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Documents Show Ivanka Trump Didn’t Testify Accurately in Inauguration Scandal Case

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The Trump family has trouble with depositions. In 2007 testimony, Donald Trump was repeatedly shown to be a liar. In February, Donald Trump Jr. was deposed in the Trump inauguration scandal lawsuit, and on several key points, under oath, he provided false testimony. A review of documents filed in that case and other material obtained by Mother Jones shows that Ivanka Trump also testified inaccurately during her deposition in this lawsuit.

The inauguration probe was launched last year by Karl Racine, the attorney general of Washington, DC. He has alleged that Trump’s inauguration committee misused charitable funds to enrich the Trump family. As Racine put it, the lawsuit maintains “that the Inaugural Committee, a nonprofit corporation, coordinated with the Trump family to grossly overpay for event space in the Trump International Hotel… The Committee also improperly used non-profit funds to throw a private party [at the Trump Hotel] for the Trump family costing several hundred thousand dollars.” In short, the attorney general accused the Trump gang of major grifting, and he is seeking to recover the money paid to the Trump Hotel so those funds can be used for real charitable purposes.

During a December 1 deposition—in which she swore to tell the truth—Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of Donald Trump who was an executive at the Trump Organization before becoming a White House adviser to her father, was asked if she had any “involvement in the process of planning the inauguration.” She replied, “I really didn’t have an involvement.” Ivanka testified that if her “opinion was solicited” regarding an inauguration event, she “would give feedback to my father or to anyone who asked my perspective or opinion.” And that was as far as her participation went.

But this wasn’t accurate, according to the documents, which indicate she was part of the decision-making for various aspects of the inauguration, including even the menus for events.

One email chain shows that Ivanka Trump was directly involved in the planning of at least one proposed event for the inauguration. On November 29, 2016, Rick Gates, then the deputy chairman of the Presidential Inauguration Committee (known as the PIC), emailed her the current schedule of inauguration events. He noted that Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a lead producer working with the PIC, “is going to call you to discuss some additional ideas she has about some other events that we would like to see if you would be willing to do based on our meetings.” Ivanka replied to Gates and Winston Wolkoff, “Great. I am looping in my assistant Suzie who can coordinate a time for us to connect.”

A few days later, Winston Wolkoff sent a long “Dear Ivanka and Jared” email to Ivanka Trump and her husband. She thanked them for “our meeting yesterday” and presented them with a “high-level summary” of the inauguration plans “for your review.” This was a detailed report on the assorted events and themes being created for Trump’s inauguration. The “overarching strategic objective,” she reported, was “reinforcing” the theme “With the People: Making America Great.” She laid out “key” messages, including “Our greatest strength is our people” and “Americans deserve to be heard, and their government needs to listen.” She noted that in their recent meeting, she and Ivanka Trump had discussed how to include Donald Trump’s “constituency” in the events, and Winston Wolkoff referred to proposals for doing so. This included inviting “families from all 50 states to attend official functions” and provide them “Airfare. Accommodations. Hair & makeup.”

In this email, Winston Wolkoff also asked Ivanka to confirm that she would host a “Women’s Entrepreneurs Reception/Dinner” as part of the inauguration. “Please let me know who…you would like invited,” she added. And she asked whether Ivanka Trump would prefer for the event to be hosted at the National Museum of African American History or the National Gallery of Art. Winston Wolkoff also attached to the email the communications strategy for the inauguration, the proposed event schedule, and a list of the “100 most influential women in Business, Philanthropy, Fashion, Politics and Finance.” She ended the note saying she would “follow up” with them “at TT”—a reference to Trump Tower.

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Trump Org lawyers make last pitch against prosecution

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment stemming from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company.

Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti told The Associated Press the meeting came as a grand jury nears a vote on an indictment this week following a more than two-year investigation into Trump’s business affairs.

He said prosecutors have told him Trump himself will not be charged at this time — “at least not with what’s coming down this week” — but added the investigation is continuing.

“There is no indictment coming down this week against the former president,” Fischetti said in a telephone interview Monday. “I can’t say he’s out of the woods yet completely.”

The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment.

The former Republican president, however, issued a blistering statement in which he derided District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office as “rude, nasty, and totally biased in the way they are treating lawyers, representatives, and some of the wonderful long-term employees and people within the Trump Organization.”

“After hundreds of subpoenas, over 3 million pages of documents, 4 years of searching, dozens and dozens of interviews, and millions of dollars of taxpayer funds wasted, they continue to be ‘in search of a crime,’” Trump alleged, calling the investigation a “continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time.”

In recent months, investigators in Vance’s office have focused on fringe benefits the company gave to top executives, such as use of apartments, cars and school tuition.

