Disney did it similar as well, they spread out the buying of the land with different people. Inorder to not give the sellers of the land the impression: "Disney buying land? Makey makey expensive"
I find this to be complete BS and I'm pretty sure it's something out of country that bought it, they just don't want the people to know. That's why stories of land here bought from China next to airforce bases are swept under the rug.
Some countries don’t even allow non-citizens to own land but we let a company buy over $1b worth of land next to an Air Force base and our government doesn’t even know who it is. How is this possible?
That's capitalism, baby! He who gots the money-honey, he gots the time. I thought republicans were all for capitalusm, big $$$ money investments. I think politicians are just pissed because they didn't a chunk of change out that deal. The 1st politician who stands-up, and defends the purchase, is in on it. Maybe, if its still hush-hush after the new fiscal tax season, ya'll will realize it was the CIA, or a US cover-up. Maybe they found oil under the land, or a giant off-shoot of the Edwards Aquifer, they wanna control underground water resources? Perhaps it's the development of a giant underground complex? Spooky-dookie Mr. Nookie.
I’m more concerned that they have bought land right on the area from Washington to California right where the power grid that powers from Canada to Mexico is! The havoc that would be unleashed would paralyze the entire west coast! When it went down during wild fires 🔥 a few years ago it affected millions and millions for 2 days!
When someone goes to the extreme to hide from even the US Government when buying land around our military bases, that should sound every alarm in the book. How can our very own government not know or be able to track who is buying this land. That is very troubling! What are the people working within our government really doing?
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It is an LLC.... corps are legal entities, just like a person, they technically can be owned by themselves, and certain states have tons of privacy laws, so if it is a Nevada corp, they cant get any info on the shareholders
@@HicSvntDraconesstop it If the United States government thought there was anything going on they would find out . They don’t care because it’s just purchased land at this point . If anything gets built on it they will surly find out who the owners are and what they are doing .
Why can't you, you are aware yo protect the elite's money they made a cooperation a person by law right? This is the result, nobody bought it, a cooperation an entity they made available bought it. That's no secret is it?
The country makes almost no money from this. The original owners paid property taxes just like the new ones will. What's being prioritized here is FREEDOM not money.
What surprised me was that this company is suing a group of people, who supposedly are making a scam to prevent the sale of their own land. So if I refuse to sell my property to a large company, that company can find a hideous excuse to sue me. Is this legally possible?
@@Livewithnoregrets58 it's the govs way of acquiring land using tax dollars without raising concerns of them using tax dollars to acquire land along with the title.
It’s time to not just investigate the company.. but time to also investigate the lawyers representing too… sounds to me they are conspiring against the United States
How in the world that we do not know who this entity is who is buying up land ? If it were you or I they would know in a heart beat. No foreign entity should be allowed to own any US land.
They didn't know it happened when the transaction went through. That would be considered an overreach into the privacy of our citizens. However, they could frame a law in which transactions are checked first when it's from a foreign entity. Although, I don't think foreign entities should be able to buy property in the US unless they have an American subsidiary that has been vetted. Like Samsung building their factory near where I live in Taylor, TX. I don't know if they are actually using a subsidiary, though, but they at least have Samsung Semiconductor, Inc based in Silicon Valley.
No the local news websites were talking about this a couple of years ago. Local city council members tried to get answers and were stonewalled and landowners kept taking the irresistible offers and flannery kept acquiring. This is only now getting mainstream coverage because a US rep is involved and he’s apparently getting stonewalled too. Guess what people, they are buying up your neighborhood too. Isn’t it odd how easily so many people can plop down those big offers on houses?
This problem has been happening for years all over the country. Did you hear him say they were paying 5 to 10 times more than others would pay for this land! Major red flag. Now Flannery is suing land owners that won’t sell to them!! Just crazy how our system works.
It's the American way. We live and die by that. Capitalism is the way of the land, arguing for anything else is treason. They're probably gonna buy the itself base next. Maybe the Pentagon is about to get acquisitioned and privatized, and our military leadership contract outsourced to China. It's how it works brother. It would majorly improve efficiency and cost benefits ratio, we could even staff the base with low wage foreigners to remain competitive in the market. We're going to need a strong and efficient, well staffed military in order to liberate ourselves from the coming American dicrstorship and civil war. Who's going to save us from ourselves? Obviously, China and maybe Russia too.
Claiming the neighboring land owners are conspiring together to block all attempts at being bought. Crazy that that may be illegal. Absolutely ridiculous.
The have to pay for eminent domain land. And its a really bad look unless they can find a very specific reason for it. People have to be able to trust the concept of land ownership not being taken away from them
A Chinese company called Fufeng USA tried to buy a large chunk of land in my home city of Grand Forks, ND to build a wet corn mill. Similar to this story, the Grand Forks AFB is about 13 miles from the property they purchased. Our corrupt city council tried to sneakily hurry the process along to get them established and built, but a group of citizens successfully withstood the council and alerted people in high authority until the AFB finally published some sort of legal statement of national security concern. The council then reversed the direction of whatever role they played in trying to fast track the legal processes to get built the plant, and then pretended after the fact that they were very concerned about the security concerns throughout the entire process.
The same mechanisms that allow foreign entities to purchase land in the US are the same ones used by the wealthy and nefarious to hide their ill-gotten gains and other assets from the tax man and any other prying eyes. These laws will never be changed in the vast majority of states, and if they are, the bad actors will simply immediately divest and hide the money elsewhere. But in reality that day will never come it, because these are among the most powerful of powerful men and they will stop at nothing to ensure that shell corporations can continue to acquire real estate and other assets without significant issues.
@@darrinito If you buy thousands of acres of land in another country and can't give a straight realistic answer as to why, then it clearly is for something nefarious, and you should not be able to own the land.
Right next to a critical military infrastructure! And more land sold surrounding a critical power infrastructure! A little skepticism and paranoia is very welcomed in this case. Anyone who thinks it is okay Not to question these sales has their head in the sand…maybe Saudi sand. Look at what was allowed to be sold in Arizona! Acres of land leased the the Saudis under Trump and a Republican Governor…the Saudis are pumping millions of gallons of water from our dwindling ground water to grow feed FOR THEIR COWS! They ship is back to their country. Communities in the surrounding area are getting very low and ARIZONA FARMERS are being told there isn’t enough water for their crops! And Trump and TX Governor Abbot approved the sale of the largest oil refinery in Texas to the Saudis. What happened to their mantra of making America great again? Seems to me they are stealing from Americas just so Trump and the Saudis and other foreign governments will eventually cripple and/or own us.
It's interesting, how our government has big balls when we wanna go into other countries, but we don't have balls when people do stuff in our own country.... Find out who these people are immediately and if it's nefarious, get rid of it immediately.🤬🤬🤬
I Lived here as a kid when my father had been stationed at Travis. When you have land that is suddenly sold around a primary military installation AND a primary, centrally located power grid should be an immediate investigation!
Suspicion isn't doesn't qualify for an investigatory warrant. If you like the rights you have under the Constitution, then you can't just say "well, that's weird" and whip up an investigation. You need to have reasonable suspicion *of a crime being committed*. Buying land isn't a crime, even if it's got a sketchy smell to it. You can thank SCOTUS and it's Citizen United decision that grants corporations personhood for most matters.
@@TheMrMused land sold next to sensitive sites should require careful vetting of buyers. The fact that situations like this are even possible seems an oversight on the government’s part.
@@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 Should and must are *very* different things. The onus is on the government to ensure they have sufficient buffer around sensitive sites. That an US-registered LLC with unknown members can purchase it is all on SCOTUS. 2010 Citizens United gives corporations most of the same rights as meat popsicle citizens. That decision was 5/4 down party lines. If you don't agree with it, thank the GOP voters that put these a$$clowns in office to put GOP-backed justices in SCOTUS. Voting has consequences.
Flannery sued the people who refused to sell to them because they intentionally asked for "too much" money. How ridiculous is it that people didn't want to sell their property, so when they offered to sell at a ridiculous price, Flannery decides to waste taxpayers money to try and force them to sell?
If Flannery is not a government entity they should not be entitled to a taking, eminent domain. If a private company masquerading and promising to provide jobs and better the community, they can force a sale. Thanks to the errant Supreme Court decision in Pfizer in Groton/New London, CT. Pfizer, however, tore down peoples homes, gave them market value, with no hope to get higher market values in the future, and the land lies fallow, unproductive.
@@miakmo59 obviously newsome. Probably striking deals to get some campaign donations for his bid for president. After all he wants to be the one to challenge DeSantis
@@miakmo59 "guess y'all not smart enough to ask yourselves.. who's selling them this land..." What, y'all not have the attention span to listen to a 3-minute TH-cam video? Mostly farm owner who are being offered 5- to 10-times the going rate for property value. And the ones that resist _that_ offer get sued for *not* selling.
"Some farmers buy farmland from some other farmers, and literally nothing else happened" yes, STOP THE PRESSES, what a sensationally critical news story lol.
The real question is why are all of these lands up for sale to begin with? I swear, American greed is going to be the ultimate downfall of this nation.
