The Unraveling of Trump's Empire: Inside the New York Civil Trial - The Crime Report

"Under New York state's 1986 version of the federal RICO Act, the enumerated causes of action in this lawsuit constitute "enterprise corruption," or an array of fraudulent conduct involving both illegitimate and legitimate businesses."

"Second, only this lawsuit comes with the "corporate death penalty" as well as the type of humiliation and accountability that Trump will be incapable of dealing with no matter how hard he tries to project or rationalize or spin for public consumption."

"In this lawsuit, there are six "causes for action" including falsifying business records, conspiracy to falsify business records, issuing false financial statements, conspiracy to falsify financial statements, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud."

"Despite the forthcoming resolution of the five remaining causes for action against Trump and his co-defendants that should occur before Christmas, the judge has already concluded that on three separate occasions between 2011 and 2021 Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion."

"Importantly, this bench trial will determine how much Trump's businesses will have to pay for the habitual fraud committed by Trump and his co-defendants."

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"In an unusual and preempted move, Judge Engoron previously fined Trump's lawyers on the case $7,500 a piece for their arguments supporting Trump's "fantasy world.""

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"On Monday opening statements began in the civil bench trial of the State of New York vs. Donald Trump, et al over-inflated assets in fraudulent statements."

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"Although I believe that these political arguments will be of no value in this or any other legal trial of Trump's, I also believe that neither Trump nor his attorneys think that they have any real winning arguments.nn"

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"Instead, knowing that Trump is going to lose the lawsuit anyway, they figured it was far better politically to work to delegitimize the guilty verdicts by blaming the evil Democratic Judge Engoron and the "corrupt and terrible" AG James who are, naturally, working on behalf of the Deep State and motivated by a conspiratorial vendetta to take down the perfectly law-abiding and persecuted Trump."

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"It has been obvious from his Truth Social posts and emails to his supporters that Trump is continuing to do his worst to delegitimize the rule of law and the judicial system.nn"

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"By the third day of trial Wednesday morning, Trump had already unleashed yet "another attack on 'corrupt' attorney general" Letitia James.nn"

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"Lastly, doing what Trump and his fraudulent lawyers do best, they accused their own accountants of not doing their due diligence and the attorney general of 'setting a very dangerous precedent for all business owners in the state of New York.'"

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"Second, only this lawsuit comes with the "corporate death penalty" as well as the type of humiliation and accountability that Trump will be incapable of dealing with no matter how hard he tries to project or rationalize or spin for public consumption.nn"

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"When all of Trump's litigation finally comes to a close several years from now, it will be this civil lawsuit among all the other lawsuits that will be the most damaging to the former president.nn"

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"In terms of who Trump thinks he is, has been, and could become, this lawsuit has more meaning for the hypersensitive and insecure former president than the pending criminal lawsuits against him combined."

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"On the second day of this fraud case, Engoron issued an unprecedented gag order after Trump disparaged the judge's staffer on social media."

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""According to news reports, I will be attending the civil trial in New York tomorrow where an anti-Trump judge is attempting to bring down the Trump Organization and financially break me," Trump's email read."

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""nnI have been anticipating this lawsuit even more than Trump's upcoming criminal trials because it is about the rise and fall of the Trump business empire.nn"

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"Judge Arthur Engoron recently ruled for partial summary judgment against Trump and his co-defendants."

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""nnIf Trump's political arguments held enough legal currency with a jury of 12 where it would have only taken one rogue juror to upend things in his favor, his team would have opted for a jury and taken the risk.nn"

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"This civil bench trial represents the reality of political theater and judicial reality meets one frightened, anxious, and angry Trump doing his best not to explode or to lose it while his bodily contortions and red-faced expressions at the same time suggests it is not easy for him."

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"And most importantly, it will decide whether Donald is a "winner" or a "loser" in the eyes of his deceased father Fred.nn"

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"Had Trump and his lawyers thought that any of their arguments could make a difference or that there was a chance for a hung jury, then they would have checked the box off indicating their desire for a jury trial, which they did not do.nn"

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"So I would not expect Trump to attend very many of the remaining days of this three-month trial.nn"

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"This civil lawsuit is really the only one that Trump is personally invested in, psychologically bothered by or truly cares about for its intrinsic rather than its political value."

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"Again, this trial is all about the potential or actual loss of Trump's personal wealth."

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"Repeating these same arguments that Engoron previously rejected as nothing more than wishful fantasies, they continue to maintain that Trump's holdings are 'Mona Lisa properties' that can command top dollar and argue their valuations are 'not fraud."

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"Trump's lawyers continued to insist that the financial statements were perfectly normal, subject to the usual subjectivity in these types of financial matters."

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"New York Attorney General Letitia James has sought $250 million, but it could end up costing Trump's legacy a lot more than that, virtually barring the Trump Organization from the worlds of real estate and high finance.nn"

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"My interest here is with Trump's continued weaponization of his legal troubles, civil or criminal, and with the way in which Trump's "witch hunt" political narratives are making their way into the New York civil court of law."

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"It is also about the demystification of Trump's autobiographical mythology as a self-made billionaire."

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"Despite the forthcoming resolution of the five remaining causes for action against Trump and his co-defendants that should occur before Christmas, the judge has already concluded that on three separate occasions between 2011 and 2021 Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion."

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"First, this lawsuit is "personal" for Trump and strikes at his very heart and soul as cold and dark as they are."

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