Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
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Does this strike anyone as the behaviour of an innocent business person before the court, never mind “normal?”
Donald Trump’s attorney Christopher Kise revived a request for the former president to be able to give his own summation Thursday, to which New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron had said no the day before.
Engoron asked Trump if he would agree to stick to case-related subjects — the same sticking point that led to Engoron’s earlier denial — prompting Trump to begin ranting from his courtroom seat.
“What’s happened here, sir, is a fraud on me,” Trump said. “If I’m not allowed to talk about [the political motivation] — it really is a disservice. I would say that’s a big part of the case. I would say it’s 100 percent.”
Engoron asked Kise to “please control your client,” but Kise did not appear to make any effort to do so.
Trump also railed against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), and reiterated his misleading claim that he was denied a jury. At one point, Engoron audibly sighed into his microphone and gave Trump one minute to wrap up his remarks.
“I know this is boring to you,” Trump said. “You have your own agenda. You can’t listen for more than one minute.”
Engoron also challenged Trump on a claim that he had never been in trouble with banks before. “By the way, you said you’ve never had a problem — haven’t you been sued before?” Engoron said.
“I should have won it every time,” Trump shot back.
In all, Trump spoke for about six minutes, until Engoron said the defense had used up its allotted time, and they were going to break for lunch.
“Okay, it’s one o’clock. … Mr. Kise, this could have been done differently, and there would have been much more time,” Engoron said.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
What? Business fraud isn't serious? When you work in banking, half of your time is avoiding massive penalties and jail. Are you in that business? I am.
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
What? Business fraud isn't serious? When you work in banking, half of your time is avoiding massive penalties and jail. Are you in that business? I am.
No, it's not serious compared to the real crimes he committed. Trump doesn't work for a bank. He's not regulated like banks are. And this is a civil trial, not a criminal one.
This is making my earlier point, I think some people are under the delusion that Trump could go to jail over this. He's facing a monetary penalty. He can still breathe free air, he can still run for president. This doesn't matter. It's a silly distraction, brought on for political reasons. Again, I hate the guy, but that's the truth of it. We can abandon moral high ground to chase him, but we should at least be honest with ourselves when we do it. When you come at Trump with half-laid plans he wriggles free. The man openly organized an insurrection and tried to overthrow a vote. LEt's focus on that. Whether Eric Trump should understand GAAP after getting his MBA is fucking trivial. It allows people who want an excuse to dismiss the real wrongdoing to lump all this together as noise.
I don't like it. I don't see the upside, but clearly I'm in the minority.
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
What? Business fraud isn't serious? When you work in banking, half of your time is avoiding massive penalties and jail. Are you in that business? I am.
No, it's not serious compared to the real crimes he committed. Trump doesn't work for a bank. He's not regulated like banks are. And this is a civil trial, not a criminal one.
This is making my earlier point, I think some people are under the delusion that Trump could go to jail over this. He's facing a monetary penalty. He can still breathe free air, he can still run for president. This doesn't matter. It's a silly distraction, brought on for political reasons. Again, I hate the guy, but that's the truth of it. We can abandon moral high ground to chase him, but we should at least be honest with ourselves when we do it. When you come at Trump with half-laid plans he wriggles free. The man openly organized an insurrection and tried to overthrow a vote. LEt's focus on that. Whether Eric Trump should understand GAAP after getting his MBA is fucking trivial. It allows people who want an excuse to dismiss the real wrongdoing to lump all this together as noise.
I don't like it. I don't see the upside, but clearly I'm in the minority.
Say Donald Trump wasn’t once a politician, and he was accused of the same offences. There would be no politics involved, the Judges involved would pursue justice, and that would be considered a move towards justice.
Modify the situation, and say that he was a politician (same accusations leveled again). Now your argument is that the political approach is to pursue justice, and the proper one is to drop the case? That’s not logically consistent in my eyes.
I also don’t understand the suggestion that because a penalty is monetary rather than jail time, that it is inconsequential.
I also don’t understand the suggestion that because a man is a weasel, he should not be tried for lesser offences.
I also disagree that an ‘upside’, or a ‘satisfying’ resolution, is at all relevant in this discussion. How the public chooses to react to a court’s genuine pursuit of justice shouldn’t be a factor in how legal or civil cases are pursued, nor should it encourage or discourage how or whether either type of case is pursued.