What? Why shouldn’t private citizens be able to buy land and as much as they want? Like I get criticizing it if another country is doing it but “greed” won’t be the downfall it’ll be the desire for social and economic equity that will be the downfall which has been in fact the downfall of every totalitarian state that was once not so from North Korea to the Soviet Union. It’ll be ppl like YOU who desire equality of the classes as happened in North Korea that will be our downfall
America is an idea above a nation, that if other people are invested in, will force cooperation... we allow it, because if it came down to it, we (US govt) WOULD steal it right back from them-- so we allow it because at the end of the day we can take it back whenever we want.
The land was sold because they were offered well above fair market value. If someone came in and offered any of us triple what our house is worth of course we would grab the deal. That's what the farmers did.
I live close to Travis and I’m sickened to know that the government allows foreign entities buy land next to a military base.. we are more vulnerable than ever
I mean its very likely China. Even on East coast... you have to be very high level to avoid Gov identification when dishing out this much cash and air base land.
@@hog7203ya but something isn't right with this. And still it is suspicious. You must be a Democrat, because you sound like you just don't care what happens to Americans or our country.
Why not? If it doesn't harm you, and they pay their property taxes, and haven't broken any laws, it's none of your business. Buzz off and respect people's privacy and freedoms that have nothing to do with you.
@@gavinjenkins899 uh, no, I won't "buzz off". Lol. And if the buyers are not from the U.S.? Then what? And don't tell me they have "freedoms" to do and buy whatever land they want in the U.S. They're not U.S. citizens. They should be identified, especially with land so close to a military base. It's not that complicated.
@@gavinjenkins899 it's in the interest of every state in the U.S. to know who's buying property within their boundaries. It's not all about individualism.
Anyone else in the United States who had $800mil, and saw the value of this land could have bought it, unfortunately no one did. It’s like getting a crush on the quiet girl after she gets a boyfriend.
The congressman is leading a completely baseless witch hunt against a group of people who literally did nothing wrong and have zero evidence against them. Why would you thank a congressman for wanting to waste resources/tax dollars pursuing a complete non-issue and non-crime that we have no reason to believe harmed a single person?
The corporations are run by people, genius. There is not some robot-owned corporation buying farmland, lol. if you knew who it was, it wouldn't actually change ANYTHING. This is a complete non-story
@@gavinjenkins899 I disagree that it's a non-story, but agree that corporations are simply people (fellow humans). Lots of people who cry "Oh, those evil corporations, reeeeee!" forget this simple fact.
@@HKim0072 The FBI actively works with the NSA to spy illegally on citizens, so I don't buy it. Personally, I think they are trying to memoryhole this as quickly as possible to avoid public backlash. Guarantee it's either foreign shareholders or a government shell company.
@@letsgovideogames4190 NSA is probably working on it illegally. But, its likely an international chase for data routing through multiple countries with secrecy.
Very interesting that Flannery Associates LLC is registered in Delaware... Does that state ring a bell? I recall hearing about other LLCs created by a certain Delaware family recently. Ten percent for the Big Guy..????
All they have to do is refuse permits to build anything there. Then create a reason to tax them heavily on that land so that it just continues to become a bigger and bigger liability to the owners. Eventually, they'll be begging for someone to buy it.
The IRS doesn't have the power to do anything unless an investigation is triggered. Also, Bill Gates and his friends don't want you to know that they are buying all the farm land so they can starve you to death.
@@pohanahawaii Nothing has significantly changed. The threat of foreign powers would have been HIGHER not lower back when the nation was founded than today where the world is a much more stable place. And even since I personally was born (during the cold war), things are much calmer today then then, even. Travis Air Force base was built in 1942, a time when foreign suspicion was WAY WAY higher than any of those other periods I mentioned, yet THAT is when you are claiming "they were too trusting"? Literally in the middle of WWII lol? no, they weren't "too trusting" they just understood the value of freedom and personal property rights etc better than you.
Flannery Associates LLC registered as a Foreign in California, meaning they're not from California, on Feb 14 2019. Their first official incorporation was in Delaware in 2018. Delaware is a known tax haven. Their agent is a trustee company called CT Corporation System. I'd start asking them some tough questions about this company. Edit: Also a Thomas Mather is associated with the company.
The registered agent for Gates Defense Systems, Llc is C T Corporation System. Gates Defense Systems is a solutions focused defense integrator with technologies designed to support cyber operations, infrastructure & supply chain. Michael Gates, '08, CEO and founding partner of Gates Defense Systems.
Probably the most underrated comment in this whole comment section. Goes to show people love a good story instead of facts. America repent and give your life to Christ before the lake of fire will be where most of nation ends up and that is absolutely a fact
@@joshuawilliams4687 Yeah, but the issue is, that's all the info there is on these guys. No site, no other associates, and their legal address is a po box in a strip mall. The only one's who'd know more would be CT Corp.
POSITIVE, anyone one contracted is bound by exclusive non-disclosure agreements, With the "penalties", affecting family in China...They doj't call them "trusts", for nothing..."Trust", that any questions are met with deafening silence, without the immediate removal of body parts without anesthesia...
This is a Congressman actually doing his Job. The fact that these "families" are hiding behind a lawyer and aren't identifying themselves to the US military to assuage their concerns says all you need to know.
Sounds like a foreign entity that has purchased the land. So what we should do is make this the homeless, drug center encampment on the land, and REFUSE to move them off the land. Expand Travis AFB by eminant domain.
You Idiots the Mysterious Company is China. The Chinese is literally buying America Up pretty soon your Grand Children will be Bare Back and HOMELESS on the same Land Our American Fore Fathers have died for.... ~Sir Andrew Jackson
How the heck is this possible???? We should be embarrassed as a country. Congress as a whole needs to get off their butts and make this sort of thing illegal right now! What the heck are we even paying them for?!?!
Why should Congress put effort toward making this illegal when it isn't causing any harm? You just want Congress to spend all day oppressing people around you for literally no reason? One of the things I pay them for is to PROTECT us from YOU and exactly your kind of dictatorial evil wishes to control everyone and everything that's none of your business. Some farmers bought some farmland from some other farmers. Literally the end of the story. There is no problem here requiring solving.
Wow. Thank goodness the congressman at least called attention to this. Other states need to follow his lead. Even small tracts of land can be used for nefarious purposes if in the right location.
Why are foreign investors allowed to buy American land. Is America really that for sale? Many countries do not allow foreign entities to buy and own their land. Why is America allowing this?
Not china. They will not waste money for a chance for it to be taken away. Most likely blackrock. Bought it for cheap and sold it for the rich so they can keep their money safe from the tax man.
Don't be naive. China doesn't play these games. This is Deep State secret stuff. This is sinister and is just short of a clear & present danger. Notice that it is happening just as whistleblowers prove that Special Access Programs are operating without Congressional knowledge or oversight. And $3trillion dollars of taxpayer money has gone down this rabbit hole to fund black ops over the last 20 years. Don't swallow the bait; it ain't Chinese doing this.
A corporation is a legal entity. The corporation owns the land. They don’t know who controls the corporation. I’m sure it’s a shell with a legal address out of a lawyer’s office somewhere.
@@chrislikescandy Hes not wrong though - names dont always lead back to anyone - its a corporation. The "owner" could be their grandma for all that needs to be sign away.
@@animateddepression Either a fake corporation or fake investment firm. We should also not ignore the possibility that it's the US Gov getting caught doing it's thing.
I'll say it again, non-citizens and foreign companies/entities should not be allowed to own land or property. This needs to be a law that is retroactive so that no one is grandfathered in! This would free up property and make it affordable again.
@@spicyirwin5835 he is a public servant as the rest of the sellouts in congress, the difference is that he is doing something for the benefit of the people.
You Idiots the Mysterious Company is China. The Chinese is literally buying America Up pretty soon your Grand Children will be Bare Back and HOMELESS on the same Land Our American Fore Fathers have died for.... ~Sir Andrew Jackson
Been that way for decades. Shocked that anyone is surprised by this but when you can blind a nation as well as American politicians have it's not so hard to comprehend. They're called sheeple and will do whatever and believe whatever their government tells them.
There's a way to get them to go away. Just deny all permits for any kind of building on the properties. It's that simple. No permits, no building, no licensing, no growing. They'll lose money and be forced to sell. Another novel idea is to quit selling your land to them.
And that’s how the store and then they have so much money and power that there are the one behind all the donations behind all the candidate that they want to put in government. That’s what they do in Mexico in other countries..
Good on Garamendi for bringing this to light. No science degrees needed to figure this one out. It's very un-nerving how this has been allowed to proceed unfettered for so long.
Farmers buying dirt has "been allowed" because it breaks zero laws, hurts nobody, and is none of your business. Things like that are SUPPOSED to be allowed unfettered in the land of the FREE. Ever heard of Thomas Jefferson? Benjamin Franklin? James Madison? You should look them up and learn about the founding principles of your country.
@@GoneNForgotten ??? The people selling them the land are the rightful owners, it IS actually their dirt to give/sell, and thus it IS the buyers' dirt to take/buy when the previous owners agree. Which they did. What are you talking about...
