In an interview during a Federal Housing Administration / Senate investigation, Fred Trump admits that mafia member Willie Tomasello is a business partner and owns 25% of Beach Haven apartments.
Donald’s father had a business partner. This business partner was a guy who was an associate of the Gambino and Genovese families named Willie Tomasello, and there’s plenty of law enforcement reports about Willie Tomasello.
David Cay Johnston, Interview on The Majority Report
Willie himself provided funding for Trump projects, but it’s likely the funds were provided to him by the Italian mafia.
Roy Cohn, Fred and Donald Trump’s future attorney, will also become the attorney for the Gambino and Genovese families.
UPDATED 2/3/2025: A previous version of this post claimed based on our sources that Fred Trump had previously worked with Vincent “James” Tomasello, the father of Willie Tomasello. A family member reached out to Trump File to clarify that James died in 1937 and had no connection to the Trump family.
All of the information about William Vincent Tomasello is factual, but as for grandpa he did brick and stone work for the Diocese of Brooklyn under the company name James Vincent Tomasello Mason Contractors (JVT). He started the business about 1910 with his three brothers. They also made their money building and selling small apartment buildings on Kings highway and Ocean Parkway. Look up the Deeds of Record in the Brooklyn archives.
Vincent James (Tomasello) Abramo in an email to Trump File
Sources
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-stat/graphics/politics/trump-archive/docs/1954-06-18-senate-interview-of-fred-trump.pdf
https://www.mhpbooks.com/david-cay-johnston-have-trump-will-travel/
https://www.newsweek.com/2019/01/18/donald-trump-mafia-connections-decades-later-linked-mob-1285771.html
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/la-cosa-nostra.htm
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