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Donald Trump’s Tower and these other NY properties could be lost in $250M civil fraud case
NY Post ^ | 10/03/2023 | y Mary K. Jacob and Zachary Kussin

Posted on 10/03/2023 1:04:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

For decades before his presidency, Donald Trump had long been synonymous with the real estate industry — as well as his namesake New York properties, which have been the subject of great discussion since last week.

That’s when a New York judge, Arthur F. Engoron of the state Supreme Court, concluded in a 35-page judgment that Trump had exaggerated the value of his holdings to secure favorable loan and insurance terms with financial institutions, with some properties being inflated by an estimated 1,000%.

Judge Engoron’s decision was issued as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James’s $250 million civil fraud case against the former president, his company and executives. And if that ruling ultimately stands, Trump could lose control over some well-known New York City and New York City-area properties that bear his name.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abuseofprocess; bs; donate2trump; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; fraud; harassment; lawfare; newyork; persecution; properties; tower; trump
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Demented on how they are trying to destroy this man
1 posted on 10/03/2023 1:04:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is totalitarianism, pure and simple.


2 posted on 10/03/2023 1:07:03 PM PDT by Salohcin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Uh no its not gonna happen. 🙄


3 posted on 10/03/2023 1:07:10 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

24M AR’s say no


4 posted on 10/03/2023 1:07:58 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It is pure corrupt political persecution worth of USSR or Red China.


5 posted on 10/03/2023 1:08:47 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“had exaggerated the value of his holdings to secure favorable loan and insurance terms with financial institutions”

shouldn’t the financial institutions be suing him if that is the case?


6 posted on 10/03/2023 1:09:12 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fundamentally transforming civilization’s role model the last 200yrs into a banana republic.


7 posted on 10/03/2023 1:09:43 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Assessed value usually does not match the actual value of a property - assessed value is what the government thinks the property is worth, actual value is whatever the market thinks it's worth. Every home owner knows this - we pay property taxes on the assessed value, not the market value. We secure loans and sell our houses based on the market value.

Trump secured loans based on the market value of his properties - that's exactly what any homeowner who takes out a HELOC does. Is Letitia James going to go after every homeowner who took out a HELOC in New York? Further, Trump paid back every one of those loans - who is the injured party here?

This entire court case is appalling - even those who hate Trump on the Left need to take a moment to think for the first time in years and understand that this gross miscarriage of justice be inflicted on them, too.
8 posted on 10/03/2023 1:10:43 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump gets to appraise his own properties? I knew a guy that kept throwing money into remodeling, and getting new appraisals, trying to get one high enough that he could secure a bigger loan. I fail to see where that’s fraudulent.


9 posted on 10/03/2023 1:11:49 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Apparently, the New York Post never heard of an appeal.


10 posted on 10/03/2023 1:11:59 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

With 80% of the case being dismissed due to outdated Statute of Limitations and the absolute demented behavior exhibited by this judge, I would say Donald Trump’s chances of seeing victory in this case has gone up exponentially!!!

https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/breaking-trump-gets-big-win-in-nyc-court-says-about-80-of-case-will-be-dismissed-mace/


11 posted on 10/03/2023 1:12:37 PM PDT by soozla (Truth prevails, regardless of who is willing to accept it ~ now or later. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How does it become fraud when he is buying things, not selling them? He’s securing loans and insurance. It’s the sellers responsibility in these cases to inspect and evaluate the properties. If they disagreed with his assessment of the values, they should have objected and not made the loans/policies or increased the rates.


12 posted on 10/03/2023 1:12:41 PM PDT by econjack
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

It’s a good thing I’m not paying taxes on my property’s market value. I could not afford the taxes on that.


13 posted on 10/03/2023 1:13:19 PM PDT by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: JSM_Liberty

“had exaggerated the value of his holdings to secure favorable loan and insurance terms with financial institutions”

shouldn’t the financial institutions be suing him if that is the case?”

Exactly. Who got hurt in all of this?


14 posted on 10/03/2023 1:13:21 PM PDT by Parley Baer (GO )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess the US FAG Government won’t be happy until their Nazi asses have every penny Trump has. Damn bunch of Feral Nazi thieves. I think it might be time for Americans to wake up and ask themselves if they agree with this Nazi horsepucky that the Brandon Administration is pulling just to make “a better life” for every Xeno freeloading arseho who dips his or her toes in the RIO GRANDE.


15 posted on 10/03/2023 1:13:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

How does an inflated valuation reduce insurance? If anything, I thought it would increase the premium.

EC


16 posted on 10/03/2023 1:14:49 PM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: JSM_Liberty

” ... shouldn’t the financial institutions be suing him if that is the case? ... “

I (non-lawyer) would think so.

In my prior life as a senior corporate customer of major banks, I never heard of anything like this.


17 posted on 10/03/2023 1:15:33 PM PDT by aculeus (Just Call Him "No Border" Biden)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bogus radical socialist warfare using the misappliction of justice.

Just like the demographic warfare being wagwed against AMerica across the SOuthern Border.

We need to rid ourselves of them.


18 posted on 10/03/2023 1:15:47 PM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

FUbarackobama!


19 posted on 10/03/2023 1:16:18 PM PDT by bugseye
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And any successful Real Estate business in New York should be liquidating everything right now and preparing to MOVE out of New York, for fear this will happen to them in the very near future. because it will, I Guarantee It.


20 posted on 10/03/2023 1:16:20 PM PDT by eyeamok
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