Thread: Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings

The tally of investors from Russia may be conservative. The analysis found that at least 703 – or about one-third – of the owners of the 2044 units in the seven Trump buildings are limited liability companies, or LLCs, which have the ability to hide the identity of a property’s true owner. And the nationality of many buyers could not be determined.

That just isn't true at all. A limited liability company, LLC, entity has its owners on file with the Secretary of State. People and entities don't form LLC's to "hide" the identity of their owners, it's done to shield them from personal liability similar to a corporation but with the election to operate as a partnership through membership agreements that control ownership rather than through the more complicated scenario of stocks through a corporation.