You aided a criminal in a crime, sir. You don’t get to “relax”.
Maybe he shouldn’t have done all that crime.
“I don’t like cry-babies. Especially men cry-babies. If he was in a war, he’d be the first one captured. After all that crying, they’d release him. Maybe it works. I don’t know. I might try it myself, when I throw Eric under the bus. Is this mic on?”
Big man, strong man, tears running down his face.
Is this Cousin Greg?
There’s one thing that I’ll agree with and that is that it’s always Trump’s underlings who take the heat and bear the consequences for his criminal enterprises.
>Ex-Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney cried after dismantling former President Donald Trump’s claims about the value of Mar-a-Lago in court on Tuesday.
>McConney took the stand to testify for the defense in the former president’s civil business fraud case. New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Trump for $250 million, accusing him of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to obtain benefits such as better bank loans and reduced tax bills between 2011 and 2021. Trump maintains his innocence in the case, accusing prosecutors of targeting him for political purposes. He pleaded not guilty in this case as well as in the other three indictments he’s facing.
>During his testimony, McConney said the Trump Organization valued Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as a residence, not a social club, reported The Messenger’s Adam Klasfeld.
>James has accused Trump of overvaluing the estate, and Trump has said the estate is valued as high as $1.5 billion. James says the estate is operated as a social club but was valued as a private residence to evade restrictions and taxes.
>McConney said his intention was to “always to reflect as best we could the value of these properties.” He also said he does not remember how the estate was valued as a private residence rather than a club.
>A short time later, McConney cried about the number of legal inquiries he is facing after being asked why he no longer works at the Trump Organization, Klasfeld said.
>”I just want to relax and stop being accused of misrepresenting assets for the company that I was working for,” he said. “To be hit with a negative comment every time is just really frustrating.”
>ABC News reported that McConney “broke down on the stand” over having his work questioned. He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
>Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the case, ruled in September that Trump, his adult sons, their businesses and executives committed fraud and will now decide on six other accusations, including falsifying business records, insurance fraud, and conspiracy claims during the trial.
>The trial is civil, not criminal, meaning Trump is not facing jail time. It began in October, with Trump testifying earlier this month. Now, after weeks of James’s office making the case, Engoron has heard the defense’s arguments for the past two weeks.
>*Update 11/21/23, 1:51 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.*
So wait… he was testifying in Trump’s defense, but his testimony confirmed the AG’s accusation?
That seems like the sort of thing the defense would want to avoid.
Should have thought about that before you decided to commit a crime
“He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
That’s not how valuations work.
>”I just want to relax and stop being accused of misrepresenting assets for the company that I was working for,” he said.
To quote the great legal mind of Fletcher Reede, “Stop breaking the law, asshole!”
>He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not represent fully what these assets are worth.
I don’t understand this. Any other business or person needs to clearly define their assets if they are securing loans. How can something (like a residence or property) not have a fully represented value? It isn’t a rare book at auction. It is a property with buildings. It has a defined value.
> numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
Um, that’s exactly what the numbers are supposed to do. I’m pretty sure there is a signed document stating that the numbers are an accurate representation. So did he just admit as testimony for the defense that he lied about property valuation?
I just thought of Kyle Rittenhouse for some reason. Weird.
lmao the reader’s “fairness meter” shows newsweek as “unfair left leaning” at the very end of the article.
Why would you include that graph in your news article in the first place?
I’m waiting for the Truth the calls for his termination. THAT’S why he’s crying. He doesn’t want the cult to come down on him.
“Numbers do not represent fully what these assets are worth.”
Pray tell…
Fuck trump
OMG what a bunch of fuckin weirdos his people are. Jesus Christ. Get a grip.
Sounds like those are tears of self-pity and not remorse. Sad.
He has the worst fuckin’ lawyers.
Terrible, incoherent reporting in the article.
> He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
So he admitted the numbers are not accurate!
I will have zero sympathy for these enablers.
I still don’t understand why this is a civil trial when fraud is a crime… how does he not face criminal charges for this when anyone would?
On a scale Kavanaugh to Rittenhouse how did he do?
My “I just want to relax and stop being accused of misrepresenting assets for the company that I was working for,” T-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt.
