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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother hotel contractor sues DT for unpaid bills -- $2 million.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316098-contractor-files-2-million-against-trump-for-unpaid-billsA Maryland-based electrical company is suing President Trumps Washington, D.C. hotel for than $2 million, Politico reports.
AES Electrical, also called Freestate Electrical, alleged that its employees had to work nonstop to complete electrical and fire alarm systems before the hotels soft opening in September and its grand opening in October. It says it never received payment for its work.
The lawsuit also argues that without Freestate, the real estate mogul would not have been able to hold an event at the hotel in September.
At the time of the soft opening, Donald J. Trump, President of Defendent, Trump Old Post Office, LLC, was a U.S. presidential candidate and the soft opening had to occur to permit Mr. Trumps nationally televised campaign event from the Hotel on September 16, 2016, which was to honor U.S. veterans, the lawsuit says. But for Freestates acceleration of work and performance of extra work on the project, this event would not have been able to occur.
Freestate also noted that its work before the hotels grand opening on Oct. 26 was timed just before the Nov. 8 election in order to generate positive press coverage.
Freestate isnt the first contractor to accuse Trumps businesses of not paying the bills. Two other companies that worked on the Washington hotel A&D Construction Inc. and plumbing company Joseph J. Magnolia, Inc. filed liens for unpaid bills.
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Another hotel contractor sues DT for unpaid bills -- $2 million. (Original Post)
pnwmom
Jan 2017
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dalton99a
(81,486 posts)1. He got rich by conning people
Jacob Boehme
(789 posts)2. Their timing is good...
He's more likely to settle out of court than to risk exposure... so this contractor will actually have a good chance of getting paid.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)3. If I were a wealthy democrat...
I would finance all of these contractor's lawsuits and not let them settle.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)4. I wonder if these companies can legally withhold tax payments until he
settles up?