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A lawyer for the Trumps slammed Judge Barbara S. Jones in a court filing Monday morning, vehemently denying Trump lied about a missing $48 million loan.

Now that the retired federal judge babysitting the Trump Organization has uncovered potential tax fraud at the company, the Trumps responded over the weekend by tasking their own accountant as a monitor that monitors the court monitor.

In an indignant court filing Monday morning, a lawyer for the Trumps for the first time launched an all-out attack on Judge Barbara S. Jones—calling her latest report on the family company an absolute lie, a cheap attempt to justify her government-mandated job, and a last-minute ploy to bolster the New York Attorney General’s bank fraud case that just wrapped up.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 10 months ago (5 children)

the Trumps responded over the weekend by tasking their own accountant as a monitor that monitors the court monitor.

"I'm going to have my own monitor! With blackjack and hookers!"

[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He tried blackjack already. Poor guy couldn't figure out how to keep multiple casinos, an industry known for basically printing money, afloat. Truly baffling considering what a genius businessman he is.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Turns out you can't launder money & profit from a casino at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

He couldn't - utter abject failure loser.

Laundering is integral to casinos profits.

[–] ikapoz 5 points 10 months ago

Which is an amazing achievement for Trump, as usually the issue with trying to launder money through a business is that it looks TOO profitable.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

Repurposing discredited monitors.

But that too might fail to convince the judge, because it came from Jason Flemmons, a CPA who lost credibility when testifying at the recent bank fraud trial. Justice Engoron tore into the accountant last month, noting how Flemmons had “inexplicably” contradicted himself several times and seemed willing to bend over backwards to appease the Trumps. Engoron was annoyed at how Flemmons kept providing cover for the Trump family, like when he asserted that basic accounting principles require that an asset’s present value reflect discounted future income—but refusing to admit the Trumps broke the rules when they failed to do that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I guess they had to get another accountant since the last one went to prison & is barred from working in finances.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Damn it! You beat me to it!

[–] [email protected] 65 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Anyone sick of this? This stunted man/toddler requires the collective co-parenting of an entire nation.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What this fucker requires is a jail sentence.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

I'm more sick of the millions of goddamned morons who want him to have any amount of power whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sick of this? Not me, this collapse is great

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The more things he throws tantrums about, the bigger the change he will get a nice and friendly aneurism.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hope he celebrates with a Big Mac feast and a nice lard milkshake

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

... and then promptly shits his pants, again.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

At this point, Trump throwing tantrums is kinda just assumed. It's hardly news...

Although I have to admit the move to monitor the monitor is hilarious.

"We'll have our own monitor! With blackjack and hookers!"

Edit: damn it, someone already made this joke! I'm leaving it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What if someone tries to monitor our monitor?

We're going to monitor his monitor monitor!

And if they have a monitor monitor monitor?

That's why I've got this monitor monitor monitor monitor!

... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VY_xxL2jL0

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Trump is going to die destitute & in state custody.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

The sooner the better.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

We can only hope to dream. The oligarchy often works to preserve its members so who fucking knows...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

The answer to everything Trump ever says is 'prove it'.