A week into his bank fraud trial, Donald Trump late Thursday night dropped his oddly aggressive lawsuit against the judge overseeing the case—a move that had been seen as a last-minute scramble to avert a potential unraveling of the tycoon’s real estate empire.

But that happened anyway when Justice Arthur F. Engoron concluded the former president was a serial liar who faked the size of his buildings and value of his properties for years, ordering the family business’ licenses to be revoked.

  • @BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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    232 years ago

    One item, he said his 10,000sqft apartment was 30,000sqft. I mean when I was in my 20s I lied about my penis size but come on… nobody is going to believe that.

    • dumdum666
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      52 years ago

      So … you always trippled it, when someone wanted to know?

    • Saik0
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      12 years ago

      Except all NYC places do this… You can go visit a business space for rent that claims 1800sqft… and when you measure it it’s 800sqft. Out of all the things to latch onto, this is a dumb one if you know anything about NYC real-estate. It’s been this way for decades (I left there in 2006, and it’s still this way.)

      • @BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        That’s interesting, I’ve googled examples and haven’t had any luck finding any articles on this. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?