{"id":497698,"date":"2022-10-02T05:51:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T02:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/behind-the-letitia-james-hit-attack-against-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T05:51:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T02:51:31","slug":"behind-the-letitia-james-hit-attack-against-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/behind-the-letitia-james-hit-attack-against-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"#Behind the Letitia James hit attack against Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e983a31d8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e983a31d8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/behind-the-letitia-james-hit-attack-against-donald-trump\/#%E2%80%9CBehind_the_Letitia_James_hit_attack_against_Donald_Trump%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Behind the Letitia James hit attack against Donald Trump&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/behind-the-letitia-james-hit-attack-against-donald-trump\/#Conflict_of_interest\" >Conflict of interest\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/behind-the-letitia-james-hit-attack-against-donald-trump\/#%E2%80%98Subjective_valuations\" >\u2018Subjective\u2019 valuations\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBehind_the_Letitia_James_hit_attack_against_Donald_Trump%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Behind the Letitia James hit attack against Donald Trump&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Charles Gasparino\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>New York Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Tish James is still basking in the glory of her \u201csweeping\u201d lawsuit against Donald Trump. \u201cSweeping,\u201d in case you don\u2019t know, is the very Timesian way to signify just about anything deemed impactful by the people at the Gray Lady. Read the case\u2019s paperwork in all its often-excruciating detail and you, too, might be tempted to believe James did such a bang-up job that the Don\u00adald\u2019s next stop is the presidential suite in Sing Sing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, James spent three years putting together the case and she <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to have snooped out every alleged fabrication Trump has ever made in his long history as a real estate developer and serial exaggerator. So give her an \u201cA\u201d for effort for attempting to show that Trump committed bank fraud by bloviating about the value of his various properties in order to \u00adreceive favorable loan terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>OK, I\u2019m no fan of lying (or bank fraud), but before passing judgment on the former president\u2019s guilt, it would be wise to speak to some people in the real estate business about what goes on in their neck of the woods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Far from being surprised about the vast scope of Trump\u2019s alleged deception, they were all amused that the story received such breathless attention from allegedly smart people in the chattering class.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22273768350838.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The lawsuit breaks down every instance of fraud in the state. \" class=\"wp-image-24091516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22273768350838.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22273768350838.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22273768350838.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22273768350838.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Letitia James has built up her case against Trump and his family for years. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reasons: Everyone in the business, and most of all Trump\u2019s bankers, know he\u2019s a blowhard. (After all, this is a guy who aggrandized \u00adhis net worth and prowess in the sack.) Those bankers also do their own homework and ignore what\u2019s on loan applications \u2014 particularly those from someone with Trump\u2019s rep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Trump is hardly alone in a business filled with BS artists, which is why they say the case should be laughed out of court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be, of course. James may be the most partisan Democratic prosecutor in the country, but New York state courts are packed with like-minded judicial types who also think Trump needs to rot in jail. Even worse objective evidence abounds of James pushing the boundaries in using her office to advance her political goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conflict_of_interest\"><\/span>Conflict of interest\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Recall: She successfully ran for AG four years ago on a platform that included finding something, anything, to bring Trump down when he was the Republican president. No better way to win over the state\u2019s Dem base than by bashing someone as loathed as The Donald, even if it\u2019s now a whopper conflict of interest for her to bring a case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also recall: When she was toying with running for governor in 2021, she issued a curiously timed report on Andrew Cuomo\u2019s sexual-harassment allegations that forced her fellow Dem from office. Say what you want about Cuomo, but having James turn that screw will forever taint the rationale behind his resignation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crime, of course, is an issue that state AGs should care about, particularly crimes where people are killed on the streets of New York state\u2019s crime-ridden cities or those crimes that cost taxpayers money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22265740169545.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The lawsuit chronicles many of the very public instances of Trump's fraud. \" class=\"wp-image-24091517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22265740169545.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22265740169545.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22265740169545.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22265740169545.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>James\u2019 lawsuit did not have any shocking information within it to many sources close to Trump. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump case is neither, all of which makes James a hack in the worst tradition of the office. That\u2019s saying something, since past office holders include the maniacal and power-hungry Eliot Spitzer, who used the publicity of some spurious AG prosecutions of business leaders to become governor. That was before he was forced to resign after being caught with his pants down and his socks up with prostitutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>For the sake of argument, let\u2019s say that James accurately cites every alleged fib and fabrication Trump put in those loan documents. (I couldn\u2019t help but chuckle at some of his documented boasts, including embellishing, by a mere 20,000 square feet, the size of his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>lex apartment in Trump Tower.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Does that make Trump a criminal?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The answer from experts: Probably not, and it\u2019s probably not even close. Again, real estate pros tell me such boasts are de rigueur in the business and most likely would never be prosecuted \u00adunless your name is Trump and the prosecutor is Tish James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Myers, the retired head of GE Asset Management who completed scores of such transactions working under the legendary CEO Jack Welch, put it this way: \u201cThese high valuations may not be true but the banks and other sophisticated financial institutions do their own due diligence on valuations and basically could care less what Trump\u2019s valuation<\/p>\n<p>was. Plus, the loans were all repaid, so who was the victim?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Subjective_valuations\"><\/span>\u2018Subjective\u2019 valuations\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Myers also points out that real estate \u201cvaluations themselves are subjective in nature\u201d so there\u2019s room for Trump to indulge his inner blowhard on loan applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit is an election stunt to motivate base voters. My bet: James also knows her \u201csweeping\u201d case will likely flame out but only after she\u2019s re-elected as AG in November and preparing for \u00adanother run for governor.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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