Trump appeared voluntarily Monday at the courthouse. The case has high stakes for the Republican, who built his political career on his fame as a billionaire real estate ace.
  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
    601·
    2 years ago

    Trump’s holdings are “Mona Lisa properties” that can command top dollar, attorney Alina Habba said.

    “That is not fraud. That is real estate,” she said, accusing the attorney general’s office of “setting a very dangerous precedent for all business owners in the state of New York.”

    Oh no! Are you saying that NY landowners might have to [checks notes] pay the taxes that they owe and not defraud their lenders? How will they ever survive?

  • monk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    Trump denies wrongdoing. He says … that it didn’t matter what he put on his financial statements because they had a disclaimer that says they shouldn’t be trusted.

    🤯

    • worldwidewave@lemmy.world
      171·
      2 years ago

      Like writing “this essay may have been plagiarized” before copying down paragraphs of Wikipedia.

      Telling us that you’re breaking the rules doesn’t make the rule breaking ok.

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    26·
    2 years ago

    I like the part where he mentioned a 500 year old statute of limitations.

    Fun fact: That is more than twice as old as the country of the United States.

    • Nusm@lemm.ee
      12·
      2 years ago

      The sad part is that, I think this is fake, but I’m not 100% sure. 🤷🏻‍♂️