***SMH***Trump attorney didnt want him to sign financial disclosure as true

[DemocratSinceBirth]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s attorneys originally wanted him to submit an updated financial disclosure without certifying the information as true, according to correspondence with the Office of Government Ethics.

Attorney Sheri Dillon said she saw no need for Trump to sign his 2016 personal financial disclosure because he is filing voluntarily this year. But OGE director Walter Shaub said his office would only work with Dillon if she agreed to follow the typical process of having Trump make the certification. That is standard practice for the thousands of financial disclosure forms OGE processes each year.

The Associated Press obtained the letters under a Freedom of Information Act request.

“As we discussed, OGE will provide this assistance on the condition that the President is committed to certifying that the contents of his report are true, complete and correct,” Shaub wrote in a May 10 letter. “When we met on April 27, 2017, you requested that he be excused from providing this certification.”

In her letter to Shaub, Dillon says the president will “sign and file” documents regarding his 2016 financials by mid-June — an indication that she agreed to the OGE requirement that the president certify the information as true to the best of his knowledge.

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[dchill]

1. K&R.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Oh, it has to be True?

Who started that lame shit?

[geek tragedy]

3. there may be less to this one that meets the eye.

lawyers are often over-protective, and often will try to prevent their clients from signing anything with potential legal consequences unless they absolutely have to

[riversedge]

4. The CEO president gets away with what he can.

[Doodley]

5. Because it wasn't true. Full of exaggerations.

[Madam45for2923]

6. Prob. did not want him to sign his financial disclosure form b/c he would be committing perjury

The lawyers did not want him to sign his financial disclosure form because he would be committing perjury.

So I guess not handing anything in then?

[Madam45for2923]

7. This is a massive, massive red flag.

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