Investigators have scrutinized Trump’s tax records, subpoenaed documents and interviewed witnesses, including Trump insiders and company executives.

Another person familiar with the investigation confirmed there were communications between defense lawyers and prosecutors on Monday. The person declined to give any details of the talks.

Such final exchanges are considered formalities that rarely change the course of an investigation in a late stage, suggesting the grand jury is near a vote.

The person was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Fischetti, who did not attend Monday’s meeting, said the gathering had been arranged “for the Trump Organization — not Donald Trump himself.”

“We’re just waiting,” Fischetti said, adding he expects to know this week whether charges will be brought.

The prospective charges this week, he said, “are limited to a couple of Trump Org employees who didn’t declare taxes on fringe benefits” they received. The company itself also could be charged, he added.

Lawyers representing Donald Trump’s company also met virtually with prosecutors for more than 90 minutes last Thursday.

It isn’t illegal for a company to offer employees tuition help, lease them cars or let them use company-owned apartments, but such arrangements can be subject to income tax.

Fischetti has called the possibility of charges “absolutely outrageous” and politically motivated. He said it would be extremely unusual for prosecutors to seek criminal charges over unpaid tax on fringe benefits.

Some of the scrutiny has been focused on longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg.

Vance’s investigation of Weisselberg, 73, stemmed in part from questions about his son’s use of a Trump apartment at little or no cost, cars leased for the family and tuition payments made to a school attended by Weisselberg’s grandchildren.

Weisselberg’s attorney, Mary Mulligan, has declined to comment.

In addition to fringe benefits, prosecutors have looked into whether the Trump Organization lied about the value of real estate holdings to lower taxes or to obtain bank loans or insurance policies on favorable terms. They have also looked into the company’s role in paying hush money to two women who say Trump had affairs with them, accusations Trump has denied.

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They appear to be a family of Grifters.


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They have been saying this for a couple of weeks now.. Crap or get off the pot already.


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Weiselberg has apparently surrendered this morning at 6:15am


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This is going to be a non-story unless they have something big to use a leverage to make him flip. Prefer to hear less about it until that happens, otherwise Drumf just becomes a bigger victim.


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Originally Posted By: mgh888
This is going to be a non-story unless they have something big to use a leverage to make him flip. Prefer to hear less about it until that happens, otherwise Drumf just becomes a bigger victim.


You are probably right about that. I'm wondering if that's the reason for the delay in the indictment.. I mean, to be sure they have enough to get him to flip..


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Perfect. Just like trump university. No law or rules apply to trump.

Cut in line push others aside. Lead a insurrection.

Cheat on taxes. Claim you win a election you lost.

Get impeached twice. Lie continuously on every topic.

Cheat on his pregnant wife. Stick common people who performed work on his properties.

Anything he has been involved with has in some way been corrupted. He lied about covid. He lied about hydroxychloroquine. He is directly responsible for a large percentage of the deaths from covid. His no mask stance and on and on.

What a resume.

And there are people who believe him.

WC Fields - "you can fool some of the people some of the time and that's enough to make a decent living."

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Today a report came out. Historians from all different political backgrounds ranked trump as tied for the fourth worst president in history.

There were ten criterion used to measure the rankings.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021...-newday-vpx.cnn

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Originally Posted By: bonefish

Today a report came out. Historians from all different political backgrounds ranked trump as tied for the fourth worst president in history.

There were ten criterion used to measure the rankings.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021...-newday-vpx.cnn



In another survey, CNN presidential historian Tim Naftali was ranked the 5th worst historian in history.


I am not saying this to support President Trumps place in history. I am simply saying this is simply a subjective poll that holds no weight.


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Pretty sure I just posted about how people like to dismiss experts and about confirmation bias . . . and yes, I would class historians as experts in their field.

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You did....and my comment is somewhat in jest, but to point out that history changes over time and changes with who and how you ask the questions any time you start ranking historical figures. It's kind of like ranking baseball players or the best and worst QB's of all-time.


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Originally Posted By: Ballpeen
Originally Posted By: bonefish

Today a report came out. Historians from all different political backgrounds ranked trump as tied for the fourth worst president in history.

There were ten criterion used to measure the rankings.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021...-newday-vpx.cnn



In another survey, CNN presidential historian Tim Naftali was ranked the 5th worst historian in history.


I am not saying this to support President Trumps place in history. I am simply saying this is simply a subjective poll that holds no weight.



Can you show proof of that, or should we just chalk it up to you trying to be funny and missing the mark again


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You did....and my comment is somewhat in jest, but to point out that history changes over time and changes with who and how you ask the questions any time you start ranking historical figures. It's kind of like ranking baseball players or the best and worst QB's of all-time.



