits.  Suddenly, his finances are nobody’s business.  OK.
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Here I am, again forced to defend Sean Hannity, so bleep you all for that; if you had Sean's wealth and invested in rentals, would you advertise that you owned rental property and then sit back and wait for one or more of your tenants to sue you for some BS claim just to try to get a portion of your dough because tbey knew you were rich?  No, me neither.

A good rule of thumb is just to remove the name and defend the facts. I find Hannity one of the most annoying pundits, but the simple facts are far more normal, ethical, and less dramatic than the media is spinning it.

If something further comes up, like he was using these LLCs to dump debt off or hide investors, that's different.

But for now, this is just a normal business transaction and is as dumb as saying he bought groceries but failed to disclose this when interviewing the FDA head.

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What..really?...Sean had no obligation to divulge all his financial interests and investments..

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If he is going to have say...the head of the financial institution who set up the shell corps he was buying the properties through...yes he does.

If he's got a relationship with a lawyer being excoriated by the likes of Mueller and this stupid investigation...and he goes on the air railing about deep state this and deep state that where Cohen is concerned...yes he does.

If the head of HUD authorized the increase in his mortgage on some of those properties to the tune of roughly $17 million dollars...yes he does.

Otherwise it smacks on the surface of quid pro quo.
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Buy low, sell high.  Nothing wrong with it at all.  However, it’s funny how he bemoaned the Obama economy and has managed to do quite well in it, given many acquisitions were in 2013.  He also says quite a bit about his tax situation on his show.  He never fails to mention how much he pays and purposely overpays to avoid audits.  Suddenly, his finances are nobody’s business.  OK.

Exactly.
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Suddenly, his finances are nobody’s business.  OK.

They aren't anyones business..all this info was leaked by the government to attack Hannity...so he made good investments...so what, congrats to him.....
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If he is going to have say...the head of the financial institution who set up the shell corps he was buying the properties through...yes he does.

If he's got a relationship with a lawyer being excoriated by the likes of Mueller and this stupid investigation...and he goes on the air railing about deep state this and deep state that where Cohen is concerned...yes he does.

If the head of HUD authorized the increase in his mortgage on some of those properties to the tune of roughly $17 million dollars...yes he does.

Otherwise it smacks on the surface of quid pro quo.

He is a private citizen and is under no obligation to tell you or me about his investments.
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They aren't anyones business..all this info was leaked by the government to attack Hannity...so he made good investments...so what, congrats to him.....

And he could have sucked all the air out of all of this if he'd been up front when he had these people on his show.

Then there would have no there "there".
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LOL. Your boat is sinking on ya and all you can find to bail is that shit? Better abandon ship.


Standing on dry land, basking in the sun and your crimson countenance for such an obvious falsehood.
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They aren't anyones business..all this info was leaked by the government to attack Hannity...so he made good investments...so what, congrats to him.....


My point being, he blabs about them conveniently.
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Don't get me wrong I have no problem with his investments or the fact he's trying to make money and live well...hell that's the American dream...my issue is that since he's a public figure he his a higher obligation to be transparent about these things if he's going to speak about them nightly to a national audience.

Right. An openly Right Wing Trump supporter needs to let us know he is a slumlord, so we can hate on him some more, but I cannot find one post from you about the now defunct Podesta Group funneling money from Russia and hiding it in an artwork collection over the last couple years. That doesn't matter though. It's not like they worked for governments or guided public policy.

Don't get me wrong. I am glad you are fighting the good fight against an openly Right Wing Trump supporter. Real Estate investing is a dirty corrupt business full of crooks after all.