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Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
What? Business fraud isn't serious? When you work in banking, half of your time is avoiding massive penalties and jail. Are you in that business? I am.
No, it's not serious compared to the real crimes he committed. Trump doesn't work for a bank. He's not regulated like banks are. And this is a civil trial, not a criminal one.
This is making my earlier point, I think some people are under the delusion that Trump could go to jail over this. He's facing a monetary penalty. He can still breathe free air, he can still run for president. This doesn't matter. It's a silly distraction, brought on for political reasons. Again, I hate the guy, but that's the truth of it. We can abandon moral high ground to chase him, but we should at least be honest with ourselves when we do it. When you come at Trump with half-laid plans he wriggles free. The man openly organized an insurrection and tried to overthrow a vote. LEt's focus on that. Whether Eric Trump should understand GAAP after getting his MBA is fucking trivial. It allows people who want an excuse to dismiss the real wrongdoing to lump all this together as noise.
I don't like it. I don't see the upside, but clearly I'm in the minority.
I'll take putting him out of busines to start. Seem to recall FELONY charges in Manhattan pending.
At every turn this case has been described as Civil in nature.
Being held accountable is the thing. This , more than jail, hurts his ego. THAT is everything imo for this piece of shit . I personally dont give a fuck about someones delusional thinking about any of this.
The rule of law either matters or it doesnt.
Due Process. Chips fall. I'm good with that , no matter the potential for disappointment.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
What? Business fraud isn't serious? When you work in banking, half of your time is avoiding massive penalties and jail. Are you in that business? I am.
No, it's not serious compared to the real crimes he committed. Trump doesn't work for a bank. He's not regulated like banks are. And this is a civil trial, not a criminal one.
This is making my earlier point, I think some people are under the delusion that Trump could go to jail over this. He's facing a monetary penalty. He can still breathe free air, he can still run for president. This doesn't matter. It's a silly distraction, brought on for political reasons. Again, I hate the guy, but that's the truth of it. We can abandon moral high ground to chase him, but we should at least be honest with ourselves when we do it. When you come at Trump with half-laid plans he wriggles free. The man openly organized an insurrection and tried to overthrow a vote. LEt's focus on that. Whether Eric Trump should understand GAAP after getting his MBA is fucking trivial. It allows people who want an excuse to dismiss the real wrongdoing to lump all this together as noise.
I don't like it. I don't see the upside, but clearly I'm in the minority.
I'll take putting him out of busines to start. Seem to recall FELONY charges in Manhattan pending.
At every turn this case has been described as Civil in nature.
Being held accountable is the thing. This more than jail, hurts his ego. THAT is everything imo for this piece of shit
At the end of the day, when everything is said and done and regardless of the outcome, it’ll instil a sense of confidence in the justice system, as well as the NY business climate and, if POOTWH wins on appeal and everything gets tossed out, he won’t continue conducting business the way he does and he’ll know that the banks and tax authorities will be scrutinizing everything. That in of itself leads to others playing by the rules.
POOTWH’s whole MO is to push the envelope and dare you to try and hold him accountable. He expects everyone to roll over for him and look the other way. That ain’t going to happen anymore. And he brought all of this on himself by running for president and paying off a porn star. In the absence of those two things, and particularly the second one, it’d likely be business as usual and we wouldn’t even be discussing it.
The fact that his cult can’t understand the difference between civil and criminal trials and will mix all of them up into one big witch hunt is not an excuse to not enforce the law, particularly and regardless of how they come to the attention of the authorities or who the perp is.
Yeah - hear all these points. In this instance, I would argue that they only pursued these charges because it is Trump. There is no victim here. The banks aren't bringing this case as some sort of show of damages that they were harmed. Like I said at the outset, no bank in their right mind is going to lend to an organization on the scale at issue here and rely on internally prepared financial statements for a valuation of collateral. They don't even do that with home mortgages. They're going to do their own diligence, and have third-party experts weigh in. How they set interest rates and LTVs are going to hinge on their own analysis and consideration of how valuable/profitable a relationship is to them. As another person point out, banks are regulated, and if they opened up the books to show half a billion of exposure to a single counter-party without any diligence on their part, they're going to be in trouble.
My concern, in a fractured country, is making sure the pursuit of a former president is above-board. Maybe that's Pollyanna-ish on my part. I don't know. We have real crimes that are much more interesting, and I do think it's important to try and convince as many people as possible that this guy deserves what's coming to him.