@@Sam-kc3yu The airbase is already built to begin with with sufficient buffer zones for security. If the military thought they needed more distance from civilians, they would have made the base bigger all along. Why do you think US soldiers are completely incompetent to be unable to plan their work or to be threatened by some random farmers who have showed zero aggression? Have some respect for troops... you're acting like they're schoolchildren who can't look after themselves. Unlike you, they aren't afraid of some people buying dirt near them, lol
Good reporting here. Stay on this story, and try to determine who this group is. China getting land around Travis would be bad news. One question. Why not name the attorney?
This isn't good reporting lol. This is reading a press release from a congressman and asking him questions in line with his own talking points. There is no actual investigative journalism going in here. If there was, this story would never have aired because Stephanie would have found out who owns the LLC and her news director would have canned the story. It really is a travesty that journalism has been so far lost that this reading of a press release can be confused with "good reporting".
@@tjmarx With regard to the subject which is important for national security. I hope they do some follow-up, so we all learn who is really behind this LLC.
Shell companies exist. It only cost a couple hundred dollars to create each company. You can have one company owned by a dozen companies, each of those companies owned by other companies and all of those companies owned by a single entity to simplify records.... And have that entity owned by several companies, which are owned by entities controlled by the extended family of people who don't want to be exposed for being involved. Also, this is all assuming each link is done according to the law and properly maintained. Also, each entity involved can be based in any state or foreign nation. It can be extremely challenging to find who owns something if they don't want to be found.
@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 Just like all those shell companies the Biden crime family created to launder money from foreign nationals/enemies of the USA in exchange for illegal favors by Joe Biden. Our own FBI and DOJ have known this and have been helping to cover it up for years. Maybe the ability to purchase this land, to spy and steal US military secrets was one of those favors Joe Biden is giving China.
samantha, shhh, don't tell anyone then cuz my white American Uncle owns a house down in the middle of Mexico. Hope they don't figure out he's not Mexican, heehee.
@@StillAProudAmerican-ll2ycyou mean in the non-restricted zone? 😂 🤦♂️ Yeah no one cares if he’s a citizen or not, the law only applies if its in the restricted zone’s foreigners cant easily buy.
In America you can't own land unless your not from here and you don't have to pay taxes for 5 years and after 5 years you can give the business to your cousins to avoid taxes forever. 😊
Do you understand capitalism at all ? Because that’s something you should be saying in a communist country , in capitalism as long as you can afford it , a single person can buy as much as lands and houses as he pleased even if millions of other people are homeless and hungry
@@tristan583 does that make it right? Does it make you proud to have it all while other people eat from garbage cans? Guess when you come from privilege positions you just don't care because you've never experienced the other side of life
I grew up there ,and it is not just the base that is concerning. Very near Travis is a company called ET (Explosive Technology) used to make different parts for Nuclear missiles. I know this because my mother worked there back in the 70's -80's.
Exactly. The kind of people you don't want owning land around a military base and power infrastructure... or large swaths of land in general. That's who
he just want drama, to make himself like he is doing something, it is practically impossible that he would not have access to that information, but he just want limelight
The government needs to be investigated. Land purchases such as this would have to be approved by the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations), for national security risks. One vote against it would kill the deal. So, the government knows, and it's not in our best interest.
@@off_mah_lawn2074Nah, that only works until someone asks questions. Also there are permitting and licensing issues if they ever try to develop or build. Even a trust can be pierced. Especially if it's in the interest of national security.
@@off_mah_lawn2074you clearly don't understand what information you give to form an LLC. It's not anonymous. Nothing about buying land is anonymous. Read a book.
In most countries foreigners are not allowed to by farmland. If a foreigner or anyone, tried to buy huge amounts of land next to a military base you would immediately find yourself escorted into an interrogation room, your house cars and everything searched and being a guest at the local jail until they could determine whats going on.
And why is any of what you described a good thing? You're just casually announcing that we need to have a dictatorial big brother, and not listing any reason, lol? Yes, lots of other countries DO have big brother dictator governments, so what? Why do you want to be like them, again? Instead of abducting people and jailing them for no crime, how about leave it free, but just pass a law saying the government owns the land around military bases, sufficiently far out that it doesn't matter who buys beyond that? Then you wouldn't have to worry about it, it'd be none of your business, eh? Wacky, I know, to use democracy.
Define "most" countries because a simple web search will show that many countries do allow foreign investments/investors in land/property and even welcomed them in the past with expedited visas.
@@nostalgia545 I'm not "defending" them, because there's nothing to "defend", they literally haven't done a single thing wrong. "Defending" as a word implies sticking up for someone accused of a wrongdoing, but you haven't even managed to come up with a single coherent accusation yet or obtain a single scrap of any evidence. You've completely imagined a non-existent threat and are freaking out about this fantasy boogeyman for no reason.
Real Estate money has a way of making EPA cleanup and toxic waste disappear instantly and enemies and security risks go away. Gifts are exchanged and the deal gets fixed. Our Government has been selling off public lands, schools, post offices, mental health hospitals and facilities or anything else of value behind closed doors.
It's probably wording. The legal owners are surely traceable, but who are those people affiliated with and what are their intentions are likely what's actually unknown. Shell Companies are tough to track, since shells can by shells. My best guess. My two cents, for whatever that's worth.
First of all, praise to Congressman Garamendi for bringing attention to this development. And thanks to local news for spreading the word. There's a big story underneath all of this and we all win when those involved do their job.
Whose job is it, precisely, to stop farmers from buying farmland from other farmers? It must have slipped my mind what department is in charge of that crucial and productive government task, lol
@@YoFryman How much am I getting paid ... by whom? Random farmers in a country I don't live in? Lol? Trying to make some wild random accusation of a person's finances is what you do when you realize you have no actual argument on the facts.
@@gavinjenkins899 I married into an Iowa farm family over 30 years ago. i can tell you, without a scintilla of doubt, that no farmer would pay five times the going rate for acreage. That would be an economic disaster. Yet that's what's on record here. When you combine that irregularity with a collection of land purchases by 1) an unknown entity working through a proxy, and 2) ring three sides of an important DOD installation......red flags are up everywhere. If you can't see the logic in that you have some big giant flaw in your thinking somewhere. By the way, i know lots of farmers. Not one of them would go out of their way to hide their identity.
Do not allow them to buy anything without identifying themselves and their plan ...... This is very concerning! No other country especially our adversaries should ever buy US land.
@@chucklesthered2338 Our Governor put a stop to this china buying land in our state..You leave yourself vulnerable to other countries when you do this stuff...
Chinese HK company bought out SMITHFIELD FOODS here in Virginia....I can buy bacon for $3.99 per package at least once a special month.....i love PORK / Bacon...!!!!
5 years ago, Northern Californa farmers were asking, "Why have so many water restrictions been placed on our farms? This is going to destroy local agriculture, and we don't understand why they're doing it." Well, now you know why. You just had to sell your land for 1/3 of what it would have cost.
No foreign entity should be allowed to own any US land.
Why
Too late. China already owns most of the land on west coast.
Stop voting for newscum
your tech industry is totally controlled by mossad epstein tribe spies.
@@stephens1726 and the talmudist kidnappers, their saudi pals everywhere else.
IRS can find every penny under your car seat, but the rest of the gov't can't figure out who's buying all the land around their military bases.
This right here.
Ditto!!!!
It's China 🇨🇳
Ohhh! The government knows . Don’t be fooled.
Or who's cocaine it is
If they can't be identified, they should not be allowed to buy land in this country.
Bill Gates? Putin? Kim Jong Un?
@@thaimassage23Kim Jong-un owns us land? Also Bezos and Gates are identified, dummy
Tile company should know .
@@KuuchWizard ✨deregulation✨
@@KuuchWizard You think?
This is a national security issue...needs to be thoroughly investigated and brought to light for all to see
The libs will call it racist
Lockheed skunkworks or Raytheon probably bought it and they are playing dumb
@@t.s.818either them or China since the same company has also bought land next to power grids
They won't investigate as I'm sure ol' Joe is well invested in it!
Amen 🙏 definitely
Anyone who buys land has to be "known" including companies who form, their board and financiers. Why is this company allowed to be non-transparent?
Just a hpothesis. This could be a red-flag for the Democrat party to use against freedom in the future
That part, I have a very bad feeling bout this
Connected to China in some way ;)
Disney did it similar as well, they spread out the buying of the land with different people. Inorder to not give the sellers of the land the impression: "Disney buying land? Makey makey expensive"
I find this to be complete BS and I'm pretty sure it's something out of country that bought it, they just don't want the people to know.
That's why stories of land here bought from China next to airforce bases are swept under the rug.
Some countries don’t even allow non-citizens to own land but we let a company buy over $1b worth of land next to an Air Force base and our government doesn’t even know who it is. How is this possible?
Lol we give it away to Illegal immigrants
Bribes, corruption, and greed. That’s how. Most likely the Chinese paying off some corrupt republican law makers and greedy sales agents.
