Trump's Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say
Source: ProPublica
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Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say
Five former city employees and a former Trump Organization employee say the company used middlemen to pay New York City tax assessors to lower building assessments and pay less taxes in the 1980s and 1990s.
by Heather Vogell, ProPublica and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC March 11, 1:35 p.m. EDT
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The Trump Organization paid bribes, through middlemen, to New York City tax assessors to lower its property tax bills for several Manhattan buildings in the 1980s and 1990s, according to five former tax assessors and city employees as well as a former Trump Organization employee.
Two of the five city employees said they personally took bribes to lower the assessment on a Trump property; the other three said they had indirect knowledge of the payments.
The city employees were among 18 indicted in 2002 for taking bribes in exchange for lowering the valuations of properties, which in turn reduced the taxes owed for the buildings. All of the 18 eventually pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan except for one, who died before his case was resolved.
No building owners were charged, though the addresses of some of the properties involved became public. Trump Organization buildings were not on that list. No evidence has emerged that Donald Trump personally knew of or participated in the alleged bribery.
Trump denied any wrongdoing at the time, and the Trump Organization reiterated that position in response to questions for this article. “To be clear, at no time did the Trump Organization or any of its employees or principals ever pay anyone for the purpose of unlawfully obtaining a lower tax valuation,” Alan Garten, the Trump Organization’s chief legal officer, wrote in a statement. “This was corroborated by multiple investigations which found no evidence of any wrongdoing by the company or any of its principals. ... If anything, the Trump Organization was a victim of the scandal.”
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Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-company-paid-bribes-to-reduce-property-taxes-assessors-say
Hat tip, Joe.My.God:
REPORT: Trump Org Bribed NYC Property Tax Assessors
March 11, 2020
https://www.joemygod.com/2020/03/report-trump-org-bribed-nyc-property-tax-assessors/
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Yeah, right. 
The turd knows EVERYTHING that goes on with his businesses. He gives the instructions, along with a lot of "winks" and "nods".
That is the ONLY thing the turd knows about, how to skim and scam to improve his (red) bottom line. His goal is NO TAXES WHATSOEVER... 'Cause that is "smart".
