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Letitia James: Mr. Trump represented that his apartment spanned more than 30,000 square feet, which was the basis for valuing the…

On the recordSeptember 21, 2022
Mr. Trump represented that his apartment spanned more than 30,000 square feet, which was the basis for valuing the apartment. In reality, the apartment had an area of less than 11,000 square feet, something that Mr. Trump was well aware of. And based on that inflated square footage, the value of the apartment in 2015 and 2016 was $327 million. To this date, no apartment in New York City has ever sold for close to that amount. Tripling the size of the department for purposes of the valuation was intentional and deliberate fraud. Not an honest mistake.
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Letitia James
New York
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Letitia James provides specific examples of fraudulent misrepresentation by Donald Trump regarding the size and value of his apartment.

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