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On 3/28/24 4:44 PM, trotsky wrote:
> On 3/28/24 3:40 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> On Mar 28, 2024 at 12:44:01 PM PDT, "shawn" 
>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:41:20 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 26, 2024 at 4:04:09 AM PDT, "FPP" <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   On 3/25/24 8:43 PM, 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".
>>>>>   Bullshit.  He lied.
>>>>>   For loans, he inflated his valuations. For taxes, he lowered his
>>>>>   valuations.
>>>>
>>>> So when Trump takes out a loan and pays it back with interest, that's a
>>>> crime.
>>>
>>> As Jon Stewart pointed out in his video Trump did pay the loan back
>>> with interest but much less than he would have if he had given the
>>> properties the proper valuation. Which amounted to a lot due to the
>>> sums involved.
>>
>> It's not the borrower's job to make sure the property is valued 
>> correctly.
>> It's the lender's. When I refinanced my mortgage, the bank didn't just 
>> take my
>> word for the value of my property. They sent out an appraiser to 
>> determine its
>> value. If the banks in Trump's case didn't bother to do their due 
>> diligence
>> and just trusted the borrower's valuation, how is that Trump's fault?
> 
> 
> A judge will make that determination, or a jury.  There's no fucking way 
> you're a lawyer.
> 

Thanny thinks it's OK to lie to banks and tax assessors now.  Because 
his Law School apparently never covered financial fraud crimes.

I think he got his license from an Arby's.

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