But I'll step out of the way and let the normal business of this thread carry on.
Cards on the table - I despise Trump, but this civil fraud case is stupid, and if he skates the unseriousness of it will be mixed into the larger stew of "everyone against Trump" narrative. I work in finance, including some large scale infrastructure in the past, no bank in their right mind cares a lick at what internally prepared financial statements show. Also to my knowledge he hasn't defaulted and there hasn't been a collateral shortfall (at least since the 80s bankruptcy stuff). The stuff with Stormy Daniels and this are just distractions.
Jack Smith's case, and the Georgia case are the only ones that matter.
no skating. already been been guilty of fraud. this is all about penalties.
There was a pre-trial finding that some fraud has occurred true, but the larger issues are still at play. The trial was not just about setting the level of the fine.
While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
I get what you are saying. I'm not sure I agree that it's stupid though. The banks were injured by giving him lower interest rates based on the fraudulent financial statements. I realize that they banks aren't really claiming damages though.
The banks were injured, but more importantly the state was injured. If he received interest rates lower than market value based on fraudulent statements, then the bank earned less interest than reasonable. Less interest income means less in taxes, meaning less in tax revenue for the state.
Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Haha - I mean come on. Let's not lose our grip here. This is not a serious concern.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
What? Business fraud isn't serious? When you work in banking, half of your time is avoiding massive penalties and jail. Are you in that business? I am.
No, it's not serious compared to the real crimes he committed. Trump doesn't work for a bank. He's not regulated like banks are. And this is a civil trial, not a criminal one.
This is making my earlier point, I think some people are under the delusion that Trump could go to jail over this. He's facing a monetary penalty. He can still breathe free air, he can still run for president. This doesn't matter. It's a silly distraction, brought on for political reasons. Again, I hate the guy, but that's the truth of it. We can abandon moral high ground to chase him, but we should at least be honest with ourselves when we do it. When you come at Trump with half-laid plans he wriggles free. The man openly organized an insurrection and tried to overthrow a vote. LEt's focus on that. Whether Eric Trump should understand GAAP after getting his MBA is fucking trivial. It allows people who want an excuse to dismiss the real wrongdoing to lump all this together as noise.
I don't like it. I don't see the upside, but clearly I'm in the minority.
Anyone who thinks this is criminal are either stupid or not paying attention. But fraud is real and it's NY. They have the toughest financial rules in the country. I don't think the decision to defend the laws civilly or criminally should be decided on whether the breaks in other states are worse or better.
Yeah - hear all these points. In this instance, I would argue that they only pursued these charges because it is Trump. There is no victim here. The banks aren't bringing this case as some sort of show of damages that they were harmed. Like I said at the outset, no bank in their right mind is going to lend to an organization on the scale at issue here and rely on internally prepared financial statements for a valuation of collateral. They don't even do that with home mortgages. They're going to do their own diligence, and have third-party experts weigh in. How they set interest rates and LTVs are going to hinge on their own analysis and consideration of how valuable/profitable a relationship is to them. As another person point out, banks are regulated, and if they opened up the books to show half a billion of exposure to a single counter-party without any diligence on their part, they're going to be in trouble.
My concern, in a fractured country, is making sure the pursuit of a former president is above-board. Maybe that's Pollyanna-ish on my part. I don't know. We have real crimes that are much more interesting, and I do think it's important to try and convince as many people as possible that this guy deserves what's coming to him.
But I'll step out of the way and let the normal business of this thread carry on.
Please continue. It's good not to have an echo chamber.
So I've heard these arguments that "no way would the bank rely on Trump financial statements". But didn't they? If they did full independent due diligence then they would have all of that documentation to prove that the rates were market reasonable. That would be an easy defense for Trump.
Yeah - hear all these points. In this instance, I would argue that they only pursued these charges because it is Trump. There is no victim here. The banks aren't bringing this case as some sort of show of damages that they were harmed. Like I said at the outset, no bank in their right mind is going to lend to an organization on the scale at issue here and rely on internally prepared financial statements for a valuation of collateral. They don't even do that with home mortgages. They're going to do their own diligence, and have third-party experts weigh in. How they set interest rates and LTVs are going to hinge on their own analysis and consideration of how valuable/profitable a relationship is to them. As another person point out, banks are regulated, and if they opened up the books to show half a billion of exposure to a single counter-party without any diligence on their part, they're going to be in trouble.
