hmmm…

Here’s a mystery I can’t solve from @realDonaldTrump’s financial disclosures…he claimed $71K in income last yr from “Ritz Carlton Hotel at 112 Central Park South.” But Ritz left that address in 1997, and they say they don’t have any record of such a payment. Odd. pic.twitter.com/NVXrt4bc8V

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 6, 2018

112 Central Park South *was* a Ritz hotel until ‘97. But Ritz didn’t own the land: it had a “ground lease” from developer Leonard Kandell.
In 1990, Kandell gave @realdonaldtrump an interest in the lease.
Here’s Trump’s longtime lawyer, George Ross, explaining why. 2/ pic.twitter.com/OKlZa5cAwz

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 7, 2018

the plot thickens and story continues starting here:

At the same time, city docs show that @realDonaldTrump sold some (or perhaps all) of his interest in the lease, for $4.5M. 5/ pic.twitter.com/Y6Utv9GgxX

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 7, 2018