Posted on 11/23/2023 1:10:21 PM PST by thegagline
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been handed a "smoking gun" in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump, according to an attorney.
Jeffrey McConney, the Trump Organization's former corporate controller, testified on Tuesday that it was his understanding that Trump reviewed financial statements before they were finalized, contradicting previous testimony.
"This was probably the worst day for Donald in the New York City fraud case," attorney Joe Gallina said during an interview with Mary Trump, the former president's estranged niece. "This was very simply the smoking gun Attorney General Letitia James was looking for."
James filed a lawsuit against the former president alleging that Trump and executives at his company, including his adult sons, fraudulently inflated his net worth on his financial statements to secure favorable loans and insurance.
Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the case, ruled in September that Trump and other defendants engaged in fraud. The trial is to decide remaining claims of conspiracy, insurance fraud and falsifying business records, as well as how much damages the organization should pay. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Lawyers for James' office on Tuesday presented McConney with a draft of Trump's net worth statement for 2014 that had a note in blue ink on the first page that said: "DJT TO GET FINAL REVIEW" and exaggerated his net worth by $3.5 billion, according to James.
Trump previously said he had little involvement in preparing the annual net-worth statements. In a pretrial deposition, he denied knowing who had written "DJT to get final review" on the 2014 draft.
"I can't think of a bigger smoking gun than having a fraudulent document, allegedly, that is what the state is saying, this document is the one that exaggerated Donald's worth by over $3.5 billion,"***
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I guess. And sufficient to carry a preponderance of the evidence standard, but it reads like a routine notation, and “smoking gun” seems a bit overwrought
Yeah, “prepared” does not equate with “reviewed.”
Nothing burger article written solely to mislead their dumb Leftist base.
Hearsay
It’s a milestone for sure. It’s the 400th career-ending smoking gun they’ve found on DJT in just 8 years.
former corporate controller, testified on Tuesday that it was his understanding.
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Not a fact hear say evidence Letitia James doing juggling act with the facts.
Not looking good for her in the end dumb and greedy to make a name for her self.
Under a new President Trump a new Attorney General needs to look into prosecutions of these idiots plus ALL relatives of these idiots. Then we have fun!
That bragging about the Clintons resulted in a lot of prosecutors and witnesses becoming deeply depressed and ending it all.
Times have changed.
Old: “I’m sick of lying. I’m sick of covering for the Clintons. I have agreed to testify.”—James McDougal
CNN story. Convicted Whitewater defendant James McDougal said a big factor in his decision to cooperate with prosecutor Kenneth Starr was President Bill Clinton’s failure to pardon his ex-wife, Susan.
“I wasn’t so much concerned he had abandoned me,” McDougal told NBC’s “Dateline.” “I felt he had abandoned Susan.
“I just got sick and tired of lying for the fellow, you know ... “ McDougal added.
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Then....
March 9, 1998
James B. McDougal, the wily Arkansas banking rogue who drew Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton into real estate deals that have come to haunt them, suffered cardiac arrest in federal prison yesterday and died, just months before he hoped to be released.
NO....the Judge is PURE EVIL and needs an EXORCISM by his RABBI!!
Oh, the absolute nutcase niece with a world class case of TDS --sure, she's a credible source!
“it was his understanding “
That’s a smoking gun? Oh please.
Lying bitch
Forbes has Trump listed in 2014 at $4 Billion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/09/29/forbes-400-full-list-of-americas-richest-people/
Judge EngMORON is clearly unfit to sit on the bench. He is a libtard of libtards, clearly prejudiced against Trump before hearing any evidence, and didn't we hear about his posting of nude pics of himself? Just one look at him and you gotta roll your eyes!
He already made the decision that Trump is GUILTY!! He is PURE EVIL AND A MORON!
That's what I said.
Oh noes!!!!!
The “review” likely went like this:
“Are these OK?” “Where do I sign?”
A draft is not the final document and may actually be significantly different than the final document. A DRAFT is not a smoking gun, no matter what it says.
Even the final document is not a smoking gun, for that matter. Whatever his accountants state his net worth is is based on how they analyze his holdings. A different set of accountants might come up with a different valuation. Fraud? No.
Opinion is evidence? What do I know since I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
100%
That quote, or that presumption of a quote, sounds just like something Trump would say. He’s a busy man, doing two or three projects at once.
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