My concern, in a fractured country, is making sure the pursuit of a former president is above-board. Maybe that's Pollyanna-ish on my part. I don't know. We have real crimes that are much more interesting, and I do think it's important to try and convince as many people as possible that this guy deserves what's coming to him.
But I'll step out of the way and let the normal business of this thread carry on.
The “harm” is against all the other people and businesses that play by the rules. Should someone who owns 3,000 square feet in SoHo be able to inflate the square footage by a factor of ten in order to get a larger loan amount and a better interest rate using the property as collateral? If yes, then there are no rules and the banking and real estate industries are chaos, eventually leading to a lack of confidence for investors and the public alike.
Deutche Bank isnt exactly an above board player. You think they want to open themselves up to further scrutiny? And FUCKSTICK sued THEM for not giving him more loans after they tried to deny him, saying they should have known he was a bad risk.,..... You'll note he cant secure funding here anymore. Moved to Europe and then further east to Russia with those dumb motherfucking sons of his bragging about that shit.
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Haha - OK, keep reeling me back in. I will have to drop off at some point, but this is the background/baggage I'm bringing here - I've spent the last 12 years working in community development finance. The first five of those were working on large infrastructure financings, in some cases over $100MM. Our non-profit would be involved because we would sell tax credits to large banks and bring in cheap mezzanine (low collateral, usually expensive capital) to the stack. I saw way, way behind the curtain on what a large bank's diligence looks like. It's not commercial real estate, but it is up to $500K in legal and accounting expertise to help them vet these transactions. Granted the modeling in our transaction was a little more complicated because of the tax credit, but these are highly sophisticated groups, using highly paid white shoe firms to keep them out of trouble. There is no chance that they would make a loan the size of the ones they made to the Trump Organization without understanding the collateral that was being pledged to them. They are not co-conspirators in this. Their balance sheet is scrutinized by regulators and if they're under collateralized, they're going to have to increase their level of reserves, which costs them money. Everyone's eyes are wide open. They're looking at tax returns, they're looking at audited financial statements, and they're having professional appraisals done.
Banks can charge as little as they want. There is no sliding, well Trump gets this interest rate so I should get this, scale. These are not government entities. And if that's the way the world should operate then it should be the banks facing penalties, because the fraud would be on them. No tax revenue was lost to the state. Banks aren't charging less money than they can get away with on purpose. The tax rate is not 100%, they're well incentivized to squeeze all the profit they can out of a transaction.
Did the Trump Organization lie on a balance sheet? Probably, yes. Did that have any negative impact on anyone? No, I can't get there. It's not reasonable. This guy is the scum of the earth, almost literally, let's not get dragged down into the bullshit games he likes to play in. They swung and missed at him on Russia, and on Ukraine. They should have impeached him after Jan. 6th. He gets free because people aren't coming correct with all their shit wrapped up. Let's do it, and let's do it right. That's all I'm saying.
Haha - OK, keep reeling me back in. I will have to drop off at some point, but this is the background/baggage I'm bringing here - I've spent the last 12 years working in community development finance. The first five of those were working on large infrastructure financings, in some cases over $100MM. Our non-profit would be involved because we would sell tax credits to large banks and bring in cheap mezzanine (low collateral, usually expensive capital) to the stack. I saw way, way behind the curtain on what a large bank's diligence looks like. It's not commercial real estate, but it is up to $500K in legal and accounting expertise to help them vet these transactions. Granted the modeling in our transaction was a little more complicated because of the tax credit, but these are highly sophisticated groups, using highly paid white shoe firms to keep them out of trouble. There is no chance that they would make a loan the size of the ones they made to the Trump Organization without understanding the collateral that was being pledged to them. They are not co-conspirators in this. Their balance sheet is scrutinized by regulators and if they're under collateralized, they're going to have to increase their level of reserves, which costs them money. Everyone's eyes are wide open. They're looking at tax returns, they're looking at audited financial statements, and they're having professional appraisals done.
Banks can charge as little as they want. There is no sliding, well Trump gets this interest rate so I should get this, scale. These are not government entities. And if that's the way the world should operate then it should be the banks facing penalties, because the fraud would be on them. No tax revenue was lost to the state. Banks aren't charging less money than they can get away with on purpose. The tax rate is not 100%, they're well incentivized to squeeze all the profit they can out of a transaction.
