Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump, returning to courtroom, says 'there's no fraud'

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Source: abc




The former president is facing allegations of defrauding lenders.

By Peter Charalambous and Aaron Katersky

Last Updated: October 17, 2023, 10:15 AM ET


Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House.

Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of engaging in a decade-long scheme in which they used "numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation" to inflate Trump's net worth in order get more favorable loan terms. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and his attorneys have argued that Trump's alleged inflated valuations were a product of his business skill........................

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/?id=103642561

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Aaron Rupar
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Trump, back at court in NYC this morning, viciously attacks AG James, who he describes at "ranting and raving like a lunatic." He also claims Mar-a-Lago is "the most expensive house, probably, in the world" and adds that it's worth as much as $1.5 billion.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
images of Trump and AG James in court this morning






Look at him. He is a wreck.
Beth in Wisconsin
@mynameisBethS
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Does he raise more money if he glowers 100% of the time?
Bluedog
@HereLiesBlueDog
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His misery brings me such great joy. 😂🤣
DeSanctimonious Jenkins
@EddieHustle7
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Is that a dying ferret on his head? Someone check on that thing.
guitr25
@guitr25
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Over/under bets on his BP reading? Looking like 190/85 at least ....
Paige #🟦🟧Ex GOP 🌻
@ItWasACoup
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He looks so happy 😂🤣
SMConner2 on Threads
@Sheila612647780
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I love her!
Lisa Lees
@LLees
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I can't stop laughing.
Philly 🇺🇸🌻
@Jadair

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Images of Trump and AG James in court this morning

Link to tweet

[FakeNoose]

2. There's only one ranting, raving lunatic in that courtroom

... and we know it's not Letitia James.

[electric_blue68]

20. By Jove! I believe you're right!

😄👍


(he's sooooooo awful! 😑😬🤬 )

[dchill]

3. Flinging poop and playing accordion at the same time!

Ladies and gentlemen - I give you Donald Trump, the next president of the Untied State of his Mind.

[ancianita]

4. And of course FOX likes to imply that he's a clever user of courts and law in his bid for a

2nd criminal term. How mafia media love their criminal bosses in and out of office.

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Facts vs Bullshit - the story of Slobby's life.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. lol

no fraud he says . hem

[jcgoldie]

7. "the most expensive house, probably, in the world" ... legal scholars help me out

Is ridiculous hyperbole generally a good legal strategy when you are on trial for fraudulently overvaluing your assets?

[LeeM]

10. Not so much the real estate as what's hidden there

National secrets are worth a lot of money to some....

[electric_blue68]

21. Baaaaahahahhaaaaaaa. Riiiiight. Pffffft

[onethatcares]

8. pay taxes on it donnie

full amount due for the years you've lived there. That'll show us you mean business.

[riversedge]

9. 'Notice the tinge of bronzer on the fingertip. What a strong, virile male specimenl'

Actually, trump's makeup seems to have added some brown--its a brownish-orange mix.





Exact same lighting conditions, same photo, two entirely different color schemes. Notice the tinge of bronzer on the fingertip. What a strong, virile male specimenl

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[3catwoman3]

13. Human beings do not come in that color.

Is he painting himself with iodine?

[Ray Bruns]

15. Doritos or Cheetos dust?

[riversedge]

24. looks more like Doritos dust today!

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. He looks like his liver is failing. nt

[bluestarone]

19. A total phoney

Not one drop of his blood is honest.

[JoseBalow]

34. As ridiculous as he looks with his clown makeup on, it beats the alternative

[3catwoman3]

11. There is an article in Travel and Leisure tht lists...

…the 10 most expensive homes in the world. Mar-A-Lago is not on the list. No is it on a list of the 15 most expensive, not the 25 most expensive.

Donnie’s lips are moving so he’s lying.

[iluvtennis]

12. tfg says "there's no fraud" - I call BS. Judge Engoron already found trump org guilty of fraud.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-fraud-lawsuit-1569245a9284427117b8d3ba5da74249

September 26, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president’s companies removed from his control and dissolved.

Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, found that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing loans.

Engoron ordered that some of Trump’s business licenses be rescinded as punishment, making it difficult or impossible for them to do business in New York, and said he would continue to have an independent monitor oversee Trump Organization operations.

short article, ni more at link

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Does Trump the Appraiser do home valuations?

We can all play that game if we get his imprimatur, right?

[ancianita]

16. Is he there before or after his sworn deposition in the Peter Strzok/Lisa Paige lawsuit?

Dude's got a full court dance card.

[KS Toronado]

17. Hope the county never finds out my little house is really worth $20,000,000

I couldn't afford property taxes on it, you know TIMES 100.

[twodogsbarking]

22. This isn't SNL is it?

[Warpy]

23. He thinks that snarl is intimidating. I'd like to know how shifty his piggy eyes are

He doesn't think it was fraud because the bank loans got paid back.

He just doesn't understand what would happen to the system if everybody was as "smart" as he has been.

[SouthernDem4ever]

25. If any of these "spaghetti at the wall" arguments work

We might as well just hand all of wall street over to the crooks. It should not have taken this long to hold this dumb crook accountable for all his shady practices.

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. He has that "extra septic tank" hue this morning.

His diaper must be full.

[musclecar6]

27. What

A laughing stock fool. From the ridiculous iodine colored face paint to his ceaseless crazy statements, he never stops, falling all over himself, showing what a clown he is. Yes, the MAGA morons fall on his every word as the rest of us never stop laughing our ass off at him.

He is such an uncool person. Just ask Candee Bergen what she thought of him after about one half of a date. She basically said she would never go out with this jerk off again.

[EarthFirst]

28. The valuation is a matter of tax record...

…and simple to demonstrate.

Just sayin’

[SWBTATTReg]

29. I don't watch stuff go down the garbage disposer when I use it, and I'm not going to start

here by watching the crap that donnie the worthless pulls. If anything, I'll watch when he actually circles the drain finally, and goes away finally (it's kind of ackward what I just said, but you get the drift).

[samsingh]

30. if he's under oath, he should be charged.

[moniss]

31. It would be so great if Stormy came to court to sit in the

gallery.

[4lbs]

32. So, he already broke Erdogan's gag order by verbally attacking AG James.

What will happen now?

How long before he violates Judge Chutkan's gag order that was asked for by Jack Smith?


Considering it is another powerful black woman, I would wager he might not go the day.

[johnnyfins]

33. Michael Cohen was so right

Hit this clown in his wallet and he will start losing his mind. tRumpy is a scared little man at this point.

[JudyM]

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