Posted on 12/17/2021 2:22:04 PM PST by zeestephen
NEW YORK (AP) — The editor of Forbes magazine testified Thursday before the grand jury hearing evidence in a criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump and his business practices, answering questions about an article examining whether the former president inflated his wealth.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2021/12/17/forbes-testified-before-the-trump-grand-jury-yesterday--heres-why-we-fought-their-subpoena/?sh=52459a363e77
"Almost three months ago, I was subpoenaed by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to appear before the grand jury investigating Donald Trump. I was asked to testify about the 2015 cover story I wrote chronicling his decades-long fixation with our net worth estimate."
"We've been fighting these subpoenas ever since."
Witch hunt grasping at straws.
Didn’t Forbes run in the primary a couple of time.
Any article bashing Trump’s net worth should be viewed as campaign rhetoric
The banks making the loans are the ones who have to really evaluate what Trump is representing to them. And they don’t just take a person’s word for it. They do their own analysis.
The mindless, vicious attacks on President Trump are going to be contiuous and increase in ferocity as it gets closer to 2024 and it becomes more obvious that cheating won’t work this time.
Right … because banks just accept a borrower’s claims about wealth at face value when they review loan applications.
“I’m a trillionaire … so please lend me a billion dollars” — just isn’t going to cut it in any normal loan application process.
Show me the man and I will find the crime.
I’ve said since this crap began….they would get trump because he artificially inflated assets for loans and that is common but kinda illegal
with all the murders and other crimes in NYC, you would think that they would be too busy to be engaging in harassment. But since they don’t actually try criminals they have all the time they want to go after him.
Is it not generally more a civil issue?
Asset valuation is subjective. It's worth what someone is willing to pay.
According to your logic, a bank will just take my word for it that my house is worth $50,000,000 when I apply for a $50,000,000 home equity loan.
Wow — pumping your net worth to Forbes magazine is a federal crime. Who knew? Next they’ll prosecute strippers who claim their fake breasts are real.
If conservatives take the White House and Congress, I hope that they go after Democrats even harder than the Democrats are currently going after the conservatives.
No more taking the higher ground. Never forget, never forgive.
The Forbes family sold 51% of Forbes Magazine to a Hong Kong investment company in 2014.
Forbes Magazine has been criticized a number of times for not reporting negative business stories about Communist China.
As I recall, some of the executives in the Hong Kong investment company have links to the Chinese military.
These commies just cant get Trump out of their lil brains can they..they have NOTHING else so its just “Trump Trump Trump”
If conservatives take the White House and Congress, I hope that they go after Democrats even harder than the Democrats are currently going after the conservatives.
That’s not possible until the Quislings in the GOP are eliminated. And I’m not just talking about elected Republicans.
Inflating your Wealth is a crime? This whole thing is BS.
Name intangible value is very hard to put a precise value on. Properties with the Trump name commanded much higher valuations than Joe Bloes properties.
Won’t happen. Too many Pubbies are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Peoples Republic of China. Too compromised to fight.
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