That's capitalism, baby! He who gots the money-honey, he gots the time. I thought republicans were all for capitalusm, big $$$ money investments.
I think politicians are just pissed because they didn't a chunk of change out that deal.
The 1st politician who stands-up, and defends the purchase, is in on it. Maybe, if its still hush-hush after the new fiscal tax season, ya'll will realize it was the CIA, or a US cover-up. Maybe they found oil under the land, or a giant off-shoot of the Edwards Aquifer, they wanna control underground water resources?
Perhaps it's the development of a giant underground complex? Spooky-dookie Mr. Nookie.
I’m more concerned that they have bought land right on the area from Washington to California right where the power grid that powers from Canada to Mexico is! The havoc that would be unleashed would paralyze the entire west coast! When it went down during wild fires 🔥 a few years ago it affected millions and millions for 2 days!
@@annehersey9895 the damage that could be done is unprecedented for sure
When someone goes to the extreme to hide from even the US Government when buying land around our military bases, that should sound every alarm in the book. How can our very own government not know or be able to track who is buying this land. That is very troubling! What are the people working within our government really doing?
Scamming us
sniffin blow
Selling us out😮
Selling us off for the all-mighty dollar, of course.
Selling a lot of state secrets, to start.
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Wait a minute... the government can't figure this out?
They're still trying to figure out where the kilo bag of White House cocaine came from.
They don't WANT to figure it out. You know, like Hunter's laptop.
It is an LLC.... corps are legal entities, just like a person, they technically can be owned by themselves, and certain states have tons of privacy laws, so if it is a Nevada corp, they cant get any info on the shareholders
@@HicSvntDraconesstop it
If the United States government thought there was anything going on they would find out .
They don’t care because it’s just purchased land at this point .
If anything gets built on it they will surly find out who the owners are and what they are doing .
@@rnettles6241Don Jr left it behind.
Both him and Kim and definitely on it
Cannot believe this is even legal. And it’s happening all over the US.
BINGO!
Stupid Americas!
Why can't you, you are aware yo protect the elite's money they made a cooperation a person by law right? This is the result, nobody bought it, a cooperation an entity they made available bought it. That's no secret is it?
Blackrock
It's China
our country sure loves money and doesnt think twice about security.
The country makes almost no money from this. The original owners paid property taxes just like the new ones will. What's being prioritized here is FREEDOM not money.
While they scream “open borders!”
Well technically not being secure justifies more militarization and produces even more of the wrong kind of businesses.
That part!!!
That's why it's going to collapse one day.
What surprised me was that this company is suing a group of people, who supposedly are making a scam to prevent the sale of their own land. So if I refuse to sell my property to a large company, that company can find a hideous excuse to sue me. Is this legally possible?
That’s what I caught at the end too.
Anything goes in O'Biden"s world
@@PatriotMilitaryMom you can sue anyone for anything, it's not new.
Or like Maui, they burn you out.
@@PatriotMilitaryMomTrump is a criminal traitor and so are you
VOID THIS TRANSACTION. Homeland Security where are you? Totally unacceptable.
Homeland security 😂
People like you vote this and then cry when it works out the way we told you it would. Poor baby ... ):
WE HAVE NO HOMELAND SECURITY ... JUST LOOK AT OUR BORDER.. THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING
@@bjohnson8371 no, I did not vote for this. People like you hurt themselves jumping to conclusions. Nitwit.
@@StarDreamMemories it would be funny if it wasn't so serious.
I’m not in favor of eminent domain, but in this case, the US Government could seize the land under national security concerns.
Not till President Trump returns to power. He’s the only one not on the dole
Definitely . End of story
Quickly
@@Livewithnoregrets58 it's the govs way of acquiring land using tax dollars without raising concerns of them using tax dollars to acquire land along with the title.
Yes haha 😂
It’s time to not just investigate the company.. but time to also investigate the lawyers representing too… sounds to me they are conspiring against the United States
Unfortunately, it's the United States who's against the United States.
Maybe you should start by asking Joey….
@@keithkennedy2725Sleepy Joe continues to outsmart and humiliate poor Trump 😂
@@RadagastBrown420 What a Delusional statement… Sleepy Joe has sold out our country to the highest bidder…
Trump voice: CHIIIIIIIIINA!!!!!
How in the world that we do not know who this entity is who is buying up land ? If it were you or I they would know in a heart beat. No foreign entity should be allowed to own any US land.
Reason is very simple: traitor's selling our country off.
Yeah Joe Biden 🥴🥴
Both parties have allowed this.
@@luciasss457 Joe Goofball Biden has allowed this..
TRAITOR JOE’S
I like how we let the transaction completed first, collected the money, then raise the alarm about spying concern.
They didn't know it happened when the transaction went through. That would be considered an overreach into the privacy of our citizens. However, they could frame a law in which transactions are checked first when it's from a foreign entity. Although, I don't think foreign entities should be able to buy property in the US unless they have an American subsidiary that has been vetted. Like Samsung building their factory near where I live in Taylor, TX. I don't know if they are actually using a subsidiary, though, but they at least have Samsung Semiconductor, Inc based in Silicon Valley.
Anytime the government claims to not know something, they're lying.
ALWAYS. America is so money hungry it’s not even funny. Security and everything else is put on the back burner when they see dollar signs.
No the local news websites were talking about this a couple of years ago. Local city council members tried to get answers and were stonewalled and landowners kept taking the irresistible offers and flannery kept acquiring. This is only now getting mainstream coverage because a US rep is involved and he’s apparently getting stonewalled too.
Guess what people, they are buying up your neighborhood too. Isn’t it odd how easily so many people can plop down those big offers on houses?
This problem has been happening for years all over the country. Did you hear him say they were paying 5 to 10 times more than others would pay for this land! Major red flag. Now Flannery is suing land owners that won’t sell to them!!
Just crazy how our system works.
It's the American way. We live and die by that. Capitalism is the way of the land, arguing for anything else is treason. They're probably gonna buy the itself base next. Maybe the Pentagon is about to get acquisitioned and privatized, and our military leadership contract outsourced to China. It's how it works brother. It would majorly improve efficiency and cost benefits ratio, we could even staff the base with low wage foreigners to remain competitive in the market. We're going to need a strong and efficient, well staffed military in order to liberate ourselves from the coming American dicrstorship and civil war. Who's going to save us from ourselves? Obviously, China and maybe Russia too.
and they will win the lawsuit too.. but you have it right.. just crazy how our system works... against us.. there, I fixed it for you..
Claiming the neighboring land owners are conspiring together to block all attempts at being bought. Crazy that that may be illegal. Absolutely ridiculous.
@@CornFedZ06 ... absolutely corrupt..
It crazy that the FBI doesn't get grilled for this. This certainly falls under counter intelligence.
California better enact the right of eminent domain real fast concerning this purchase. What will it take for the USA to wake up?!?
The have to pay for eminent domain land. And its a really bad look unless they can find a very specific reason for it. People have to be able to trust the concept of land ownership not being taken away from them
Why isn’t this on national news or a national outcry over this blatant land acquisition?!?!?!?!😡😡😡😡
No leadership.
Leaders are the ones selling it.
Because the main stream media is always covering for Joe Biden and his love for China!
@@sunfish4095 traitor not leader then.
Because Biden is corrupted by the Chinese as well as others and the media is complicit.
A Chinese company called Fufeng USA tried to buy a large chunk of land in my home city of Grand Forks, ND to build a wet corn mill. Similar to this story, the Grand Forks AFB is about 13 miles from the property they purchased. Our corrupt city council tried to sneakily hurry the process along to get them established and built, but a group of citizens successfully withstood the council and alerted people in high authority until the AFB finally published some sort of legal statement of national security concern. The council then reversed the direction of whatever role they played in trying to fast track the legal processes to get built the plant, and then pretended after the fact that they were very concerned about the security concerns throughout the entire process.
good job citizens!!
I 100% believe this
Seems like you idiots don't like capitalism 😂😂😂😂 you idiots should move to China, because here in America we can sell land to anyone we want 😂😂
So the usual modus operandi....
It should be illegal to sell any piece of property to a foreign entity anyone found guilty of it should be prosecuted and punished severely
No who ever does that should be treated as a spy
The same mechanisms that allow foreign entities to purchase land in the US are the same ones used by the wealthy and nefarious to hide their ill-gotten gains and other assets from the tax man and any other prying eyes. These laws will never be changed in the vast majority of states, and if they are, the bad actors will simply immediately divest and hide the money elsewhere. But in reality that day will never come it, because these are among the most powerful of powerful men and they will stop at nothing to ensure that shell corporations can continue to acquire real estate and other assets without significant issues.
@@darrinito If you buy thousands of acres of land in another country and can't give a straight realistic answer as to why, then it clearly is for something nefarious, and you should not be able to own the land.