Did the Trump Organization lie on a balance sheet? Probably, yes. Did that have any negative impact on anyone? No, I can't get there. It's not reasonable. This guy is the scum of the earth, almost literally, let's not get dragged down into the bullshit games he likes to play in. They swung and missed at him on Russia, and on Ukraine. They should have impeached him after Jan. 6th. He gets free because people aren't coming correct with all their shit wrapped up. Let's do it, and let's do it right. That's all I'm saying.
He was impeached twice, once for 1/6. Repubs could have held him accountable and chose not to. The state certainly lost potential tax revenue if he had used the higher valuation of his properties on his tax filings as he did his loan applications.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought that when you signed a loan application and a tax return or filing, that you’re swearing under penalty of perjury that everything stated within is true and correct, yes? They even might mention the penalty as well, “up to one year in jail and a $5K fine” or something similar.
Haha - OK, keep reeling me back in. I will have to drop off at some point, but this is the background/baggage I'm bringing here - I've spent the last 12 years working in community development finance. The first five of those were working on large infrastructure financings, in some cases over $100MM. Our non-profit would be involved because we would sell tax credits to large banks and bring in cheap mezzanine (low collateral, usually expensive capital) to the stack. I saw way, way behind the curtain on what a large bank's diligence looks like. It's not commercial real estate, but it is up to $500K in legal and accounting expertise to help them vet these transactions. Granted the modeling in our transaction was a little more complicated because of the tax credit, but these are highly sophisticated groups, using highly paid white shoe firms to keep them out of trouble. There is no chance that they would make a loan the size of the ones they made to the Trump Organization without understanding the collateral that was being pledged to them. They are not co-conspirators in this. Their balance sheet is scrutinized by regulators and if they're under collateralized, they're going to have to increase their level of reserves, which costs them money. Everyone's eyes are wide open. They're looking at tax returns, they're looking at audited financial statements, and they're having professional appraisals done.
Banks can charge as little as they want. There is no sliding, well Trump gets this interest rate so I should get this, scale. These are not government entities. And if that's the way the world should operate then it should be the banks facing penalties, because the fraud would be on them. No tax revenue was lost to the state. Banks aren't charging less money than they can get away with on purpose. The tax rate is not 100%, they're well incentivized to squeeze all the profit they can out of a transaction.
Did the Trump Organization lie on a balance sheet? Probably, yes. Did that have any negative impact on anyone? No, I can't get there. It's not reasonable. This guy is the scum of the earth, almost literally, let's not get dragged down into the bullshit games he likes to play in. They swung and missed at him on Russia, and on Ukraine. They should have impeached him after Jan. 6th. He gets free because people aren't coming correct with all their shit wrapped up. Let's do it, and let's do it right. That's all I'm saying.
He was impeached twice, once for 1/6. Repubs could have held him accountable and chose not to. The state certainly lost potential tax revenue if he had used the higher valuation of his properties on his tax filings as he did his loan applications.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought that when you signed a loan application and a tax return or filing, that you’re swearing under penalty of perjury that everything stated within is true and correct, yes? They even might mention the penalty as well, “up to one year in jail and a $5K fine” or something similar.
OK - I'm done after this, I swear.
Do you get to tell the your municipality how much tax you should pay on the value of your properties?
Exactly right on the impeachment. That's my point. Especially the second one where McConnell and my senator in Maine wanted to pull the trigger but didn't. This stuff is a distraction from the real issues and they're political games our side is playing which make us look as bad as him. But maybe the stress of it will give him a heart attack and I'll come back here hat in hand.
Haha - OK, keep reeling me back in. I will have to drop off at some point, but this is the background/baggage I'm bringing here - I've spent the last 12 years working in community development finance. The first five of those were working on large infrastructure financings, in some cases over $100MM. Our non-profit would be involved because we would sell tax credits to large banks and bring in cheap mezzanine (low collateral, usually expensive capital) to the stack. I saw way, way behind the curtain on what a large bank's diligence looks like. It's not commercial real estate, but it is up to $500K in legal and accounting expertise to help them vet these transactions. Granted the modeling in our transaction was a little more complicated because of the tax credit, but these are highly sophisticated groups, using highly paid white shoe firms to keep them out of trouble. There is no chance that they would make a loan the size of the ones they made to the Trump Organization without understanding the collateral that was being pledged to them. They are not co-conspirators in this. Their balance sheet is scrutinized by regulators and if they're under collateralized, they're going to have to increase their level of reserves, which costs them money. Everyone's eyes are wide open. They're looking at tax returns, they're looking at audited financial statements, and they're having professional appraisals done.