“Very, very powerful guy, a big strong guy, with tears coming down his face”
I had Saudi investors offer me 2 billion for it so that’s it’s value, until I have to pay taxes then everything looks like a rummage sale
Trump has the touch of death on anyone that’s worked for or been friends with.
My guy, you are an accountant.
Accountants now better than *any other profession* what is a material misrepresentation and what is not. What is fraud and what is not. What you can and cannot do.
I assume you’re a CPA. And now you want to cry because all of your shitty controls/blatant fraud has come to light. You made your bed.
That guy was a witness for the defense?! Trump’s defense team is not doing a good job defending him when their witness literally gave the exact method they committed fraud.
> He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
The fuck they don’t. That’s literally what this case is about.
Poor guy. Probably was young when he started to work for Trump and now he looks like a morlock.
Boo fucking woo
Translation: I am complicit in decades long white collar fraud. I did this thinking that I would be above the riff-raff we’re so accustomed to fleecing. Now that I am facing the consequences for this fraud I am doing everything in my power to not have my narcissistic image shatter as reality has finally caught up to my arrogance.
If you ever feel that Imposter Syndrome kicking-in at work, just pull up this article and remember that there are very rich, successful clowns out there who are doing far dumber things than you could possibly dream of
> McConney said his intention was to “always to reflect as best we could the value of these properties.” He also said he does not remember how the estate was valued as a private residence rather than a club.
It’s amazing how much of a “hot potato” the defense is trying to make the valuations … *nope, gosh, we just can’t figure out who cooked up the numbers!!*
But somehow, they made it out the door. And the org itself is fucked for that. If they can’t eventually work out exactly who cooked the books, none of it really matters.
It completely sickens me that a total douche bag has this fucked clamp on America. Go Away please!!!!
This is like when Dwight apologizing after he met with Jan and tried to take Michael’s job
People often cry when holding abusers accountable. It’s cathartic. Why is the fact that this witness cried even news?
Cried? What a snowflake. You went to work for trump not a charity. Suck it up buttercup
41 comments
You aided a criminal in a crime, sir. You don’t get to “relax”.
Maybe he shouldn’t have done all that crime.
“I don’t like cry-babies. Especially men cry-babies. If he was in a war, he’d be the first one captured. After all that crying, they’d release him. Maybe it works. I don’t know. I might try it myself, when I throw Eric under the bus. Is this mic on?”
Big man, strong man, tears running down his face.
Is this Cousin Greg?
There’s one thing that I’ll agree with and that is that it’s always Trump’s underlings who take the heat and bear the consequences for his criminal enterprises.
>Ex-Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney cried after dismantling former President Donald Trump’s claims about the value of Mar-a-Lago in court on Tuesday.
>McConney took the stand to testify for the defense in the former president’s civil business fraud case. New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Trump for $250 million, accusing him of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to obtain benefits such as better bank loans and reduced tax bills between 2011 and 2021. Trump maintains his innocence in the case, accusing prosecutors of targeting him for political purposes. He pleaded not guilty in this case as well as in the other three indictments he’s facing.
>During his testimony, McConney said the Trump Organization valued Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as a residence, not a social club, reported The Messenger’s Adam Klasfeld.
>James has accused Trump of overvaluing the estate, and Trump has said the estate is valued as high as $1.5 billion. James says the estate is operated as a social club but was valued as a private residence to evade restrictions and taxes.
>McConney said his intention was to “always to reflect as best we could the value of these properties.” He also said he does not remember how the estate was valued as a private residence rather than a club.
>A short time later, McConney cried about the number of legal inquiries he is facing after being asked why he no longer works at the Trump Organization, Klasfeld said.
>”I just want to relax and stop being accused of misrepresenting assets for the company that I was working for,” he said. “To be hit with a negative comment every time is just really frustrating.”
>ABC News reported that McConney “broke down on the stand” over having his work questioned. He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
>Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the case, ruled in September that Trump, his adult sons, their businesses and executives committed fraud and will now decide on six other accusations, including falsifying business records, insurance fraud, and conspiracy claims during the trial.