@@darrinito we are talking about $800m dollars in land, not a vacation house
Right next to a critical military infrastructure! And more land sold surrounding a critical power infrastructure! A little skepticism and paranoia is very welcomed in this case. Anyone who thinks it is okay Not to question these sales has their head in the sand…maybe Saudi sand. Look at what was allowed to be sold in Arizona! Acres of land leased the the Saudis under Trump and a Republican Governor…the Saudis are pumping millions of gallons of water from our dwindling ground water to grow feed FOR THEIR COWS! They ship is back to their country. Communities in the surrounding area are getting very low and ARIZONA FARMERS are being told there isn’t enough water for their crops! And Trump and TX Governor Abbot approved the sale of the largest oil refinery in Texas to the Saudis. What happened to their mantra of making America great again? Seems to me they are stealing from Americas just so Trump and the Saudis and other foreign governments will eventually cripple and/or own us.
It's interesting, how our government has big balls when we wanna go into other countries, but we don't have balls when people do stuff in our own country.... Find out who these people are immediately and if it's nefarious, get rid of it immediately.🤬🤬🤬
Pfffttt.. seriously?.. and risk that million dollar bribe?.. ya.right.
Yeah dude lol I think that’s what they’re doing
It just makes you wonder how somebody could write a 800 million check and our government can't figure out who did it
It’s because it’s the Chinese.
Aka, your government..
The government knows who name is on the check ..Flannery Associates, theyre mad that they can't tax the actual individual
A single person didnt buy the land multiple families did as stated on the NOTE theyve been buying since 2018
They can't even find who brought
@@elgoog7830haha good one, good point
Its stupid that we allow foreign nationals/ entities to purchase or own land, or businesses on US soil and its territories.
Yes, every country should do the same and prohibit foreign nationals from owning land in their countries.
@@sigmundgroth6452Agreed. All it does is harms each country’s citizens, and less available land/inventory further inflates home and rent prices.
I'll show them!
I'm going to start buying up China.
Foreign nationals can only co-own land (with a Thai National), same for owning a business. Foreign nationals cannot be independent homeowners.
@jetjan ehhh I wouldn't buy anyhow. Needs more quality.
I Lived here as a kid when my father had been stationed at Travis. When you have land that is suddenly sold around a primary military installation AND a primary, centrally located power grid should be an immediate investigation!
Suspicion isn't doesn't qualify for an investigatory warrant. If you like the rights you have under the Constitution, then you can't just say "well, that's weird" and whip up an investigation. You need to have reasonable suspicion *of a crime being committed*. Buying land isn't a crime, even if it's got a sketchy smell to it.
You can thank SCOTUS and it's Citizen United decision that grants corporations personhood for most matters.
@@TheMrMused land sold next to sensitive sites should require careful vetting of buyers. The fact that situations like this are even possible seems an oversight on the government’s part.
@@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 Should and must are *very* different things. The onus is on the government to ensure they have sufficient buffer around sensitive sites. That an US-registered LLC with unknown members can purchase it is all on SCOTUS. 2010 Citizens United gives corporations most of the same rights as meat popsicle citizens. That decision was 5/4 down party lines. If you don't agree with it, thank the GOP voters that put these a$$clowns in office to put GOP-backed justices in SCOTUS. Voting has consequences.
Yes. The power grid is of major concern.
And concern!!
Flannery sued the people who refused to sell to them because they intentionally asked for "too much" money. How ridiculous is it that people didn't want to sell their property, so when they offered to sell at a ridiculous price, Flannery decides to waste taxpayers money to try and force them to sell?
If Flannery is not a government entity they should not be entitled to a taking, eminent domain. If a private company masquerading and promising to provide jobs and better the community, they can force a sale. Thanks to the errant Supreme Court decision in Pfizer in Groton/New London, CT. Pfizer, however, tore down peoples homes, gave them market value, with no hope to get higher market values in the future, and the land lies fallow, unproductive.
Foreign entities should not be allowed to own our land.
guess y'all not smart enough to ask yourselves.. who's selling them this land...
@@miakmo59 obviously newsome. Probably striking deals to get some campaign donations for his bid for president. After all he wants to be the one to challenge DeSantis
@@miakmo59exactly
@@miakmo59 "guess y'all not smart enough to ask yourselves.. who's selling them this land..."
What, y'all not have the attention span to listen to a 3-minute TH-cam video?
Mostly farm owner who are being offered 5- to 10-times the going rate for property value. And the ones that resist _that_ offer get sued for *not* selling.
@@christasimon9716 that's right... So why you idiots complaining about it being sold ?????
This story definitely needs national attention.
I am so conflicted about this.
The mainstream news media ACTUALLY reporting on NEWS from a Democratic Congressman???
Something doesn't add up.
What could go wrong?
"Some farmers buy farmland from some other farmers, and literally nothing else happened" yes, STOP THE PRESSES, what a sensationally critical news story lol.
@gavinjenkins899 Your awfully defensive
of the sussy land grabbers. Makes me wonder.
How much you getting paid bud?
He's a Democrat Communist sympathizer.
The real question is why are all of these lands up for sale to begin with? I swear, American greed is going to be the ultimate downfall of this nation.
What? Why shouldn’t private citizens be able to buy land and as much as they want? Like I get criticizing it if another country is doing it but “greed” won’t be the downfall it’ll be the desire for social and economic equity that will be the downfall which has been in fact the downfall of every totalitarian state that was once not so from North Korea to the Soviet Union. It’ll be ppl like YOU who desire equality of the classes as happened in North Korea that will be our downfall
America is an idea above a nation, that if other people are invested in, will force cooperation... we allow it, because if it came down to it, we (US govt) WOULD steal it right back from them-- so we allow it because at the end of the day we can take it back whenever we want.
This country is toast dude
America is not a country anymore it's a corporation
The land was sold because they were offered well above fair market value. If someone came in and offered any of us triple what our house is worth of course we would grab the deal. That's what the farmers did.
This has been happening for many years all over the United States. Scary.
My cousin owned a corn farm and shell companies (China reps) are disguised as regular buyers and buying up all the farms too.
I live close to Travis and I’m sickened to know that the government allows foreign entities buy land next to a military base.. we are more vulnerable than ever
I mean its very likely China. Even on East coast... you have to be very high level to avoid Gov identification when dishing out this much cash and air base land.
Where is your proof or source that foreign Entities bought the land?
This happens frequently and nothing is done unless it ends up being publicized
There's no proof it's been bought by a foreign entity. Did you watch the whole video before commenting?
@@hog7203ya but something isn't right with this. And still it is suspicious. You must be a Democrat, because you sound like you just don't care what happens to Americans or our country.
There is no way a buyer should be allowed to not be identified. The government needs to step in and void this transaction.
The government took the money and now they have a problem with it years later. This is just propaganda to expose the private buyers
Why not? If it doesn't harm you, and they pay their property taxes, and haven't broken any laws, it's none of your business. Buzz off and respect people's privacy and freedoms that have nothing to do with you.
@@gavinjenkins899 uh, no, I won't "buzz off". Lol. And if the buyers are not from the U.S.? Then what? And don't tell me they have "freedoms" to do and buy whatever land they want in the U.S. They're not U.S. citizens. They should be identified, especially with land so close to a military base. It's not that complicated.
@@gavinjenkins899 it's in the interest of every state in the U.S. to know who's buying property within their boundaries. It's not all about individualism.
@@garyk2629well if you actually read the news the owners are 97% american families
Kinda sad that we're willing to fight and die for our land, but for a small price, we'll happily give it up.
Capitalism
Anyone else in the United States who had $800mil, and saw the value of this land could have bought it, unfortunately no one did. It’s like getting a crush on the quiet girl after she gets a boyfriend.
I guess the Chinese have been listening to the song, This Land is Your Land This Land is Our Land.
"our land"? America stole it in the first place..
The illusion of ownership
Face it. America is screwed either way you look at it. And all we’ve been doing is sitting back and watching it happen before our eyes.
Thank you to this Congressmen and this news station for carrying this story.
No problem bb girl
The congressman is leading a completely baseless witch hunt against a group of people who literally did nothing wrong and have zero evidence against them. Why would you thank a congressman for wanting to waste resources/tax dollars pursuing a complete non-issue and non-crime that we have no reason to believe harmed a single person?
Ask Joe Biden what’s going on here. He’s been paid millions of dollars by the Chinese for inside information and influence over American policy.
Finally something news worthy from MSM🤷♂️
Democrat congressman
Get it right
This is what happens when you treat corporations better than people!! They saw dollar signs and nothing else when this sale went through
The corporations are run by people, genius. There is not some robot-owned corporation buying farmland, lol. if you knew who it was, it wouldn't actually change ANYTHING. This is a complete non-story
@gavinjenkins899 how much ya getting payed bud? 😂
The Chinese are good people folks.
Trust me. They pay me 10 percent bribes from the smartest guy I know, my crackhead son Hunter.
Yours,
Joe Biden
@@gavinjenkins899 I disagree that it's a non-story, but agree that corporations are simply people (fellow humans). Lots of people who cry "Oh, those evil corporations, reeeeee!" forget this simple fact.
@@gavinjenkins899you know what exactly what they meant…don’t play dumb
FBI can’t find the people behind this purchase for 8 months. Is this incompetent or something too deep to tell the public?
FBI needs probable cause to subpoena records.
