You can't tell from how this is cropped that this is from an article saying that, while he was President, Trump went to Giuseppe Cecchi's home in McLean, VA.
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Giuseppe Cecchi (data dump) - DC links in Epstein victim diary
I’ve found no better candidate for “Mr Cecchi” than Giuseppe, who had financial ties to Italian Mafia, built the Watergate, and gave the DNC discounted rent so they can move in.
Part 13 of a continuing series. Introduction and table of contents are here.
Decided to share what I’ve got on Giuseppe because Stan Mortenson (from part 12) was Nixon’s lawyer and had control over the Watergate tapes. Also, researching Giuseppe was fun and I really want to share what I found.
My goal is information distribution. This is as close as I can get to a copy-paste of my research notes. (Some info was moved to footnotes). For all Data Dumps, I’ve attempted to remove slanderous or snarky statements, but I may have missed some. I’ve attempted to source everything but some might be missing. If it isn’t sourced 1) do not assume it is fact 2) ask me if I have the source. My intent is to educate and show possibilities, not to accuse anyone of previously unknown wrong-doing.
Giuseppe Cecchi (Diary - Probably)
Tags: Catholic, Real estate, ties to organized crime, Washington DC, Republican, “Bets”, Italy, Liberia, Switzerland, Netherlands
Giuseppe Cecchi is my primary choice for “Mr Cecchi”. It might have been one of his sons rather than he. They were old enough, but he held the power. My distant 2nd is Al Cheechi. Giuseppe might not be the man named in the coded diary.
Coded Diary Reference
Coded Diary, Year 16, Bets
Transcription by Ellie Leonard
“What are these bets and why do I have to take photos? I am lost. Mr. Mody. Mr. Robert. Mr. Sant. Mr. Ludwig. Mr. Cecchi. Mr. Mora. Mr. Goodlatte. Mr. Atkins are not who they say! Run run run!!”
Alive?
No. B. 1930. D 2024.
Significant Links
- The Italian Mafia
- Donald Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/politics/trump-giuseppe-cecchi-donors.html
Government Service
- Operation Gladio maybe??
- Tried to help Nixon get re-elected??
Businesses
Societa’ Generale Immobiliare (SGI)
1959, he came to the United States to scout real estate investments for the firm Societa’ Generale Immobiliare (SGI). The American branch was Ediltecno S.p.A.
Thus, he first made his mark on the Nation’s Capital prior to forming IDI, introducing the area to its first mixed-use project, The Watergate, and its first resort style condominium, Watergate at Landmark. In 1975
They went to New York City first, in the 1950s. As developers. How Mob was that then? A lot.
“For years, Cecchi was the Washington representative of the Societa Generale Immobiliare (SGI), which until recently [written 1981] was controlled by the Vatican and later briefly by financier Michele Sindona1. It was as an official of the SGI that Cecchi built Watergate and later Alexandria’s 2,000-unit Watergate at Landmark. In 1975, at the request of a group of international financiers, Cecchi left SGI, where his father had been executive vice president, to form International Developers.”
Michele Sindona was Mafia. “Known in banking circles as “The Shark”, Sindona was a banker for the Sicilian Mafia and the Vatican”
[Giuseppe’s father died in 1971.]
1975 The IDI Group - International Developers, Inc
Subsidiary of Incores, a Liberian holding company and investment firm. Incores is based in Switzerland and includes investors from Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
In 1980, Mr. Cecchi teamed up with California-based developer Ross Cortese (who is most known for “Leisure World” retirement communities)
Select quotes from Washington Post, Condo King
- Some observers attribute this low profile to the mystery that shrouds the identity of the financial backers of his International Developers Inc. The company is a subsidiary of a Swiss-based international investment and holding company ... He does say that his backers are Italian, Dutch and Swiss financiers and that the Rothchild Bank is a principal stockholder of Incores, Ltd., the Zurich-based holding company that controls International Developers.
- Acquaintances describe him as a marketing genius blessed with an uncanny ability to acquire cheaply and develop properties others have ignored. He is also a man shrewd enough to forge a network of business partnerships and personal friendships with some of Virginia’s most powerful political figures.
- Cecchi’s high-powered connections bother some local officials. “The political tentacles that Mr. Cecchi puts out worry me,” says Fairfax Supervisor Audrey Moore. “He’s a guy who knows how to move in, and I’d prefer to deal with someone who isn’t so politically involved. He’s clearly a major force with a lot of money behind him who’s involved with some big political wheeler-dealers.“
- Cecchi’s “very keen insight, sound judgment and ability to display and merchandise his projects” had led Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, the third largest insurance company in America with assets of more than $27 billion, to give Cecchi more than $160 million in construction loans, according to Equitable assistant vice president Robert Blakeman.
Developments:
The Rotonda (1977), The Belvedere, Montebello, Porto Vecchio, Altavista, Carlyle Towers, Parkfairfax complex, Burke Centre, Franklin Farm, Leisure World of Maryland, Leisure World of Virginia (now Lansdowne Woods of Virginia;)
Memberships and Foundations
- Federal City Council
- National Children’s Museum. Year ending June 2005, they paid $184,000 to accused sex trafficker / known Epstein affiliate Joe Robert’s Fight for Children for consulting services for fundraising. They ALSO paid Campbell & Co $236k for the same thing.
