Posted on Oct 25, 2023
Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen testifies against him in New York
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Michael Cohen, the onetime lawyer and fixer for former President Donald Trump, came face to face with his former boss in a New York courtroom on Tuesday.
Cohen was at the New York County Supreme Court to testify in a civil trial alleging the former president inflated the value of his assets to land better business deals and tax benefits.
During his testimony, Cohen said that Trump had asked him to "increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected."
His responsibility, along with that of former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, "was to reverse engineer the very different asset classes, increase those assets in order to achieve the numbers" Trump had asked for.
Michael Cohen, the onetime lawyer and fixer for former President Donald Trump, came face to face with his former boss in a New York courtroom on Tuesday.
Cohen was at the New York County Supreme Court to testify in a civil trial alleging the former president inflated the value of his assets to land better business deals and tax benefits.
During his testimony, Cohen said that Trump had asked him to "increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected."
His responsibility, along with that of former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, "was to reverse engineer the very different asset classes, increase those assets in order to achieve the numbers" Trump had asked for.
Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen testifies against him in New York
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Donald Trump
Fraud
Taxes
Finance
State of New York
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Cohen has strong credibility. As Trump’s fixer, he followed Trump’s alleged orders for hush money over Stormy Daniel’s hush money and lying about family assets. He has compared himself to Sammy Gravano and Trump to John Gotti.
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"Still on the witness list: Trump himself and his children, Ivanka and co-defendants Donald Jr. and Eric."
That is when this will get really interesting.
That is when this will get really interesting.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG Billy Brumfield - No, they deflated the value on the tax filings. That is what kicked off the whole investigation.
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MSG Billy Brumfield
MSG Stan Hutchison - I must have misread it, I could have sworn I read that they overvalued the tax valuation of some properties. Oh, it's what the good LTC wrote, "Trump Organization intentionally gave phony figures for tax valuation of assets."
Everywhere I've ever been the city or county tax auditors office determines tax valuation of assets. But NYC is it's own shit show.
Why is it a civil case and not a criminal case?
Everywhere I've ever been the city or county tax auditors office determines tax valuation of assets. But NYC is it's own shit show.
Why is it a civil case and not a criminal case?
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG Billy Brumfield - "Why is it a civil case and not a criminal case?"
For it to be a criminal case their must be a victim. He is charged on a NY law that does not require a victim.
For it to be a criminal case their must be a victim. He is charged on a NY law that does not require a victim.
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MSG Billy Brumfield
MSG Stan Hutchison - Is it truly a victimless crime?
Illegal immigration is somehow considered victimless too, they aren't being prosecuted nor taken to civil court, are they?
Illegal immigration is somehow considered victimless too, they aren't being prosecuted nor taken to civil court, are they?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."How Cohen and Trump landed on opposite sides
Trump and Cohen had a falling out in 2018 amid a federal investigation into Cohen's financial dealings and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia during the 2016 presidential race.
In late 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to a raft of federal charges, including campaign finance violations related to hush money payouts to two women in exchange for their public silence about their personal relationships with Trump."...
..."How Cohen and Trump landed on opposite sides
Trump and Cohen had a falling out in 2018 amid a federal investigation into Cohen's financial dealings and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia during the 2016 presidential race.
In late 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to a raft of federal charges, including campaign finance violations related to hush money payouts to two women in exchange for their public silence about their personal relationships with Trump."...
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