Ivanka Trump describes Deutsche Bank’s ‘positive feelings’ towards her family in fraud trial testimony – as it happened
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Given that New York attorney general Letitia James's case involves Trump's alleged overvaluation of assets, the state is trying to undermine any claim that property valuations also included potential value - effectively, the position that there wasn't anything wrong with seemingly oversized sums because of what the real estate could amount to.
Donald Trump claimed on Monday in court, for example, that the valuation of his golf resort in Aberdeen, Scotland, was legitimate, because he could build hundreds of houses there anytime I want". He also said: There's nothing wrong with sitting on a property and waiting if you're willing to play their game."
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