Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: suzeeq Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Dispatches from Clown World: Actual NY Times Headline Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:42:45 -0700 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:42:46 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1952369"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zCoKFCZc+sNhjjleMK63CVhE1t0= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-User-ID: eJwFwQEBwDAIAzBNDFpAzvmofwlL4DT+GQQDgirX+NGcXYxGLN1umQZYXVbPHMk2Zo9nPgdKEMI= Bytes: 2568 Lines: 32 On 3/26/2024 4:22 AM, NoBody wrote: > On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:43:03 +0000, BTR1701 wrote: > >> Wait a minute. Trump's civil fraud verdict was based on the notion he >> systematically gave an incorrect valuation to his properties in order to >> deceive lenders (even though all lenders were repaid and none of them ever >> made complaints against him and all said they'd do business with him again). >> >> Now, the New York Times admits that reaching a proper valuation for Trump's >> buildings is a "guessing game". >> >> https://ibb.co/tJkZL5d >> >> Untangling Trump's Real Estate >> Donald Trump owes $454 million by Monday or risks losing some properties. But >> experts say valuing the buildings would be a guessing game. >> > > Well a liberal judge who decided upon guilt before the trial began > (and stated so at the start) guessed at the value of everything and > declared that the offense was so terrible that it required a > ridiculous fine that you have to post in full if you want to appeal > his stupidity. > > About sums the whole thing up. > It's normal for a bond for the whole fine, plus interest, to be posted for an appeal. He was already found guilty of fraud last year, the latest trial was to determine the amount of the fine. They figured it out by determining the amount of taxes that would have been owed, plus the amount of interest on loans if the real amount of the property had been stated in the first place.