New York fraud trial accusing Trump of lying about his wealth opens as he denounces it as a 'scam'

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"No matter how powerful you are, and no matter how much money you think you have, no one is above the law, she said on her way into the courthouse."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"And Trump's own company flourished."
Positive
36% Conservative
"Every estimate was determined by Mr. Trump, Wallace said in his opening statement."
Positive
22% Conservative
"Every estimate was determined by Mr. Trump, Wallace said in his opening statement."
Positive
22% Conservative
"In this Series This morning's top headlines: Feinstein's successor; McCarthy faces threat; Taylor Swift; NFL scores, highlights Updated 50 min ago California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat Updated 5 min ago Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"In this Series This morning's top headlines: Feinstein's successor; McCarthy faces threat; Taylor Swift; NFL scores, highlights Updated 50 min ago California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat Updated 5 min ago Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"In this Series This morning's top headlines: Feinstein's successor; McCarthy faces threat; Taylor Swift; NFL scores, highlights Updated 50 min ago California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat Updated 5 min ago Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Trump's holdings are Mona Lisa properties that can command top dollar, attorney Alina Habba said."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Trump valued Mar-a-Lago as high as $739 million -- more than 10 times a more reasonable estimate of its worth, James claimed."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Trump's figure for the private club was based on the idea that the property could be developed for residential use."
Positive
6% Conservative
"In a recent court filing, James' office alleged Trump exaggerated his wealth by as much as $3.6 billion."
Positive
4% Conservative
"He pointed to pretrial testimony by Trump Organization figures and ex-insiders including Cohen, who said the company valued assets to get to a predetermined number that Mr. Trump wanted."
Positive
4% Conservative
"That ruling last week, if upheld on appeal, could force Trump to give up New York properties including Trump Tower, a Wall Street office building, golf courses and a suburban estate."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"He looked straight ahead, arms crossed, facing away from a screen that showed details of Wallace's presentation."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Trump showed up voluntarily for the trial, with his control over Trump Tower and some other major real estate holdings in jeopardy."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Among the allegations were that Trump claimed his Trump Tower apartment in Manhattan -- a three-story penthouse replete with gold-plated fixtures -- was nearly three times its actual size and worth an astounding $327 million."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Trump isn't expected to testify for several weeks."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Wallace said the alleged scheme got the company better loan rates, saving it $100 million in interest."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"James' lawsuit is one of several legal headaches for Trump as he campaigns for a return to the White House in next year's election."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"They were lying year after year after year, Kevin Wallace, a lawyer in James' office, said in an opening statement as Trump sat at the defense table."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"They were lying year after year after year, Kevin Wallace, a lawyer in James' office, said in an opening statement as Trump sat at the defense table."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Trump and his lawyers have also argued that no one was harmed by anything in the financial statements."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump speaks with journalists before entering a courtroom in New York Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, to attend the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Trump has called it a a corporate death penalty and insisted the judge is unfair and out to get him."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Trump looked away from James as he passed her on the way into court, with a disgusted look on his face."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Judge Arthur Engoron already has ruled that Trump committed fraud in his business dealings."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) -- The fraud lawsuit that could cost former President Donald Trump control of some of his most prized properties went to trial Monday, with New York state lawyers vowing to hold him accountable while he denounced the case as a politically motivated scam."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"He has been indicted four times since March, accused of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, hoarding classified documents and falsifying business records related to hush money paid on his behalf."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"It's a sham, Trump said."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"James is seeking $250 million in penalties and a ban on Trump doing business in New York."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"While Trump lives there, deed terms prohibit further residential development on the property, James said.Trump lawyer Christopher Kise said defense experts will testify that assigning values to properties is, by nature, a matter of opinion."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"While Trump lives there, deed terms prohibit further residential development on the property, James said.Trump lawyer Christopher Kise said defense experts will testify that assigning values to properties is, by nature, a matter of opinion."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"James' lawsuit accused Trump and his company of a long list of falsehoods in the financial statements he gave to banks."
Negative
-38% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : "No matter how powerful you are, and no matter how much money you think you have, no one is above the law," she said on her way into the courthouse.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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