Lawyers once did to Trump what the media won't: Make him admit his lies
By Laura Clawson
Wednesday Aug 10, 2016 · 9:56 AM PDT
Donald Trump is not new to this lying game. Trump has been Trumping for years, and a deposition Trump gave in one of his own lawsuits in 2007 shows how central a part of Trump’s persona and reputation his lies are. Trump had sued author Timothy O’Brien after O’Brien reported Trump’s wealth at significantly less than a billion dollars, never mind the multiple billions Trump claims. But it didn’t work out so well for Trump—the lawsuit was dismissed and O’Brien’s lawyers got him on the record with a series of whoppers. Thirty of them, in fact.
Trump’s list of lies included claiming to have been paid $1 million for a speech for which he was paid $400,000, not having borrowed from his father’s estate when he’d borrowed around $9 million, and having sold golf course memberships for $300,000 that he actually sold for $200,000.
In short, Trump lies like he breathes: loudly and constantly.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-lies/
So, Rx readers, if you had under 30.5 lies by Rump, you're a winner!:missingte:money:cheersgif:chest:And they say HRC should be in jail...
By Laura Clawson
Wednesday Aug 10, 2016 · 9:56 AM PDT
Donald Trump is not new to this lying game. Trump has been Trumping for years, and a deposition Trump gave in one of his own lawsuits in 2007 shows how central a part of Trump’s persona and reputation his lies are. Trump had sued author Timothy O’Brien after O’Brien reported Trump’s wealth at significantly less than a billion dollars, never mind the multiple billions Trump claims. But it didn’t work out so well for Trump—the lawsuit was dismissed and O’Brien’s lawyers got him on the record with a series of whoppers. Thirty of them, in fact.
The lawyer played a clip from Larry King’s talk show, in which King asked Trump how many people worked for him. “Twenty-two thousand or so,” Trump said.
“Are all those people on your payroll?” Ceresney asked him.
“No, not directly,” Trump said. He said he was counting employees of other companies that acted as suppliers and subcontractors to his businesses.
That’s like saying your plumber is your employee. The government can arguably say that subcontractor jobs funded by government contracts count as government-created jobs, but Trump’s business is nowhere near big enough to make that claim—even if you believe he’s worth as much as he says he is. Not to mention, Trump’s is a particularly outrageous claim because many of those subcontractors have ended up suing Trump after he stiffed them on what he owed. “Are all those people on your payroll?” Ceresney asked him.
“No, not directly,” Trump said. He said he was counting employees of other companies that acted as suppliers and subcontractors to his businesses.
Trump’s list of lies included claiming to have been paid $1 million for a speech for which he was paid $400,000, not having borrowed from his father’s estate when he’d borrowed around $9 million, and having sold golf course memberships for $300,000 that he actually sold for $200,000.
In short, Trump lies like he breathes: loudly and constantly.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-lies/
So, Rx readers, if you had under 30.5 lies by Rump, you're a winner!:missingte:money:cheersgif:chest:And they say HRC should be in jail...