Not going to happen. This judge screwed up big time.
I have a question. How come every Judge who finds against Trump or the “stolen election” cases, or the January 6 defendants is said to have “screwed up”? So far the only Judge who was overturned was Judge Canon.
So far her orders on appointing a Special Master, and requiring the Prosecutors to close and seal all files seized at Mar a Lago, and a guilty verdict in an unrelated case, were the only things really overturned.
Those as you might remember were death blows to the prosecution. And those were the only ones really overturned.
Now value of property is actually pretty easy to estimate. You find similar structures in the area and see what they are selling for. That at least gives you the ballpark of the value. This is normally done as part of the inspection process as part of the loan.
Now New York was able to prove to the Judge that Trump drastically overvalued his property as equity for a loan.
Let’s say that Trump claimed his buildings were selling for $8,000 a square foot. If the state was able to show the average price for a luxury apartment was $3,800 a square foot, well Trump needs to explain what makes his so much more valuable. He needs to show they are really worth that much.
What it appears NY did was have accountants add up all of Trumps actual assets and compare the total to the claimed value. One example was that Rent Controlled Apartments were claimed to be worth the same as non rent controlled apartments.
The value is obviously not the same. So what did the Trump legal team claim as a defense?
There was a disclaimer in the reports that said something akin to your results may vary.
That is something along the lines of buyer beware. Or good luck doing what I’m doing sucker.