@@HKim0072 national security is the security blanket the US uses whenever it wants to do things it probably shouldnt be, it doesnt need it for this
@@HKim0072 The FBI actively works with the NSA to spy illegally on citizens, so I don't buy it. Personally, I think they are trying to memoryhole this as quickly as possible to avoid public backlash. Guarantee it's either foreign shareholders or a government shell company.
@@letsgovideogames4190 NSA is probably working on it illegally. But, its likely an international chase for data routing through multiple countries with secrecy.
@@HKim0072the FBI and CIA are a part of the scheme being supported by NATO.
Officials are not able to determine who purchased the land but are positive it’s no threat to National Security 😂🤣😂
For there to be 'buyers' there needs to be 'sellers'...who owns the land being bought?
Sounds like they were simply made an offer too good to pass up. They sold out.
There are at least 10 land owners refusing to sell to Flannery and Flannery is suing them for refusing to sell.
They are buying any land that comes up for sale in the area.
@@bodybuilderslave7125 sueing them for not selling what has the world come to?🤔✌️
The chinese and the arabs.
Are we in the twilight zone. How on earth can the local government not know who owns the land.
Because they don't even know who they are working for
Yup, USA has been in the Twilight Zone since Nov 22 1963.
Not just "local" government. Even the federal gov doesn't know what tf is going on
Because they've been paid off.
Terrible governing
I'm so tired of hearing the government can't figure things out,if you can't figure things out why are you being paid?
We need to figure it out For them.
@fleshbag7754 they don't want that,in fact as we see they're trying everything to make it not possible for us to do that. Because that's a finalizer.
Because their job is not to serve the American people but their overlords
Very interesting that Flannery Associates LLC is registered in Delaware... Does that state ring a bell? I recall hearing about other LLCs created by a certain Delaware family recently. Ten percent for the Big Guy..????
All they have to do is refuse permits to build anything there.
Then create a reason to tax them heavily on that land so that it just continues to become a bigger and bigger liability to the owners.
Eventually, they'll be begging for someone to buy it.
Ridiculous, how are these things allowed to happen? Our gov isn’t stupid, they know exactly what’s going on.
Imagine: if the company owned by Chinese...
Is the government now supporting monopolists?
That doesn’t no sense at all. None
I have to disagree on the “Our government isn’t stupid” part.
Disney
Really? The IRS cannot determine who owns it?
Hahahahaha!
The IRS doesn't have the power to do anything unless an investigation is triggered. Also, Bill Gates and his friends don't want you to know that they are buying all the farm land so they can starve you to death.
Flannerty associates owns it, a corp is its own legal entity, just like a person
@@HicSvntDracones someone can say they own anything it doesn’t mean that they do.
@@HicSvntDraconesAll legal entities must disclose their officers. The IRS can determine who owns this company if they want to.
This is not free enterprise. This is national security
No one buys land in AMERICA WITHOUT PEOPLE KNOWING WHO THEY ARE AND SURLEY NOT NEXT TO A MILITARY BASE,THEY KNOW WHO IT IS JUST NOT TELLING!!!!
🤔 Land buys and leases need to be more transparent in US, especially if it's large and around "sensitive" areas.
Why? The government should have reserved as much land as they needed or made zoning laws. They didn't. It's none of their business.
@@gavinjenkins899 : We were too trusting but now things have changed as we see with China, Russia, Iran, UAE, etc.
@@pohanahawaii you're risking violating Constitutionally protected rights of citizens. This is anything but an easy situation.
@@pohanahawaii Nothing has significantly changed. The threat of foreign powers would have been HIGHER not lower back when the nation was founded than today where the world is a much more stable place. And even since I personally was born (during the cold war), things are much calmer today then then, even. Travis Air Force base was built in 1942, a time when foreign suspicion was WAY WAY higher than any of those other periods I mentioned, yet THAT is when you are claiming "they were too trusting"? Literally in the middle of WWII lol? no, they weren't "too trusting" they just understood the value of freedom and personal property rights etc better than you.
Especially that much land. That's insane!
Flannery Associates LLC registered as a Foreign in California, meaning they're not from California, on Feb 14 2019. Their first official incorporation was in Delaware in 2018. Delaware is a known tax haven. Their agent is a trustee company called CT Corporation System. I'd start asking them some tough questions about this company.
Edit: Also a Thomas Mather is associated with the company.
The registered agent for Gates Defense Systems, Llc is C T Corporation System.
Gates Defense Systems is a solutions focused defense integrator with technologies designed to support cyber operations, infrastructure & supply chain.
Michael Gates, '08, CEO and founding partner of Gates Defense Systems.
Probably the most underrated comment in this whole comment section. Goes to show people love a good story instead of facts. America repent and give your life to Christ before the lake of fire will be where most of nation ends up and that is absolutely a fact
@@joshuawilliams4687 Yeah, but the issue is, that's all the info there is on these guys. No site, no other associates, and their legal address is a po box in a strip mall. The only one's who'd know more would be CT Corp.
@@Novouto , a quick search actually yielded an "Antitrust litigation suit filed by Flannery" against a host of others.
John Alsop, Defendant
David Anderson, Defendant
Glenn Anderson, Defendant
Ian Anderson, Defendant
Margaret Anderson, Defendant
Maryn Anderson, Defendant
Ned Anderson, Defendant
Neil Anderson, Defendant
Richard Anderson, Defendant
Robert Anderson, Defendant
Stan Anderson, Defendant
Murray Bankhead, Defendant
Barnes Family Ranch Associates, LLC, Defendant
Barnes Family Ranch Corporation, Defendant
Amber Bauman, Defendant
Kirk Beebe, Defendant
Janet Blegen, Defendant
Christine Mahoney Limited Partnership, Defendant
Christine Mahoney Limited Partnership Management Company, Defendant
Paul Dietrich, Defendant
William Dietrich, Defendant
El General Partner, LLC, Defendant
Emigh Land LP, Defendant
Susan Beebe Furay, Defendant
Ronald Gurule, Defendant
Carol Hoffman, Defendant
Kirby Hill Associates, LLC, Defendant
Kirby Hill Corporation, Defendant
Lambie Ranch Associates, LLC, Defendant
Lambie Ranch Corporation, Defendant
Christine Mahoney, Defendant
Daniel Mahoney, Defendant
Lynne Mahre, Defendant
Michael Rice, Defendant
Nancy Roberts, Defendant
Sharon Totman, Defendant
Deborah Workman, Defendant
Christopher Wycoff, Defendant
Janet Zanardi, Defendant
POSITIVE, anyone one contracted is bound by exclusive non-disclosure agreements, With the "penalties", affecting family in China...They doj't call them "trusts", for nothing..."Trust", that any questions are met with deafening silence, without the immediate removal of body parts without anesthesia...
When the government says they don't know what's going on. They definitely know what's going on!!!
Exactly. They're so full of it. They know exactly who they are.
@@JillyBean860I'm sure they're in on it.
Right and why??
🎯🎯🎯
Yup! They probably ARE what's going on.
We have a lot of people that need to be brought up on charges of *treason* it seems..
Proof?
Why?
Because they've been selling out our nation
It’s probably owned by some Chinese companies
Oh no, no. That not true. That not true. You go now!
Not their style. Chinese don't pull aggressive stunts like this. Taiwan is another issue, but mainland USA? Naw.
This is a Congressman actually doing his Job.
The fact that these "families" are hiding behind a lawyer and aren't identifying themselves to the US military to assuage their concerns says all you need to know.
Sounds like a foreign entity that has purchased the land. So what we should do is make this the homeless, drug center encampment on the land, and REFUSE to move them off the land. Expand Travis AFB by eminant domain.
or another multi millionaire or billionaire that needs another tax right off
Ah yes, imprisonment without due process or a way to obtain freedom. Sounds 100% american🇺🇸🦅
You Idiots the Mysterious Company is China. The Chinese is literally buying America Up pretty soon your Grand Children will be Bare Back and HOMELESS on the same Land Our American Fore Fathers have died for....
~Sir Andrew Jackson
Saudis
I bet you consider yourself a good person!
Why Does our Government acts Dumb about our own Land 😢🇺🇸
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Our country is getting weaker and weaker. We need our leaders to start making big changes
While biden is in power. He hates America and American people he even sold our secrets to foreign countries like CCP.
No, we need a REAL Leader and a REAL President. Put President Trump back in office, where he belongs!
Then stop voting for people in office who make our country weaker. And take away our rights.
Yeah well look at the goofball we have for president 🥴🥴
You think dems and rhinos are American patriots leaders or greedy Chinese operatives, bought and paid to play
Simple, seize the land back and say now it’s part of the base. Whoever bought it, Tough luck.
At least they would have to make themselves known in order to complain.
Exactly, seize the land tell the people if they want their money back identify themselves
RIGHT!! AS simple as that!!!
What is America doing😢
Civil asset forfeiture
Not happening when they are paying the government to keep quiet
How the heck is this possible???? We should be embarrassed as a country. Congress as a whole needs to get off their butts and make this sort of thing illegal right now! What the heck are we even paying them for?!?!
