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Nevilledog

(50,676 posts)
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 01:44 AM Jan 2022

Trump even lied about the size of his Trump Tower apartment....by about 20,000 Sq ft.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-investigation-new-york-letitia-james-1286741/

No paywall
https://archive.fo/TtSnC

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“The key thing here is this new information demonstrates that Trump and his family are personally implicated in this fraud,” the source familiar with the investigation said.

The attorney general has accused Trump, his family, and company of stonewalling throughout her investigation. Her lawsuit against the organization, which was filed in August 2020, accused the company of stalling and instructing witnesses — including the president’s son, Eric Trump — not to cooperate. Eric, who helped lead the Trump Organization while his father was in the White House, ultimately answered questions from James’ investigators during a video deposition in October 2020. Don Jr. and Eric did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

In the 2020 lawsuit, James’ office indicated the investigation was focused on the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles, Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago, the 40 Wall Street office tower in Manhattan, and Seven Springs a sprawling approximately 200 acre estate in New York’s suburban Westchester County that was purchased by the Trump Organization in 1995. At the time, there was some reporting that the attorney general was interested in other properties including Trump Tower. The motion filed by James’ office on Tuesday identified several other assets that may have been involved in alleged financial improprieties including Trump’s triplex, his golf course in Scotland, and the value of his personal brand. According to the statement released by James’ office, the value of Trump’s apartment was, at one point, overstated by about $200 million based on false calculations of its size.

“​​The valuations of Mr. Trump’s triplex apartment in Trump Tower since at least 2012 were based on the assertion that the triplex apartment was 30,000 square feet in size,” the statement said. “However, the actual size of Mr. Trump’s triplex apartment was 10,996 square feet, and documents confirming that fact were signed by Mr. Trump himself in 2012.”

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Trump even lied about the size of his Trump Tower apartment....by about 20,000 Sq ft. (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2022 OP
Proving all facts are alternative facts including their mathematical facts. Idiots. nt littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #1
According to Benedict Donald, trusty elf Jan 2022 #3
I love his confidence malaise Jan 2022 #6
When you're a stable genius..... trusty elf Jan 2022 #7
Poor doggy. Emile Jan 2022 #9
Indeed malaise Jan 2022 #10
The Trump Klan is always lying. sarcasmo Jan 2022 #2
Shroom dick inflates everything to compensate. Chicago1980 Jan 2022 #4
what HAPPENED to him that gave him such huge issues about size? renate Jan 2022 #5
His need to scam everyone is what happened. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #12
Usually it's a childhood of being told you're inadequate. WarGamer Jan 2022 #17
He's a con man! Emile Jan 2022 #8
It's not hard onethatcares Jan 2022 #11
Yeah, especially when your property taxes are due. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #13
I thought this was gonna be a stormy daniels joke jcgoldie Jan 2022 #14
It's the biggest apartment in the city, probably the entire country or even world. tanyev Jan 2022 #15
Nearly a FACTOR OF THREE. eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #16
Ummm... ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #18

renate

(13,776 posts)
5. what HAPPENED to him that gave him such huge issues about size?
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 04:58 AM
Jan 2022

What a festering miasma of disorders he is.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
12. His need to scam everyone is what happened.
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 09:09 AM
Jan 2022

He inflated the size of his apartment to increase it's value as loan collateral. The banks were willing to loan him more when they thought his property was worth more that it is. He deflates the size in order to reduce his property taxes. Other than that, it's all just his malignant narcissism. Everything about him has to be bigger and better than everyone else.

WarGamer

(12,103 posts)
17. Usually it's a childhood of being told you're inadequate.
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:19 PM
Jan 2022

His parents were probably monsters.

Monsters spawn monster. News at 11

tanyev

(42,358 posts)
15. It's the biggest apartment in the city, probably the entire country or even world.
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 09:20 AM
Jan 2022

Many people have said it's the biggest apartment ever built.

ProfessorGAC

(64,417 posts)
18. Ummm...
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:20 PM
Jan 2022
According to the statement released by James’ office, the value of Trump’s apartment was, at one point, overstated by about $200 million based on false calculations of its size.

$200 million ÷ 30,000 sq. ft. = $6,666 per square foot.
So, I found this:
that’s three times more space than you’d get for the same amount of money in SoHo, the city’s most expensive neighborhood, where the median price per square foot is $2,023.

Not only is the square footage falsified, but the value per unit area is 3.2x the median.
That seems hard to believe, too.
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