The equivalent of Florida’s state treasurer has written a letter to former President Trump, offering an estimated $54,000 through the state’s unclaimed property program to protect him from “very troubling people” coming after him. requested that it be collected.
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis spoke to President Trump. in the letter The state owns several of Trump’s properties and is proud to count him as a resident, saying the former small business owner admires the real estate mogul’s care for his customers. Ta.
Patronis said he searched the state’s public unclaimed property program database and found several assets that could be recovered by the former president, his family or his companies. He called on President Trump to take action to provide the former president with more funding for his defense in several ongoing lawsuits.
Independently elected state officials have slammed the former president’s prosecution and offered to help privately process unclaimed property claims through his office’s fltreasurehunt.gov portal.
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“There are some very, very nasty people coming after you, and every penny counts in our efforts to fight back against these radical state attorneys who have weaponized the courts,” Patronis wrote.
“We need to make sure you and your team have every possible resource to get past this BS charge so you can get back to the work of making America great again.”
He defined “unclaimed property” as financial assets that are unknown, lost, inactive or abandoned, with the most common examples being dormant bank accounts, stocks and dividends. Typically, real estate is held by the spending entity for several years before being handed over to the state.
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This view shows former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 31, 2023. (Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo)
The official also thanked President Trump for his contributions to Florida and the nation, adding that he looks forward to hearing back from the former president on the matter.
A search by Fox News Digital of the Florida Department of Financial Services web portal returned one result for the Trump Organization, returning cashier’s checks totaling $3,000 from JPMorgan Chase and $10,000 in Trump’s name. It was revealed that assets near Dollar were divided between addresses in Volusia County. His Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, address not specified.
Former President Trump and Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis (Getty Images/File)
There were also several entries in the name of the former president’s late ex-wife, Ivana Trump, as well as numerous entries in the name of various Trump properties, including the Trump National Doral and Sunny Isles Beach resorts. there were. Name is licensed.
The former president faces multiple lawsuits in New York, Atlanta, South Florida and elsewhere, all of which he says are “witch hunts” brought about by President Biden’s conspiracy.
He has also been fined $1,000 for each 10 gag order violations by Judge Juan Marchan in the ongoing New York v. Trump case for contempt of court.
Mr. Patronis’ office told FOX News Digital that it has returned $34 million in unclaimed property in April alone, and $2.4 billion since Mr. Patronis was elected in 2017.