- Greater Washington Board of Trade
- Catholic University
- George Mason University
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- America First Action Super-PAC
Timeline / Family History
“Born in Milan, Italy, to Antonio Cecchi, the head engineer of the city of Milan at that time, Cecchi followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, graduating from the University of Milan in 1955 with a master’s degree in professional engineering. In 1959”
Based on family locations, he doesn’t appear to be related to Franco Micucci Cecchi2. Franco’s relevance is shown here. It would be great to know if there is a relationship.
His children:
- Antonio- owns Raspberry Plain Manor. Gala Cuisine Group (hospitality).
- Enrico - YPO, Potomac School
- Carlos
- Giuseppe (John) - owns Cecchi Homes. John would have been 26 in 2001. He liked to hang out at Cafe Milano (which was also the favorite hangout of accused sex-trafficker and known Epstein associate, Joe Robert, Jr) In 2006, he was at Hadley Gamble and Ashley Taylor’s birthday party. … John’s wife is Kristin Rae Cecchi. The 1st word in her description of herself is “philanthropist”, like that is a good thing (it isn’t). It doesn’t help her late father-in-law look innocent.
Lived in McLean, Virginia. (A LOT of people named in the diary lived in McLean. Interestingly, the CIA is also in McLean.)
Vacation homes in Vail, Colorado and Key Biscayne, Florida.
In the late 1950s, his address in Milan was Permanent residence Via Broggi 14, Milan
His Dad had a hard time cutting the apron strings???
(Research done on Ancestry.com)
- 2 May 1955 (age: 24) Flew from ? to New York with his father
- 21 May 1955 departed New York, flying to Milan, with his father
- Visa Issued 8 Sep 1959 (Age 29) • Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Late 1959 or early 1960, he flies to NY
- 30 Apr 1960, His father flies in for a visit. (Rockefeller Plaza) c/o Bruno Foa3
- 07 Oct 1960, His parents fly in for a visit (Virginia Ave, DC)
- 02 Jan 1961, He flew from Rome to New York. ... US Address Virginia Ave, DC
- 19 Mar 1961, His parents flew to NY (Rockefeller Plaza) c/o Bruno Foa
- 06 Jul 1961, He flew from Rome to New York.. address 2475 Virginia Ave NW, DC
- 26 Oct 1961, His parents visited (Virginia Ave, DC)
- 07 Jan 1962 He flew from Milan to New York
- 12 May 1962 He flew from Paris to New York, address 24th St, DC
- 11 Sep 1962 He flew from Rome to New York, Address 730 24th St NW, DC.
- 26 Oct 1962, His parents visited. 24th St, DC
- 26 Dec 1962 He flew from Milan to New York, Address on 24th, DC
Fun Facts
He was the lead developer on the Watergate complex.
He gave a great deal to the DNC to allow them to move in. From https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/18/how-the-watergate-scandal-almost-had-a-different-name-217016/
“Cecchi sent over a proposal. He offered the DNC the entire sixth floor of the Watergate Office Building, with the potential to expand into another floor during presidential campaigns, plus another suite on the ground floor for the new DNC computers. Next door, in the Watergate Hotel, Cecchi included a three-bedroom hospitality suite upstairs, overlooking the Potomac, for only $300 a month. (Separately, he leased a dining room, kitchen and office on the B-2 level for the National Democratic Club.)”
He was a hard-core MAGA. In 2016, he hosted a dinner party (”not a fund raiser”) for Donald Trump.
“President Donald Trump has attended a dinner in Virginia at the home of a real estate developer who hosted a fundraiser for him in 2016.
The Tuesday night event was organized by the super PAC America First Action and hosted by Giuseppe Cecchi and his wife, Mercedes. Giuseppe Cecchi developed the Watergate complex and founded International Developers Inc.
The super PAC’s president, Brian O. Walsh, and White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters say the event was not a fundraiser.”
Questions
Did he have a private jet?
When did he first meet Donald Trump?
Did he know Charles Colgan? Or Colgan’s business buddies Vic Orsinger or Glen Urquhart?
- His connections “include Fairfax zoning attorney John T. (Til) Hazel, reputed to be one of the best in Virginia; Samuel Finz, a former deputy county executive in Fairfax whom Cecchi hired as a vice president two years ago; and William G. Thomas, an Alexandria lawyer generally as the most influential lobbyist in the Virginia General Assembly.”
Why / how is it possible that he did not interact with Joe Robert? I don’t think it was possible.
- In the mid 1970s Joe was selling condo units and Cecchi was building condos that someone needed to sell the units. ...
- Just because I haven’t found project overlap doesn’t mean they hadn’t met.
- Plus, which churches?
- Plus MD drug-running was mafia-associated?
- PLUS G’s son John was in the same social circle as Joe’s fiancé Ashley Taylor.
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References
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