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Sunday, September 29
Forbes director testifies in probe of Trump and his fixation on listings
Randall Lane , director of the business magazine Forbes, testified this week before the jury that analyzes the evidence in a criminal investigation into former President Trump , and addressed the questions about the business practices of the former president and if he lied to look richer than he actually is .
Through an article on the Forbes website, Lane said it was questioned about the articles dating from 2015, in which he gives an account of the fixation of the former president with appearing in the annual list of the richest people .
According to what Lane reported , Chase Peterson should also have testified before the authorities- Withort, Deputy Editor of Wealth of the magazine. He said he must have talked about an article he wrote in 2017, which was about value and size of the former president’s apartment located in Trump Tower.
So far, Lane’s revelation through her article serves as the biggest clue as to what Manhattan prosecutors are investigating: if the President committed fraud by inflating his wealth both for the magazine and before the banks, with the purpose of ensure better conditions to get loans.
This same investigation has led to Tax fraud charges against the Trump organization and against Allen Weisselberg, your former finance chief . In June, they were accused of evading taxes on fringe benefits paid to executives.
The publication made by the Forbes director abounds that he was questioned for 20 minutes by a former mafia prosecutor helping in this case, Mark Pomerantz .
He adds that he was asked to confirm data such as which is the methodology that the journal follows to prepare the list of the richer Americans , as well as statements by the former president of “I look better if I have $ 10, 000 million dollars than if I have $ 4, 000 millions”. Trump would also have admitted that higher net worth “was good for funding.”
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