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Michael Cohen testified that Trump would come up with a number for his net worth, and that it was Cohen and Allen Weisselberg's job to inflate various investment classes to reach that number.

Live updates: Trump civil fraud trial continues in New York with Michael Cohen testifying


"Michael Cohen directly implicated Donald Trump in the inflation of asset valuations to reflect a higher net worth Trump would want to report.

“I would receive a phone call,” generally from Trump’s executive assistant, Cohen said, and he and Allen Weisselberg, then-Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer, would go to Trump’s office.

“The topic was the statement of financial condition. He would look at the total assets and he would say ‘I’m actually not worth 4.5 billion, I’m really worth more like six.’ He would then direct Allen and I to go back to Allen’s office and return after we achieved the desired goal,” Cohen said.

Cohen testified that they would look at numbers “being achieved elsewhere” in New York and recalculate valuations using real estate as "comparables” that were achieving the highest prices per square foot in the city, even though those properties had different amenities from Trump's assets.

The other properties would have different ceiling heights, unobstructed views, and were not inhibited by rent control, Cohen explained.

“You could call them comparable, but comparable would imply that they are similar," Cohen said. "No, they were not comparables. They were just different."

 

"If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set."

https://londondaily.com/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-i-ve-read

 

A few sane republicans need to cut a deal with the dems. Fucking clown car.

 

EDIT: @Deskgrunt50 Their Uber is here

 

Help us Lord Fatfuck, you're our only hope ...

 

213!

If one of those bottles happens to fall …

 

Meanwhile in the House Speakers race.

 

That's the endgame. They'll fuck around for a couple more weeks, then the real possibility of missed checks for SS and Medicare will start to rise, people will say "holy shit, we have to get a speaker," and Fatfuck will graciously agree to be drafted.

 

Of course!

 

https://x.com/KFaulders/status/1716919618055647430?s=20

Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources

Former President Donald Trump's final chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows, has spoken with special counsel Jack Smith's team at least three times this year, including once before a federal grand jury, which came only after Smith granted Meadows immunity to testify under oath, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The sources said Meadows informed Smith's team that he repeatedly told Trump in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election that the allegations of significant voting fraud coming to them were baseless, a striking break from Trump's prolific rhetoric regarding the election.

According to the sources, Meadows also told the federal investigators Trump was being "dishonest" with the public when he first claimed to have won the election only hours after polls closed on Nov. 3, 2020, before final results were in.

 

If he got immunity from Jack Smith, why not from Fani Willis?