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sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 05:03 PM Nov 2023

"Don Jr's stunning testimony." Link below

Snip< "I cannot overstate how damaging these admissions are for Trump Jr., as pleasant and relatively yawn-inducing as this review of financial documents sounds," MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin tweeted. Rubin added: "Not only does the AG take issue with the veracity of those representations, but the fact that Trump Jr. signed it, after this investigation is underway, without having more than a cursory discussion with the same accountants to whom the representations were made is stunning."



https://www.yahoo.com/news/legal-analyst-don-jr-stunning-175642950.html

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underpants

(182,884 posts)
1. Good recaps at link. Both of them had really bad days
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 06:08 PM
Nov 2023

Yes it’s not a riveting trial but ….

As one article stated they could have taken the fifth. There was no advantage to answering questions. Now Jr, at least, has personal legal issues on top of the family business’s dire outlook.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
4. The idiot claimed he signed off on paperwork
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 08:03 PM
Nov 2023

After consulting with the COO and with the accountants and thinks he can walk scot-free because he claims to have asked them if it was all true, they said yes, "me no bad!"

The problem: The accountants (Mazars) relied on information that this trashy pack of traitors gave them to draw up these accounting reports. They didn't pull numbers out of their bums--they used what these grifting scumbags gave them.

As George Conway puts it in the linked article:

"Management representation letters are called management representation letters for a reason: They contain representations made 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 and it’s the 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 who are entitled to rely upon them."

Emphases his.

Mazars used the information they were given--i.e., used what these trashy traitors reported about the valuations. Then the trash signed off on these financial statements, while knowing full well how they were inaccurate. And all so that they could manipulate loans and tax breaks in their favor.

AG James is laying out the entire criminal enterprise brilliantly.

yardwork

(61,712 posts)
5. I understand but this is not a surprise?!
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 08:09 PM
Nov 2023

Junior is a complete moron. That's not a surprise. I guess the extent of his moron-ism is stunning?

msfiddlestix

(7,286 posts)
7. I inferred the aspect that is stunning, seems to be tha Jr didn't seem to seek a smart enough attorney to advise with
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 09:30 PM
Nov 2023

the best way to respond to anticipated questions.


gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. These knuckleheads clearly think their testimony is credible and helpful to their case
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 11:49 PM
Nov 2023

That's kind of stunning.

Maru Kitteh

(28,342 posts)
11. I've been gobsmacked at how genuinely unintelligent his sons are.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:00 AM
Nov 2023

I understand apples and trees. I understand they've never been motivated to legitimate achievement. But those boys are stupid.

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