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Gary Legum

articles/2015/11/09/trump-s-corrupt-partner-is-a-mayor-again/151108-legum-trump-partner-tease_phvekg
Taken for a Ride

Trump’s Corrupt Partner Is a Mayor Again

After seven years in prison, Joe Ganim is back as Bridgeport mayor—21 years after Trump promised his city the ‘world’s largest rollercoaster’ in an amusement park that never came.

Gary Legum

articles/2015/08/20/trump-s-1-land-deal-with-a-corrupt-mayor/150816-legum-trump-mayor-tease_ruri3r
All’s Forgiven

Trump’s $1 Land Deal With Corrupt Mayor

When an amusement park Trump promised to Bridgeport, Conn., fell through, he still owed $300,000 a year in taxes—until its mayor bailed him out.

Gary Legum

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