kalm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:28 pm
Trump found liable for financial fraud.
So 91 counts of various crimes involving ejection interference and national security, liable for sexual assault, liable for massive financial fraud.
Trump: windmills are making whales weird and Jeb Bush got us into Iraq and Afghanistan!
The Republican Party: preach it brother!
I still don't understand this particular case. I certainly believe Trump inflated his worth, I didn't think that was even in dispute. But who was harmed in this case? The banks and insurance companies he gave these records to get coverage and loans? Don't banks and insurance companies independently verify sources of income? Especially for sums as large as these? Heck, I can't refinance my home without an appraiser giving an appraisal, and the last time I did that the guy walked through my whole house, opened every cabinet, and basically spent an hour going through everything. And I don't own anything other than a simple colonial house with a finished basement. I don't even own a golf course, or several. So surely these companies knew the veracity, or lack of it, in these documents. But at the end of the day, it's up to them to decide if they're going to do business with Trump or not. Does anyone believe they made these decisions based on the shoddy documents he gave them? And interestingly, they aren't the plaintiffs in this case. So the people supposedly "duped" by Trump's mastermind plan of inflating his worth aren't even complaining. So again, why does this particular case even exist?
If there's an issue with a tax burden, that I can understand, but by overinflating his worth didn't he increase his tax burden?