That's fair enough. But I don't believe Trump is due for a metamorphic rise in the rankings... he may get to 7th or 10th worst ... but then he may slip and go down too.


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One of the biographers of a trump book said after the charges were filed against the organization and the CFO that this pretty much cements the fact that trump will run in 2024. Whether to keep stringing along the base for more money or to keep saying this is all political because he will say he won in 2020 and they aren't going to take 24 away from him or if somehow he becomes president again, he would be able to skirt the charges again because he would be president.

And trump was on hannity last night and just about said that there is going to be an announcement coming soon. Whether he runs for the house in 22 to try to be speaker (he could be appointed speaker of the house without holding office) or runs again for president-NPR said this morning that it pretty much seems like he is going to announce soon he is running for something.

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Trump must be extremely clean if this is all the NY prosecutors came up with

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After years of prosecutors targeting Trump in search of a crime, Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg "surrendered early Thursday to New York authorities for arraignment in the first criminal indictment arising from a two-year investigation into the former president's company," according to the AP.

The charges relate to paying perks for executives without showing those perks on their W-2 forms and paying income taxes and payroll taxes on those perks.

I bet the WaPo, NYT, and other media outlets will have trouble finding those charges against other corporations, so I am sure they will advocate for going after all corporations and entities for this crime because they always want equal treatment under the law, don't they?

All corporations, including the WaPo and the NYT, should now be investigated to make sure that no executives ever get free stuff, like country club dues or special transportation, without paying income and payroll taxes.

Since the Trump organization got in trouble for paying private tuition, every university that gives free or subsidized tuition to its administrators and professors will now be charged with a crime, and the perk will be cut off. Does anyone think that will happen?

Every airline that gives free flights to its employees and family members will have to stop giving that perk, won't it, since there is no legitimate business purpose for that expense?

Pelosi and other members of Congress will now have to pay full freight every time a family member goes on a flight on a government-owned plane. Why do taxpayers have to pay for this largesse in the first place?

The bill to Joe Biden and the government will be massive for all the flights Hunter took on Air Force 2 as he was going overseas to line up as many kickbacks as he could from foreign countries and companies. After all, Joe said he never talked with Hunter about anything concerning his business dealings, so there is no way his presence on all those flights could have had any legitimate business purpose.

Donald Trump must be extremely clean because, after years of targeted investigations by the IRS, the FBI, the media, Congress, and N.Y. prosecutors, this is all they could come up with. That is clearly evidence that this was a witch hunt in search of a crime instead of an investigation because there was evidence of a crime.

The DNC and Hillary campaign committees were having so much trouble finding dirt on Trump that they had to pay a foreign national over $10 million to create a fictional dossier to destroy him. The media and other Democrats even had to create the lies about Russian collusion in their efforts to take Trump out. There was never one piece of evidence of Russian collusion, but since Trump's low-tax, smaller-government policies were very popular and were lifting people of all races and all education levels up, he had to be destroyed. After all, the media and other Democrats care about power, not great results, so they had to intentionally mislead the public.

If the FBI, state prosecutors, the IRS, and the intelligence agencies spent their time doing their jobs instead of spending a significant amount of time and resources targeting their political opponents, the government would be much more efficient, and taxpayers would save a lot of money.

Most of the media will still pretend that there is nothing political about the Obama and Biden administrations' IRS and FBI and that the N.Y. prosecutor is honest. I bet if the N.Y. prosecutor's office looked for a few minutes at the Clinton Foundation, it might find inappropriate payments and activity.

Hillary, Biden, Lois Lerner, Comey, McCabe, Holder, and others could violate as many laws as they liked with no repercussions, but the Trump organization is charged with paying inappropriate perks? As the media and other Democrats continue to pretend no one is above the law.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/202...me_up_with.html

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I think that anyone that believes this is the end of the trial is totally missing the boat. This is just the beginning.


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Originally Posted By: Damanshot
I think that anyone that believes this is the end of the trial is totally missing the boat. This is just the beginning.

But Cult of Trump has to circle the wagons: Trump is a victim - it's all political - the charges are "nothing" ...


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Originally Posted By: Ballpeen
It's kind of like ranking baseball players or the best and worst QB's of all-time.


It is like that. When people ignore facts and words while using hyperbole to bolster an angle it creates a situation where some would probably try to add Tim Tebow to that list. It wouldn't be accurate and it wouldn't be true. But that wouldn't stop them. wink


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It's actually pretty funny. People that actually pay a higher percentage in taxes than Trump, some making very modest wages..... Now suddenly think ripping off the government for well over a million dollars in taxes is nothing.

Maybe they fail to realize that this has been the governments method of prosecuting some of the biggest gangsters this nation has ever known. Tax fraud. Or even more likely yet, maybe they realize it and just don't care.


