Some signs coming out this past week that the ex-President’s legal troubles could be catching up to him once and for all.
Yes, I know, we’ve been here many, many times before. But aside from Trump’s Supreme Court appointees “betraying” him by refusing to block disclosure of his Presidential papers to the January 6 committee, The Guardian reports that the New York state investigation into Trump undervaluing his properties to evade taxes - and overvaluing them to attract lenders - might be coming to a head:
He bought the 2,000 acres (809 hectares) site at Menie in 2006 for $12.6m. Within five short years it was valued by the Trump Organization in its financial statements at $161m, an increase of almost 13 times.
By 2014, the windswept Scottish holding was put at $436m.
The hike caught the attention of Letitia James, New York state’s progressive attorney general known for her relentless pursuit of the rich and powerful. How the Scottish property came to rise meteorically in value is one of …
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