Banks can charge as little as they want. There is no sliding, well Trump gets this interest rate so I should get this, scale. These are not government entities. And if that's the way the world should operate then it should be the banks facing penalties, because the fraud would be on them. No tax revenue was lost to the state. Banks aren't charging less money than they can get away with on purpose. The tax rate is not 100%, they're well incentivized to squeeze all the profit they can out of a transaction.
Did the Trump Organization lie on a balance sheet? Probably, yes. Did that have any negative impact on anyone? No, I can't get there. It's not reasonable. This guy is the scum of the earth, almost literally, let's not get dragged down into the bullshit games he likes to play in. They swung and missed at him on Russia, and on Ukraine. They should have impeached him after Jan. 6th. He gets free because people aren't coming correct with all their shit wrapped up. Let's do it, and let's do it right. That's all I'm saying.
He was impeached twice, once for 1/6. Repubs could have held him accountable and chose not to. The state certainly lost potential tax revenue if he had used the higher valuation of his properties on his tax filings as he did his loan applications.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought that when you signed a loan application and a tax return or filing, that you’re swearing under penalty of perjury that everything stated within is true and correct, yes? They even might mention the penalty as well, “up to one year in jail and a $5K fine” or something similar.
OK - I'm done after this, I swear.
Do you get to tell the your municipality how much tax you should pay on the value of your properties?
Exactly right on the impeachment. That's my point. Especially the second one where McConnell and my senator in Maine wanted to pull the trigger but didn't. This stuff is a distraction from the real issues and they're political games our side is playing which make us look as bad as him. But maybe the stress of it will give him a heart attack and I'll come back here hat in hand.
My question is the same… if he wasn’t a politician, would he be pursued by the State of NY for the same supposed violations? If the answer is yes, how is pursuing the same way given that he IS a politician, a political game? If the answer is no, what would the state do instead?
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While it's true that this being a bench trial with a seemingly hostile judge probably precludes him getting off without penalties, my point is - Trump's not going to jail for this. This is a stupid civil trial over GAAP interpretations which may result in a monetary penalty or a suspension of a business license in NY. I don't get the feeling that most people understand this. The consequences are not going to be satisfying or represent justice in any way.
The other two trials matter. This one is stupid, and political. In my opinion, it makes the people pursuing it look corrupt, and I wish everyone would get out of the way for Jack Smith. If the strategy is to use garbage like this to sap Trump's resources, fine, but we should be honest when our side (me making a presumption about this board's political leaning) are playing dirty.
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Donald Trump’s attorney Christopher Kise revived a request for the former president to be able to give his own summation Thursday, to which New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron had said no the day before.
Engoron asked Trump if he would agree to stick to case-related subjects — the same sticking point that led to Engoron’s earlier denial — prompting Trump to begin ranting from his courtroom seat.
“What’s happened here, sir, is a fraud on me,” Trump said. “If I’m not allowed to talk about [the political motivation] — it really is a disservice. I would say that’s a big part of the case. I would say it’s 100 percent.”
Engoron asked Kise to “please control your client,” but Kise did not appear to make any effort to do so.
Trump also railed against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), and reiterated his misleading claim that he was denied a jury. At one point, Engoron audibly sighed into his microphone and gave Trump one minute to wrap up his remarks.
“I know this is boring to you,” Trump said. “You have your own agenda. You can’t listen for more than one minute.”
Engoron also challenged Trump on a claim that he had never been in trouble with banks before. “By the way, you said you’ve never had a problem — haven’t you been sued before?” Engoron said.
“I should have won it every time,” Trump shot back.
In all, Trump spoke for about six minutes, until Engoron said the defense had used up its allotted time, and they were going to break for lunch.
“Okay, it’s one o’clock. … Mr. Kise, this could have been done differently, and there would have been much more time,” Engoron said.
