Photo: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
U.S. officials are reportedly investigating a woman who allegedly claimed to be a member of the famed Rothschild family during visits to Mar-a-Lago, where she met former PresidentDonald Trumpand mingled with members of his inner circle.
In May 2021, Anna de Rothschild drove a new Mercedes Benz AMG G63 through the gates of Mar-a-Lago — Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., home that is now theepicenter of a criminal investigationinto the former president’s allegedmishandling of classified White House documents— during one of multiple trips to the property.
The woman later posed for photos with the former president and a close ally of his, Republican Sen.Lindsey Graham, on a golf course near Mar-a-Lago in addition to meeting withDonald Trump Jr.‘sfiancée,Kimberly Guilfoyle, and other Trump associates.
But Anna is not a Rothschild. In fact, her name is Inna Yashchyshyn and she’s reportedly a Russian-speaking Ukrainian immigrant and the 33-year-old daughter of an Illinois truck driver.
“It wasn’t just dropping the family name. She talked about vineyards and family estates and growing up in Monaco,” former investment banker and author John LeFevre told OCCRP of Yashchyshyn’s alleged ruse.
“Everyone was eating it up,” added LeFevre, who said he met poolside with the woman he was told was a Rothschild heiress.
As part of its investigation, the FBI obtained copies of fake passports from the U.S. and Canada that bear Yashchyshyn’s photo and the name she used at Mar-a-Lago.
Mar-a-Lago Club.Joe Raedle/Getty
ThePost-Gazettealso published images of a Florida driver’s license for “Anna de Rothschild” that indicates she used an address for a $13 million Miami Beach mansion where she has never lived.
“That’s all fake,” she said, “and nothing happened.”
Valeriy Tarasenko, a Moscow-raised businessman who lives in Florida and allowed Yashchyshyn to stay at his condo and care for his teenage daughter, said he spoke with the FBI agents about her multiple visits to Mar-a-Lago, where he claims she hoped to make Trump family connections and raise money.
Yashchyshyn used “her fake identity as Anna de Rothschild to gain access to and build relationships with U.S. politician[s], including but not limited to Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, andEric Greitens,” Tarasenko said in an affidavit, according to thePost-Gazette.
Greitens is a former Missouri governor who wasdefeated in the state’s GOP Senate primaryearlier this yearamid scandal.
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“For Anna,” he reportedly wrote on the title page, “stay strong!”
source: people.com
