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Title: Trump Lawyer Warns New York Times of Tax Story ‘Defamation,’ ‘Substantial Liability (Just Do It!!!!)’
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URL Source: https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig- ... famation-substantial-liability
Published: Oct 3, 2018
Author: Craig Bannister
Post Date: 2018-10-03 11:31:21 by IbJensen
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Views: 1889
Comments: 31
The lawyer who won a multi-million dollar libel settlement for Melania Trump is now warning The New York Times about a story suggesting her husband, President Donald Trump, may have committed tax fraud. On Tuesday, the Times published a story, “Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches from His Father,” in which it claims to have obtained confidential tax records and says Trump committed “outright fraud”: “President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.” .... “But The Times’s investigation, based on a vast trove of confidential tax returns and financial records, reveals that Mr. Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate empire, starting when he was a toddler and continuing to this day.” …. “While the records do not include the president’s personal tax returns and reveal little about his recent business dealings at home and abroad, dozens of corporate, partnership and trust tax returns offer the first public accounting of the income he received for decades from various family enterprises.” In its story, the Times links to a statement from Charles J. Harder, a lawyer for Pres. Trump, declaring the story’s allegations are “100% false, and highly defamatory” – and based on “extremely inaccurate” claims. Harder warns that the Times allegations expose it to “substantial liability and damages for defamation”: Statement to The Times from Charles J. Harder, a lawyer for President Trump The New York Times’ allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100% false, and highly defamatory. There was no fraud or tax evasion by anyone. The facts upon which the Times bases its false allegations are extremely inaccurate. All estate matters were handled by licensed attorneys, licensed CPAs and licensed real estate appraisers who followed all laws and rules strictly. All matters were filed with the IRS and New York taxing authorities. The returns and tax positions that the Times now attacks were examined in real time by the relevant taxing authorities. The taxing authorities requested a few minor adjustments, which were made, and then fully approved all of the tax filings. These matters have now been closed for more than a decade. President Trump had virtually no involvement whatsoever with these matters. The affairs were handled by other Trump family members who were not experts themselves and therefore relied entirely upon the aforementioned licensed professionals to ensure full compliance with the law. Should the Times state or imply that President Trump participated in fraud, tax evasion, or any other crime, it will be exposing itself to substantial liability and damages for defamation. In 2017, Mr. Harder won a multi-million dollar settlement and obtained a full retraction and apology for the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, in a libel action against the Daily Mail. The Wall Street Journal reports that the publication paid the First Lady Melania Trump $2.9 million to settle the lawsuit. As The New York Times reported on April 12, 2017: “The Daily Mail apologized to Melania Trump on Wednesday and agreed to pay damages to settle two lawsuits she had filed over an article last year asserting that the professional modeling agency she worked for in the 1990s had also been an escort service.”
Poster Comment: Sue them for enough to put them out of business. Trump will own the rag and rename it TRUMP TIMES! 
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#1. To: IbJensen (#0)
the Daily Mail? The Weekly World News, and the Enquirer are more believable! But more Importantly.....we can add "TAX CHEAT" to the Toad's Twitter profile: "Degenerate, Lying sack-of-shit, Ass-Clown, TAX CHEAT". A few more details on The Time's year-long investigation: "... The Times’s investigation of the Toad family’s finances is unprecedented in scope and precision, offering the first comprehensive look at the inherited fortune and tax dodges that guaranteed The Toad a gilded life..." "...The manipulation of values to evade taxes was central to one of the most important financial events in The Toad’s life. In an episode never before revealed, The Toad and his siblings gained ownership of most of their father’s empire on Nov. 22, 1997, a year and a half before The Toad's father's death. Critical to the complex transaction was the value put on the real estate. The lower its value, the lower the gift taxes. The Trumps dodged hundreds of millions in gift taxes by submitting tax returns that grossly undervalued the properties, claiming they were worth just $41.4 million. The same set of buildings would be sold off over the next decade for more than 16 times that amount..." "... a documentary short on the process, entitled “The Family Business: The Toad and Taxes,” will air Sunday on Showtime..."
Yeah -- but then all three are more credible than MSNBC and CNN, and the NewYork Times and WaPo.
Here's you opportunity. Prove this story is a fabrication. Prove that the journalists who investigated the facts and wrote the story are liars. DAVID BARSTOW, SUSANNE CRAIG and RUSS BUETTNER Put up or shut-up time You should watch the documentary that was produced during the course of the investigation - it's on Showtime this Sunday
As before: I don't care. As long as the Democrats don't purge the Clintons, the corruption of Republicans is not of concern to me. It's a question of who will be master, that is all. It did not have to be this way. I am naturally a fair person. I want the rules to apply to both sides. But the way things have broken out, they don't. The Left does not apply the rules to their side, and they have made great strides by that. Therefore, because I am fair, I have ceased to apply any rules to my own side either. So, now we're all on the same battlefield, one in which victory goes to the strong. My side is stronger, so as long as we don't complicate our lives with rules the other side doesn't obey, we win. Ultimately, I care about winning. The ends justify the means. That's the way the Democrats play. Ok. I can play that way too. Just like World War II, really. You firebomb London and Manchester? We firebomb Hamburg and Dresden. You bomb Pearl Harbor? We nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You chose the means when you started it. We're stronger and better, so we use the same means to clobber you. Easy. America is more conservative than it is liberal. Therefore, if there are no rules, conservatives rather violently throw down liberals. Ok. I'd prefer that the game not be played like that, but the Left does, so that liberates the Right to do the same. And morality and God? God is on the side of the bigger battalions.
Ultimately, I care about winning. The ends justify the means. I'm not sure what this has to do with the NYT investigation of the Toad's greasy tax cheating, but I hope you're feeling better now. I'll only take issue with one of your comments.... "...America is more conservative than it is liberal..." It's my experience that the overwhelming majority of Americans couldn't define the word conservatism, have no idea what is meant by the free market, and have never heard of Milton Friedman, or William F Buckley. What most of America cares about is how they, (themselves, their family, and their community) are doing. They don't want conflict, higher prices, or being told what to do. They want the security of knowing that they'll be ok financially and that they will leave a better life for their children. I don't believe most Americans give a shit about "the left" or "the right" And most Americans are fed-up with what they're seeing in DC. But, please rant on! you've earned it.
It means that as long as the Clintons are not thrown down by the Democrats, I am deaf to complaints about morality on the Right, and simply DO NOT CARE about criminality or corruption or any other activity by the people who are mostly on my side of things
#10. To: Vicomte13 (#9)
So, what would it take for you to feel that the "democrats" have properly "thrown down" the "clintons"? Serious question! In reality, neither of the clintons are in a position of power or representation, and it's a safe bet that they're both finished in government. And please understand my position, I have never supported either clinton and I never will. I have no need to defend them or their actions. I also realize that neither represents any threat to me or to US. Because I believe in Karma, I'm confident that there is ultimately some nasty retribution in store for those who deserve it... So, anyway - what would you have "the democrats" do?
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestIn 2017, Mr. Hard-on won a $2.9 million dollar settlement and obtained a full retraction and apology for the Toad's current spouse, in a libel action against the Daily Mail.
#3. To: Jameson (#1)
The Weekly World News, and the Enquirer are more believable!
#4. To: Liberator (#3)
all three are more credible than NewYork Times
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#8. To: Vicomte13 (#5)
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#9. To: Jameson (#8)
I'm not sure what this has to do with the NYT investigation of the Toad's greasy tax cheating, but I hope you're feeling better now.
Replies to Comment # 9. It means that as long as the Clintons are not thrown down by the Democrats
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