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Besides, particularly in NY, the state always has an interest in preventing fraud even among two consenting parties. Just because the banks don't care, or were complicit, doesn't make it legal under NY law.
Also I really hope this Fani Willis stuff is not true. The Georgia case is serious. People need to stop fucking up when they go after him. This stuff is so sensitive. Willis and Smith need to be completely above board in their approach on these cases. The evidence speaks for itself.
replay of debunked bullshit by a defendant, Listen to the Ben Wittes on jan 11 episode of The Bulwark podcast .
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This is making my earlier point, I think some people are under the delusion that Trump could go to jail over this. He's facing a monetary penalty. He can still breathe free air, he can still run for president. This doesn't matter. It's a silly distraction, brought on for political reasons. Again, I hate the guy, but that's the truth of it. We can abandon moral high ground to chase him, but we should at least be honest with ourselves when we do it. When you come at Trump with half-laid plans he wriggles free. The man openly organized an insurrection and tried to overthrow a vote. LEt's focus on that. Whether Eric Trump should understand GAAP after getting his MBA is fucking trivial. It allows people who want an excuse to dismiss the real wrongdoing to lump all this together as noise.
I don't like it. I don't see the upside, but clearly I'm in the minority.
Modify the situation, and say that he was a politician (same accusations leveled again). Now your argument is that the political approach is to pursue justice, and the proper one is to drop the case? That’s not logically consistent in my eyes.
I also don’t understand the suggestion that because a penalty is monetary rather than jail time, that it is inconsequential.
I also don’t understand the suggestion that because a man is a weasel, he should not be tried for lesser offences.
I also disagree that an ‘upside’, or a ‘satisfying’ resolution, is at all relevant in this discussion. How the public chooses to react to a court’s genuine pursuit of justice shouldn’t be a factor in how legal or civil cases are pursued, nor should it encourage or discourage how or whether either type of case is pursued.
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POOTWH’s whole MO is to push the envelope and dare you to try and hold him accountable. He expects everyone to roll over for him and look the other way. That ain’t going to happen anymore. And he brought all of this on himself by running for president and paying off a porn star. In the absence of those two things, and particularly the second one, it’d likely be business as usual and we wouldn’t even be discussing it.
The fact that his cult can’t understand the difference between civil and criminal trials and will mix all of them up into one big witch hunt is not an excuse to not enforce the law, particularly and regardless of how they come to the attention of the authorities or who the perp is.
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My concern, in a fractured country, is making sure the pursuit of a former president is above-board. Maybe that's Pollyanna-ish on my part. I don't know. We have real crimes that are much more interesting, and I do think it's important to try and convince as many people as possible that this guy deserves what's coming to him.
But I'll step out of the way and let the normal business of this thread carry on.
So I've heard these arguments that "no way would the bank rely on Trump financial statements". But didn't they? If they did full independent due diligence then they would have all of that documentation to prove that the rates were market reasonable. That would be an easy defense for Trump.
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Banks can charge as little as they want. There is no sliding, well Trump gets this interest rate so I should get this, scale. These are not government entities. And if that's the way the world should operate then it should be the banks facing penalties, because the fraud would be on them. No tax revenue was lost to the state. Banks aren't charging less money than they can get away with on purpose. The tax rate is not 100%, they're well incentivized to squeeze all the profit they can out of a transaction.
Did the Trump Organization lie on a balance sheet? Probably, yes. Did that have any negative impact on anyone? No, I can't get there. It's not reasonable. This guy is the scum of the earth, almost literally, let's not get dragged down into the bullshit games he likes to play in. They swung and missed at him on Russia, and on Ukraine. They should have impeached him after Jan. 6th. He gets free because people aren't coming correct with all their shit wrapped up. Let's do it, and let's do it right. That's all I'm saying.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought that when you signed a loan application and a tax return or filing, that you’re swearing under penalty of perjury that everything stated within is true and correct, yes? They even might mention the penalty as well, “up to one year in jail and a $5K fine” or something similar.
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Do you get to tell the your municipality how much tax you should pay on the value of your properties?
Exactly right on the impeachment. That's my point. Especially the second one where McConnell and my senator in Maine wanted to pull the trigger but didn't. This stuff is a distraction from the real issues and they're political games our side is playing which make us look as bad as him. But maybe the stress of it will give him a heart attack and I'll come back here hat in hand.
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