A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.

Judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.

Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, found that the former president and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing financing.

    • Gumus@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      A lot of people voted for Brexit just to see what happens (because they actually didn’t believe it would go through). Look at how that worked for them…

      • squiblet@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        The idea of frivolous voting like that is pretty dumb. Or “I’ll vote for this person to shake up the system!” or “as a protest!”

    • llamaEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      2016 was the time to experiment with what ifs, now we know, and anybody who votes for him again has a pretty clear idea of what they’d like to see happen.