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Originally Posted By: Ballpeen
It's kind of like ranking baseball players or the best and worst QB's of all-time.


It is like that. When people ignore facts and words while using hyperbole to bolster an angle it creates a situation where some would probably try to add Tim Tebow to that list. It wouldn't be accurate and it wouldn't be true. But that wouldn't stop them. wink



And as usual, you don't understand the point.


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Originally Posted By: PitDAWG
It's actually pretty funny. People that actually pay a higher percentage in taxes than Trump, some making very modest wages..... Now suddenly think ripping off the government for well over a million dollars in taxes is nothing.

Maybe they fail to realize that this has been the governments method of prosecuting some of the biggest gangsters this nation has ever known. Tax fraud. Or even more likely yet, maybe they realize it and just don't care.


Isn't this the way they got Al Capone? I wonder how hard it is for some to actually grasp this notion...


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They have been saying this for a couple of weeks now.. Crap or get off the pot already.


Well, I guess they crapped,,,,LOL


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It's kind of like ranking baseball players or the best and worst QB's of all-time.


It is like that. When people ignore facts and words while using hyperbole to bolster an angle it creates a situation where some would probably try to add Tim Tebow to that list. It wouldn't be accurate and it wouldn't be true. But that wouldn't stop them. wink



And as usual, you don't understand the point.


Sure I do. Some historians will use the facts to arrive at their conclusions and some will romanticize it into what they want you to believe.

Just watch Gone With The Wind and Birth of A Nation for prime examples.


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Nothing to see here.

Get ready for Trump in 2024...Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

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The first part was probably fine... but where he asked 'does anyone know that stuff' was pretty dumb.... yes... the people who know that stuff are called CPAs... hire one and follow their advice...


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What he's not telling his followers is that they are after a bigger fish... Him


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Originally Posted By: Damanshot
What he's not telling his followers is that they are after a bigger fish... Him



No kidding? It's been a political assassination attempt since the guy won the nomination.


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The first part was probably fine... but where he asked 'does anyone know that stuff' was pretty dumb.... yes... the people who know that stuff are called CPAs... hire one and follow their advice...


Jim Acosta Digs Up Old Trump Boast That Doesn't Sit So Well With His Latest Tax Excuses
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Sun, July 4, 2021, 8:51 PM·1 min read

CNN’s Jim Acosta has rolled the tape on Donald Trump after the former president seemed to play foolish about tax laws at a Florida rally on Saturday, following the indictment of his company and one of its top executives last week.

Acosta said on CNN Sunday that Trump mentioned some of the facts of the case but did not actually dispute them. The Trump Organization and its CFO Allen Weisselberg were charged with multiple financial crimes Thursday by the Manhattan district attorney over an alleged tax fraud scheme. Both parties pleaded not guilty.

“They go after good, hard-working people for not paying taxes on a company car. ‘You didn’t pay tax on the car! Or a company apartment! You used an apartment because you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where your house is, you didn’t pay tax, or education for your grandchildren,’” Trump said at the campaign-style rally in Sarasota.

“I don’t even know. Do you have to, does anybody know the answer to that stuff? Okay? But they indict people for that.”

Acosta agreed that the tax code can be confusing. But not for Trump, apparently, according to his multiple past boasts.

The CNN anchor played a clip from May 13, 2016, in which Trump said: “I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world.”

“I understand the tax laws better than almost anyone[, which is why I’m the one who can truly fix them,” he also said in October of the same year, bragging that he used those laws “brilliantly” to pay as little tax as legally possible.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/jim-acosta-digs-old-trump-005108632.html


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What he's not telling his followers is that they are after a bigger fish... Him



No kidding? It's been a political assassination attempt since the guy won the nomination.


Horse Poop.

If you don't pay taxes and have a history of Tax avoidance schemes you can't complain if you get prosecuted.

This is like someone pulled over for speeding because they are driving a bright red ferrari ... Yes, lots of people speed and lots of people don't get pulled over. But you don't have a defense for driving 15 mph over the speed limit and you don't get out of a ticket by claiming that you only got pulled over because you have a bright sports car.


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Originally Posted By: Ballpeen
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What he's not telling his followers is that they are after a bigger fish... Him



No kidding? It's been a political assassination attempt since the guy won the nomination.


That was never the calling card of the real Republican party. Up until Trump you didn't play the victim for a con man. You claimed it was only democrats who did that. Maybe now you know how Hillary felt?


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No, I don't know how Hillary felt.

I do know that tax evasion charges are the last resort thrown because if nothing else, you can usually find enough dubious dealings to at minimum keep throwing accusations. Especially when a person or company has complicated tax returns.

When you don't have anything else, get the books, surely there is something.


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