Eric Trump claims profits from foreign countries were donated to U.S. Treasury

[The Magistrate]

33. Always Helps To Read All the Way Through, Sir

The payment "is woefully inadequate," said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits.

The payments are calculated on profits from foreign governments at Trump hotels and similar properties, as explained in a pamphlet from the Trump Organization. The calculation does not include other profits — for example, on rent paid by the government of China for space at Trump Tower — or non-monetary benefits for Trump properties in other countries, or payments or benefits from state governments.


And even with this, note the dependence on 'calculations' of profit prepared by a company already found liable for fraud on a scale of billions. I'm more likely to believe a police officer who says he feared for his life than a Trump Org accountant's figures.