• 2piradians@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So this fool compiled the report and submitted it to court. Then on cross examination, when asked to quote a line from his own report, he says “this is the first time I’ve seen this” to avoid perjury.

    Will that throw a wrench into the inevitable appeal?

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    7 months ago

    Defense expert appears to contradict his own findings
    The cross examination of the defense’s real estate expert, which was expected to last at least two hours, ended abruptly after he appeared to contradict his own findings in the expert report he had compiled.
    Steven Laposa testified yesterday that he believed the attorney general’s report was “flawed” because it was based on the market value of Trump’s assets, rather than their investment value, which could be much higher.
    Minutes into his cross-examination, state attorney Louis Solomon requested that Laposa read the second sentence of the notes section of Donald Trump’s statement of financial condition.
    “Assets are stated at their estimated current values,” the note said, referring to the properties’ market value.
    “First time I’ve seen this,” Laposa responded after reading the note, which supported the attorney general’s contention that the valuations were indeed based on market values.
    “You wrote a report accusing the attorney general of bias” by using market values, Solomon lectured Laposa, prompting a sustained objection from the defense.
    Solomon’s cross-examination of Laposa concluded after the exchange.

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    Apparently, assets are valued at their current market value in Never Never Land or Narnia.

    How the fuck this chump skated through life is beyond me.

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      He was given $500M from daddy. And blew it all by the time his casinos failed (according to daughter). That’s when he really shifted to criminality, from fraudulent loans to highly suspect foreign “artful deals”.

      It’s a disaster that nobody took the reality show clown seriously enough to investigate, until forced to after he accidentally won the presidency (and lost the protection) and started a fascist cult. One of the dumbest and most obvious high-profile criminals in history, very slowly facing justice at 80 years old (…unless he wins again).