I would really like to see the trail of clues and confusion surrounding Andrew Kline and Besta Pizza. Seems like he is not the owner, but he was their attorney? There are multiple Andrew Klines involved in this? And Saudi Arabia owns the entire block?
Perhaps a connection of these dots, which includes the initial confusion, would help researchers suss out previously published articles that haven't been updated.
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pizzathrowaway ago
It looks like there are 2 Andrew Klines and one Andrew Klein.
1) Andrew J. Kline, ex-DOJ, AU professor, now at FCC. Graduated from Harvard. No direct connection to Comet or Besta that we know of but does have connections to Clinton https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewkline1
2) Andrew J Kline, Veritas law firm, restaurant lawyer, Graduated from William & Mary, has had Comet & Bucks as Clients. Most likely to have been the guy representing Besta as well, since he specializes in restaurant law https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-j-kline-95042a4? http://abra.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/abra/publication/attachments/ABC_Board_Dispositions_June_4_2014_0.pdf You are correct that Andrew Kline is the registered agent for Besta in a legal document, but that does not make him the owner.
3) Andrew M Klein, Klein Law Group, communications lawyer. http://kleinlawpllc.com/andrew-klein/ Albany Law School, Doesn't appear to have anything to do with any of this stuff. His office is also on Connecticut Ave (in a different part of town) which i think confused people.
Onalaskeye ago
Three folks with the same last name so closely connected, what a mindfuck. Are all three of them being scrutinized equally?
pizzathrowaway ago
They're not actually connected in any way, except being DC lawyers.
Onalaskeye ago
Klein is not even close to them. I see how he is not connected. Set him aside. But I would imagine the others are still in discussion.