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.

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    8 months ago

    Well, he expected to lose, and then leverage grievances from that into more safe grifting. Instead he was forced into a job he didn’t want, half-assed it, but managed to get himself into trouble.

    But he found out “Presidents are above the law” so it turned into a pretty good gig for him as a serial criminal. Emoluments be damned. But he kept criming because he’s never faced consequences ever, and crimed to hide other crimes.

    You’re right, though. That Jenga tower is seriously wobbling.

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      8 months ago

      IIRC he wanted to start Trump TV or something like that so it was a publicity stunt to start with. Problem was the dog caught the car.