Some of them, like the “Official Trump Watch Collection” — where one model costs $100,000 — were listed as affiliated with CIC Ventures LLC, a company that Trump reported owning in his 2023 financial disclosure.
Turns out the guy listed as owning that LLC is John B Marion. He was (is still?) a Trump attorney. He helped force the local city council to allow Trump to live at Mar-A-Lago even though it was classified as a business (the golf club).
I wonder if Trump paid him by signing stuff so he can sell it? If you look at this business site put out by the State of Florida - so it is official - you can see info on the company. If you click on the PDFs at the bottom you will see John B Marion's name in the annual reports. There are also email addresses in those documents - you might want to try those.
Oh this isn't good...
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/donald-trumps-latest-branded-venture-is-guitars-that-cost-up-to-10000/
Turns out the guy listed as owning that LLC is John B Marion. He was (is still?) a Trump attorney. He helped force the local city council to allow Trump to live at Mar-A-Lago even though it was classified as a business (the golf club).
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/donald-trump-attorney-defends-mar-a-lago-residency-town-council/
I wonder if Trump paid him by signing stuff so he can sell it? If you look at this business site put out by the State of Florida - so it is official - you can see info on the company. If you click on the PDFs at the bottom you will see John B Marion's name in the annual reports. There are also email addresses in those documents - you might want to try those.
https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=CICVENTURES%20M210000044030&aggregateId=forl-m21000004403-3a3d1546-28ce-4220-adee-cbeb943dd850&searchTerm=CIC%20VENTURES%20LLC&listNameOrder=CICVENTURES%20M210000044030