And Forbes ought to know…….as they were one of the ones Allen Weisselberg was lying TO.
Well, well, well…………
How far can one billionaire (and his minions) tank in 17 years? Four criminal-indictments. Adjudicated a rapist and defamer and ordered to pay (so far) $5mil. And a CFO fresh out of Rikers Island prison for tax-fraud.
But the deepest cut of all…………..the demolishing of Donnie’s image as a rich, successful, bid-ness-man.
Forbes dumped Trump off their Richest 400 Americans list, and they announced this, as he was on trial for defrauding the citizens of New York state, by inflating his wealth to make himself look more rich, get bigger and better loans, better insurance deals, and increasing the worth of his “brand.”
But Forbes unceremonious dumping, isn’t the end of their truth-telling crusade.
At Forbes, you get 4 trial-articles a month to read, so you should be able to access this:
Dan Alexander
Forbes Staff Senior editor at Forbes, covering Donald Trump's business.
Oct 12, 2023,11:04am EDT
In trying to distance himself from Donald Trump’s false financial statements, Allen Weisselberg kept lying.
Allen Weisselberg was on the stand as part of a $250 million lawsuit that the New York attorney general is waging against Trump and his associates, including Weisselberg, accusing them of lying about Trump’s net worth to financial institutions. To arrive at inflated figures, the Trump Organization used demonstrably incorrect facts, such as valuing Trump’s penthouse as if it contained 30,000 square feet, when it in fact consisted of 10,996.
Under questioning, Weisselberg acknowledged that the 30,000-square-foot figure was wrong. He tried to suggest, however, that he had little to do with the bogus calculation, batting away a series of questions about the financial documents and discussions with Forbes, which has been valuing Trump’s fortune since 1982. “I never focused on the triplex, to be honest with you,” Weisselberg said. “It was almost de minimis relative to his net worth, so I really didn’t focus on it.”
He repeated similar lines as his testimony continued. “I never focused on the apartment Mr. Trump owned,” he said at one point. At another: “I didn’t correlate the square footage of Donald’s apartment. I never focused on it. It was always in my mind a de minimis asset of the overall of Donald J. Trump’s statement of financial condition. That was never a concern of mine. I never even thought about the apartment. It was de minimis in my mind.”
But that’s not true. A review of old emails and notes, some of which the attorney general’s office does not possess, show that Weisselberg absolutely thought about Trump’s apartment—and played a key role in trying to convince Forbes over the course of several years that it was worth more than it really was.
Given the fact that these discussions continued for years, and that Weisselberg took a very detailed approach in reviewing Trump’s assets with Forbes, it defies all logic to think he truly believes what he is now saying in court.
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In 2015, Trump hosted three Forbes journalists inside Trump Tower, with Weisselberg by his side. “This is the entire floor of Trump Tower, just so you know,” Trump said, showing off his penthouse. “Now, this wraps all around the building. All around the elevators. And I have three times three. So there’s like 11,000 feet on a floor. So I have three. So 33,000—and I have the roof.”
The next year, Forbes uncovered property records that showed that the penthouse was only 10,996 square feet, not 30,000 square feet or 33,000 square feet. Reporters reached out to Weisselberg and others at the Trump Organization to ask about the discrepancy, emails that are now being used as evidence in the case.
Even after receiving those messages, the Trump Organization apparently continued to value the penthouse on its documents as if it had 30,000 square feet. It wasn’t until after Forbes published a story in May 2017, exposing the lie publicly, that the Trump Organization seemed to change its internal documents, reducing the square footage to 10,996.
Michael Popok at MeidasTouch Network explains further.
Trump Rails Against Forbes for Calling Him Slightly Less Rich
"[Forbes is] working with the Racist and highly incompetent, job killing Attorney General of New York, Letitia "Peekaboo" James, who has allowed Murder and Violent Crime in the State to hit epidemic levels," Trump continued in his post. "China owned Forbes is a participant in the Election Interference Scam, and after what I have done to China, with hundreds of billions of dollars being paid to the USA, who can blame them?
"For years Forbes has attacked me with really dumb writers assigned to hit me hard, and I am now up 60 Points on the Republicans, and beating Crooked Joe by a lot. So much for Forbes!"
Trump made porn-star Stormy Daniels spank him with the Forbes Magazine with him on the cover. But not just him…………….him and his two eldest kids, including his daughter. Ivanka’s image thrust against his flabby buttocks…………
Then there’s this, from June, 2022
- Donald Trump had about $93 million in the bank as of 2020, Forbes reported, citing documents.
- It is a far cry from the $793 million he claimed to have at hand in a 2015 Forbes interview.
- The New York attorney general released a trove of documents about Trump's finances last week.
And Melania continuing to renegotiate her pre-nup.