Donald Trump fraudulently inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion per year, New York officials said in court filings unsealed Wednesday ahead of his upcoming civil fraud trial.

The new estimates came in filings from the New York state attorney general’s office, which is suing Trump, some of his adult children and his business empire for falsifying his net worth in an effort to obtain favorable terms from banks and insurance companies. The trial is set to begin Oct. 2.

  • Pringles@lemm.ee
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    Forbes counts 550m for truth.social, which is a ridiculously high valuation. The rest is mainly ties up in NY real estate, which is struggling. He’s not poor by any means, but 2.5B is still a massive overvaluation most likely. Count his liabilities (1B in debts as of 2020) and I doubt he breaks a billion.

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      He’s so leveraged and indebted to his Russian and Saudi overlords it’s quite possible he’s underwater

      Thusly his motivation to peddle secret docs

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        I feel like having someone indebted to foreign countries handling top secret documents is a national security issue, but what do I know I just make drawings.