Seems like one group is so busy slinging mud at the other they cant focus on anything else.
@Joe-no7gs Oh, look, someone with common sense.
Why should Congress put effort toward making this illegal when it isn't causing any harm? You just want Congress to spend all day oppressing people around you for literally no reason? One of the things I pay them for is to PROTECT us from YOU and exactly your kind of dictatorial evil wishes to control everyone and everything that's none of your business. Some farmers bought some farmland from some other farmers. Literally the end of the story. There is no problem here requiring solving.
@@Lily-wp8ol One party is too busy tilting at woke windmills to be concerned with what's really going on.
This is very suspicious and definitely needs to be taken seriously
This issue needs more visibility and more hands on deck.
You mean all hands on flight line. lol.
@@tony78ta 😏
Wow. Thank goodness the congressman at least called attention to this. Other states need to follow his lead. Even small tracts of land can be used for nefarious purposes if in the right location.
Trump voice: CHIIIIIIIIINA!!!!!
@@EternalResonanceYes trump is owned by China ,we’re well aware of his treachery and deceit.
How does this even happen?
Can't even trust our own country.
Now you are just learning?!
you must be white, because the rest of us have been telling y'all that for decades. Welcome to reality.
@@edmundblackaddercoc8522
It's sad and sickening, but unfortunately I've known for a long time.
Not our country anymore. Please make a note of it.
Get out then
Why are foreign investors allowed to buy American land. Is America really that for sale? Many countries do not allow foreign entities to buy and own their land. Why is America allowing this?
Because it’s profitable. Just like your health, education, and death
Politicians 4sale cheaply anyone?😂😂
Do you want the govt restricting who you can sell your land to?
@@bobroberts2371 yes, if they are selling to foreign governments
10 % for the big guy 😢
1.) China
2.) BlackRock
yes.
The government bought it and they're going to build a housing development for illegals like the ones they're building in Texas, have you seen those?
Not china. They will not waste money for a chance for it to be taken away.
Most likely blackrock. Bought it for cheap and sold it for the rich so they can keep their money safe from the tax man.
Shrill gates
Don't be naive. China doesn't play these games. This is Deep State secret stuff. This is sinister and is just short of a clear & present danger. Notice that it is happening just as whistleblowers prove that Special Access Programs are operating without Congressional knowledge or oversight. And $3trillion dollars of taxpayer money has gone down this rabbit hole to fund black ops over the last 20 years. Don't swallow the bait; it ain't Chinese doing this.
When you buy land, you get a title for ownership and tax purposes. There is NOW WAY the government doesn’t know who bought the land........
A corporation is a legal entity. The corporation owns the land. They don’t know who controls the corporation. I’m sure it’s a shell with a legal address out of a lawyer’s office somewhere.
You know nothing about corporate ownership apparently. But I always forget, you TH-cam commenters are super geniuses who know everything.
@@chrislikescandy Hes not wrong though - names dont always lead back to anyone - its a corporation. The "owner" could be their grandma for all that needs to be sign away.
@@animateddepression Either a fake corporation or fake investment firm. We should also not ignore the possibility that it's the US Gov getting caught doing it's thing.
@@adr2t You clearly didn't read what I wrote. Derp. Another TH-cam commenter who's a super genius with zero reading comprehension.
Just googled the company. It is an LLC from China. How can they say nobody knows who they are? Have they asked Mr. Google?
I tried depositing $3k cash, and I was asked too many questions, so how can an LLC spend a billion dollars and not trigger more alerts?
They probably did trigger them but the whole military base v the LLC wasn’t a thing, until that congressman started crying about it.
@@phoenixking2406 Election is coming up and need to my name in the news
I'll say it again, non-citizens and foreign companies/entities should not be allowed to own land or property. This needs to be a law that is retroactive so that no one is grandfathered in! This would free up property and make it affordable again.
Agree 1000%
You don't know the half of it.
10% for the big guy
Broke
Someone didn't pay any attention probably like usual. This company is made up of 99% Americans
A congressman doing his job and protecting the people, I'm shocked.
Better politicians start with better voters.
He is a Dem not a Maga
@@spicyirwin5835that's why we're all shocked! It's the Dems letting everyone in the southern border!
@@spicyirwin5835 he is a public servant as the rest of the sellouts in congress, the difference is that he is doing something for the benefit of the people.
😂😂😂😂😂
How fickin hard can it be to find out who bought it. FFS. This damn govt. Take that shit back. With a nuisance fee.
Our government is so incompetent. We are doomed!!
you mean the ppl that believe this video and the news are doomed cause i promise ya the government knew back in 2018
You Idiots the Mysterious Company is China. The Chinese is literally buying America Up pretty soon your Grand Children will be Bare Back and HOMELESS on the same Land Our American Fore Fathers have died for....
~Sir Andrew Jackson
Joe had Hunter broker this deal.
They're not incompetent they are corrupt.
Been that way for decades. Shocked that anyone is surprised by this but when you can blind a nation as well as American politicians have it's not so hard to comprehend. They're called sheeple and will do whatever and believe whatever their government tells them.
There's a way to get them to go away. Just deny all permits for any kind of building on the properties. It's that simple. No permits, no building, no licensing, no growing. They'll lose money and be forced to sell. Another novel idea is to quit selling your land to them.
Maybe zone it so nothing can be built or grown just ranch land? What about farmers who've been there for 100 years pushed out by malignant lawsuits
@@mlebrooks just have to imminent domain it
And that’s how the store and then they have so much money and power that there are the one behind all the donations behind all the candidate that they want to put in government. That’s what they do in Mexico in other countries..
Good on Garamendi for bringing this to light. No science degrees needed to figure this one out. It's very un-nerving how this has been allowed to proceed unfettered for so long.
Farmers buying dirt has "been allowed" because it breaks zero laws, hurts nobody, and is none of your business. Things like that are SUPPOSED to be allowed unfettered in the land of the FREE. Ever heard of Thomas Jefferson? Benjamin Franklin? James Madison? You should look them up and learn about the founding principles of your country.
@@gavinjenkins899its not our dirt to take…
@@GoneNForgotten ??? The people selling them the land are the rightful owners, it IS actually their dirt to give/sell, and thus it IS the buyers' dirt to take/buy when the previous owners agree. Which they did. What are you talking about...
@@gavinjenkins899 bull this is different if it’s by a airbase it should never be aloud to buy. In order to keep democracy
@@Sam-kc3yu The airbase is already built to begin with with sufficient buffer zones for security. If the military thought they needed more distance from civilians, they would have made the base bigger all along. Why do you think US soldiers are completely incompetent to be unable to plan their work or to be threatened by some random farmers who have showed zero aggression? Have some respect for troops... you're acting like they're schoolchildren who can't look after themselves. Unlike you, they aren't afraid of some people buying dirt near them, lol
Newsolini has some deep explaining to do first and foremost along with the sellers of the land. The Fed is useless!
Until our govt creates legislation that keeps international interests from owning land/businesses on our soil, not going to stop.
That doesn’t work.
That would destroy business relations and they would just use proxys
@@buddybrax not to mention for a country with considerable amounts of property in other territories, that would be double standards.
I'm pretty sure there are already laws in place that say we're not allowed to sell Homeland territory to foreign investors.
Good reporting here. Stay on this story, and try to determine who this group is. China getting land around Travis would be bad news.
One question. Why not name the attorney?
There was a lawyer associated with them in 2019 from Palo Alto. Richard Melnyk
If it is a security concern, the government should have bought the land in the first place, Duh!
There seems to be a new lawyer, or perhaps an additional lawyer working on behalf of Flannery Associates LLC.
From New York.
Michael H. Menitove
This isn't good reporting lol. This is reading a press release from a congressman and asking him questions in line with his own talking points. There is no actual investigative journalism going in here.
If there was, this story would never have aired because Stephanie would have found out who owns the LLC and her news director would have canned the story.
It really is a travesty that journalism has been so far lost that this reading of a press release can be confused with "good reporting".
@@tjmarx With regard to the subject which is important for national security. I hope they do some follow-up, so we all learn who is really behind this LLC.
If it’s an LLC then the names of the board members should be on record.
Shell companies exist. It only cost a couple hundred dollars to create each company. You can have one company owned by a dozen companies, each of those companies owned by other companies and all of those companies owned by a single entity to simplify records.... And have that entity owned by several companies, which are owned by entities controlled by the extended family of people who don't want to be exposed for being involved. Also, this is all assuming each link is done according to the law and properly maintained.
Also, each entity involved can be based in any state or foreign nation. It can be extremely challenging to find who owns something if they don't want to be found.
@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 Exactly! There's a small store in NYC that's "houses" over 10,000 LLCs.
@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 Just like all those shell companies the Biden crime family created to launder money from foreign nationals/enemies of the USA in exchange for illegal favors by Joe Biden. Our own FBI and DOJ have known this and have been helping to cover it up for years. Maybe the ability to purchase this land, to spy and steal US military secrets was one of those favors Joe Biden is giving China.