>The trial is civil, not criminal, meaning Trump is not facing jail time. It began in October, with Trump testifying earlier this month. Now, after weeks of James’s office making the case, Engoron has heard the defense’s arguments for the past two weeks.
>*Update 11/21/23, 1:51 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.*
So wait… he was testifying in Trump’s defense, but his testimony confirmed the AG’s accusation?
That seems like the sort of thing the defense would want to avoid.
Should have thought about that before you decided to commit a crime
“He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
That’s not how valuations work.
>”I just want to relax and stop being accused of misrepresenting assets for the company that I was working for,” he said.
To quote the great legal mind of Fletcher Reede, “Stop breaking the law, asshole!”
>He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not represent fully what these assets are worth.
I don’t understand this. Any other business or person needs to clearly define their assets if they are securing loans. How can something (like a residence or property) not have a fully represented value? It isn’t a rare book at auction. It is a property with buildings. It has a defined value.
> numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
Um, that’s exactly what the numbers are supposed to do. I’m pretty sure there is a signed document stating that the numbers are an accurate representation. So did he just admit as testimony for the defense that he lied about property valuation?
I just thought of Kyle Rittenhouse for some reason. Weird.
lmao the reader’s “fairness meter” shows newsweek as “unfair left leaning” at the very end of the article.
Why would you include that graph in your news article in the first place?
I’m waiting for the Truth the calls for his termination. THAT’S why he’s crying. He doesn’t want the cult to come down on him.
“Numbers do not represent fully what these assets are worth.”
Pray tell…
Fuck trump
OMG what a bunch of fuckin weirdos his people are. Jesus Christ. Get a grip.
Sounds like those are tears of self-pity and not remorse. Sad.
He has the worst fuckin’ lawyers.
Terrible, incoherent reporting in the article.
> He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
So he admitted the numbers are not accurate!
I will have zero sympathy for these enablers.
I still don’t understand why this is a civil trial when fraud is a crime… how does he not face criminal charges for this when anyone would?
On a scale Kavanaugh to Rittenhouse how did he do?
My “I just want to relax and stop being accused of misrepresenting assets for the company that I was working for,” T-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt.
“Very, very powerful guy, a big strong guy, with tears coming down his face”
I had Saudi investors offer me 2 billion for it so that’s it’s value, until I have to pay taxes then everything looks like a rummage sale
Trump has the touch of death on anyone that’s worked for or been friends with.
My guy, you are an accountant.
Accountants now better than *any other profession* what is a material misrepresentation and what is not. What is fraud and what is not. What you can and cannot do.
I assume you’re a CPA. And now you want to cry because all of your shitty controls/blatant fraud has come to light. You made your bed.
That guy was a witness for the defense?! Trump’s defense team is not doing a good job defending him when their witness literally gave the exact method they committed fraud.
> He said he felt proud of his work at the Trump Organization and that numbers do not “represent fully what these assets are worth.”
The fuck they don’t. That’s literally what this case is about.
Poor guy. Probably was young when he started to work for Trump and now he looks like a morlock.
Boo fucking woo
Translation: I am complicit in decades long white collar fraud. I did this thinking that I would be above the riff-raff we’re so accustomed to fleecing. Now that I am facing the consequences for this fraud I am doing everything in my power to not have my narcissistic image shatter as reality has finally caught up to my arrogance.
If you ever feel that Imposter Syndrome kicking-in at work, just pull up this article and remember that there are very rich, successful clowns out there who are doing far dumber things than you could possibly dream of
> McConney said his intention was to “always to reflect as best we could the value of these properties.” He also said he does not remember how the estate was valued as a private residence rather than a club.
It’s amazing how much of a “hot potato” the defense is trying to make the valuations … *nope, gosh, we just can’t figure out who cooked up the numbers!!*
But somehow, they made it out the door. And the org itself is fucked for that. If they can’t eventually work out exactly who cooked the books, none of it really matters.
It completely sickens me that a total douche bag has this fucked clamp on America. Go Away please!!!!
This is like when Dwight apologizing after he met with Jan and tried to take Michael’s job
People often cry when holding abusers accountable. It’s cathartic. Why is the fact that this witness cried even news?
Cried? What a snowflake. You went to work for trump not a charity. Suck it up buttercup