Exactly , Garamendi is just trying to pretend he cares and open up some drama to put his name out
NOT IN NEVADA. Nevada is one of very few states that allows private LLCs.
It is the Chinese it is happening all over the US particularly near military bases.
In Mexico you can't own land if you are not a Mexican citizen.
That is incorrect
samantha, shhh, don't tell anyone then cuz my white American Uncle owns a house down in the middle of Mexico. Hope they don't figure out he's not Mexican, heehee.
@@StillAProudAmerican-ll2ycyou mean in the non-restricted zone? 😂 🤦♂️ Yeah no one cares if he’s a citizen or not, the law only applies if its in the restricted zone’s foreigners cant easily buy.
In America you can't own land unless your not from here and you don't have to pay taxes for 5 years and after 5 years you can give the business to your cousins to avoid taxes forever. 😊
You couldn't buy real estate in Austrailia unless you were a citizen. I don't know if that has changed also.
Honestly no American land or houses should be sold to any foreigners in until every person in the US is housed.
👏👏👏👏
Do you understand capitalism at all ? Because that’s something you should be saying in a communist country , in capitalism as long as you can afford it , a single person can buy as much as lands and houses as he pleased even if millions of other people are homeless and hungry
@@tristan583stfu
@@tristan583 does that make it right? Does it make you proud to have it all while other people eat from garbage cans? Guess when you come from privilege positions you just don't care because you've never experienced the other side of life
@@tristan583national security has nothing to do with capitalism. Otherwise, I agree with you.
The fact that there are no laws for this and the US government has no idea is both reassuring and scary.
No laws for what? What exactly is scary about someone buying stuff?
CIA
The chicom puppet masters controlling the Bidens
@@AtomicPixelspossibly individuals/companies from foreugn countries to purchase land in the USA
@@Mothafuckenzay can't identify aholes
I grew up there ,and it is not just the base that is concerning. Very near Travis is a company called ET (Explosive Technology) used to make different parts for Nuclear missiles. I know this because my mother worked there back in the 70's -80's.
Definitely foreign. It is what it is.
The end is coming.
Now its a Raytheon company Collins Aerospace
I think the weirdest thing about it is them suing landowners because they don’t want to sell their land to them….. like who tf does that??
Exactly. The kind of people you don't want owning land around a military base and power infrastructure... or large swaths of land in general. That's who
It happens all the time akTuALly.
This reminds me of when black people actually own black towns just to have it destroyed by the government. History is about to repeat itself
It's karma,.. don't forget history,..ignorants 😢
Nativos American
Excellent report! Good job senator!
he just want drama, to make himself like he is doing something, it is practically impossible that he would not have access to that information, but he just want limelight
@@mannyechaluce3814your grammar is incomprehensible. Try harder.
@@katwashere194 Chinese or Russian
@@mannyechaluce3814 It depends on what committee(s) he's on, whether or not he'd have access to the info. That's how it works.
Why didn't the Airforce buy the land if it's so close to the base
How can it be a mystery company. That would be a security risk. This company needs to be investigated
The government needs to be investigated.
Land purchases such as this would have to be approved by the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations), for national security risks. One vote against it would kill the deal.
So, the government knows, and it's not in our best interest.
Just like your inept government
You can be entirely anonymous as long as you can pay $500 to open a LLC lol
@@off_mah_lawn2074Nah, that only works until someone asks questions. Also there are permitting and licensing issues if they ever try to develop or build. Even a trust can be pierced. Especially if it's in the interest of national security.
@@off_mah_lawn2074you clearly don't understand what information you give to form an LLC. It's not anonymous. Nothing about buying land is anonymous. Read a book.
In most countries foreigners are not allowed to by farmland. If a foreigner or anyone, tried to buy huge amounts of land next to a military base you would immediately find yourself escorted into an interrogation room, your house cars and everything searched and being a guest at the local jail until they could determine whats going on.
Bill Gates also needs to be stopped.
And why is any of what you described a good thing? You're just casually announcing that we need to have a dictatorial big brother, and not listing any reason, lol? Yes, lots of other countries DO have big brother dictator governments, so what? Why do you want to be like them, again? Instead of abducting people and jailing them for no crime, how about leave it free, but just pass a law saying the government owns the land around military bases, sufficiently far out that it doesn't matter who buys beyond that? Then you wouldn't have to worry about it, it'd be none of your business, eh? Wacky, I know, to use democracy.
only if you didn't PAY the "right" people. THis company paid the LEFT people. :D
Define "most" countries because a simple web search will show that many countries do allow foreign investments/investors in land/property and even welcomed them in the past with expedited visas.
@@JasonRowe78 correct unless it’s North Korea, or Sentinel Island, we can buy land in most countries.
The strange thing is that the land is still being sold to them.
Why is that happening
They have powerful friends in 'high' places, obviously.
Very interesting that Flannery Associates LLC is registered in Delaware... Ten percent for the Big Guy...???
And on top of it all, 10 other farm owner's are being sued. Farm land is critical infrastructure, im convinced that our government is doing this
If they're hiding, it means they have something to hide.
Very suspicious! How can Flannery sue someone for not selling their land! When have people been forced to sell!
Flannery is suing the owner(s) for INFLATING the price of that land, this news broke out in May, you stupid m0r0n. Learn to Google. DIP SHIFT.
You can sue people for crossing the street, if you want. Doesn't mean you're going to win.
@gavinjenkins899 how much ya getting payed bud? 😂
@@gavinjenkins899re you the flannery guy lol. Why are you defending them
@@nostalgia545 I'm not "defending" them, because there's nothing to "defend", they literally haven't done a single thing wrong. "Defending" as a word implies sticking up for someone accused of a wrongdoing, but you haven't even managed to come up with a single coherent accusation yet or obtain a single scrap of any evidence. You've completely imagined a non-existent threat and are freaking out about this fantasy boogeyman for no reason.
If it is a security concern, the US government should have bought the land in the first place, case closed.
Real Estate money has a way of making EPA cleanup and toxic waste disappear instantly and enemies and security risks go away. Gifts are exchanged and the deal gets fixed. Our Government has been selling off public lands, schools, post offices, mental health hospitals and facilities or anything else of value behind closed doors.
the US government don't buy land they find a reason to confiscate it for free
It's not. The air force base has an existing buffer zone. It's just this one old congressman who is freaking out about nothing.
@@tjmarx Can you tell us more? There is a subdivision just one public commercial street away from the approach to the main gate.
You may be on to something. How about now we the taxpayers have to buy it back? Sweet.
Stupid Government. Just give the country away
im not believing the FBI does not know who bought that land.
Agree.
Yup. I think the USA is in it aswell. If they really was scared fbi, cia , nasa would get involved
It's probably wording. The legal owners are surely traceable, but who are those people affiliated with and what are their intentions are likely what's actually unknown.
Shell Companies are tough to track, since shells can by shells. My best guess.
My two cents, for whatever that's worth.
You'd be surprised
@@simply_miki are you military or former military?
First of all, praise to Congressman Garamendi for bringing attention to this development. And thanks to local news for spreading the word. There's a big story underneath all of this and we all win when those involved do their job.
Whose job is it, precisely, to stop farmers from buying farmland from other farmers? It must have slipped my mind what department is in charge of that crucial and productive government task, lol
@gavinjenkins899 how much ya getting payed bud? 😂
@@YoFryman How much am I getting paid ... by whom? Random farmers in a country I don't live in? Lol? Trying to make some wild random accusation of a person's finances is what you do when you realize you have no actual argument on the facts.
@@gavinjenkins899you live in china
@@gavinjenkins899 I married into an Iowa farm family over 30 years ago. i can tell you, without a scintilla of doubt, that no farmer would pay five times the going rate for acreage. That would be an economic disaster. Yet that's what's on record here. When you combine that irregularity with a collection of land purchases by 1) an unknown entity working through a proxy, and 2) ring three sides of an important DOD installation......red flags are up everywhere. If you can't see the logic in that you have some big giant flaw in your thinking somewhere. By the way, i know lots of farmers. Not one of them would go out of their way to hide their identity.
If anyone thinks the Feds don’t know who owns this property then you are absolutely confused.
China! Why pay more than others would for odd locations..close to military, defense, resources, power grids!? Shld be voided.
Do not allow them to buy anything without identifying themselves and their plan ...... This is very concerning! No other country especially our adversaries should ever buy US land.
We all know it's C-h-i-n-a.
@@chucklesthered2338 Our Governor put a stop to this china buying land in our state..You leave yourself vulnerable to other countries when you do this stuff...
Ok boomer
@@Zenxolu Ok m0r*n
Chinese HK company bought out SMITHFIELD FOODS here in Virginia....I can buy bacon for $3.99 per package at least once a special month.....i love PORK / Bacon...!!!!
5 years ago, Northern Californa farmers were asking, "Why have so many water restrictions been placed on our farms? This is going to destroy local agriculture, and we don't understand why they're doing it."
Well, now you know why. You just had to sell your land for 1/3 of what it would have cost.
what???
@@iamdenislara That's right. Same goes for all those wildfires they have been intentionally starting in CA.