Trump's Expert Witness Says He Was Paid $877,500 for the case.

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NYU accounting professor Eli Bartov testified yesterday as Donald Trump's hired expert witness that he did not believe that Trump committed fraud when he filed financial disclosures in connections with his applications for bank loans. We learned today on cross-examination that Trump paid him $877,500 for his work and testimony on the case.

Bartov testified that he was paid $1,350 an hour and worked a total of 650 hours on the case.

In his testimony yesterday, Bartov claimed that someone valuing their apartment at three times market value because the square footage was tripled was "not that unusual." He also compared Trump's disclaimer clauses on his statement as akin to the Surgeon General's warnings that smoking causes cancer.

What Trump has mostly touted about Bartov's testimony was that he said he saw "no evidence of accounting fraud" in the documents, but he was not permitted to give his opinion on Trump's intent when he inflated the values on some of his properties.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trumps-expert-witness-says-he-was-paid-877500-for-the-case

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Hell, I would've said "I see no evidence of accounting fraud" for *half* that!

Because the fraud apparently wasn't in the accounting (which was, I believe, done by an outside firm anyway) -- it was in the valuations that were given to them.

[brush]

2. Wow! Nice work if you can get it.

At least somebody got paid by trump. And it's backfiring on him. He should've paid for better lawyers. but I'm glad he didn't.

But he'd still eventually be found guilty on some of the 91 felony charges against him, even with good lawyers.

[underpants]

3. 650 hours for one person is 16 weeks

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[spooky3]

22. and since he is a full-time research and teaching professor at NYU, that

means he likely spread those hours (if he actually worked them) over many more weeks.

[Walleye]

4. The judge has already ruled that he committed fraud

[agingdem]

11. Bartov, another of Trump's stenographers,

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was paid a shit-ton of money to counter Judge Engoron's already established fraud decision...

Eli Barton now joins a long list of supposed professionals, doctors, lawyers, accountants, more than willing to prostitute themselves in the name of Trump...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. Minor correction: "willing to prostitute themselves in the service of traitortrump".

[agingdem]

29. Thank you...I stand corrected...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. Glad you took that in the spirit intended. :D

[WhiteTara]

15. and there is no jury to be swayed.

Another failure for tfg.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

32. Agreed. The sole purpose of this hearing is to determine damages.

Whether or not T***p committed fraud has been determined. The only issue now is damages. TFG can pay $300,000 to get someone to give his opinion there wasn't fraud, but the only thing the judge cares about is how much the property was worth at the time of the loan application was submitted or the taxes were paid.

T. is upset that he didn't get to do his song and dance in front of a jury, so he's resorted to having his minions threaten the judge's law clerk to get his way. Typical mob boss behavior.

[Walleye]

33. I think he's so stupid he didn't realize the judge would make the decision. I think he still doesn't believe it

[edhopper]

5. Didn't the cigarette companies

get sued and loss, and the SG warning was ruled to not be a defense?

[LiberalFighter]

6. If he was such an expert why did it take just over 81 days?

Should had been less than a week.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Will he be paid extra after his testimony?

[Timewas]

8. My opinion

For a grand an hour I would opine that rain was dry.

[Chainfire]

9. Whatever part of that he did not get up-front, he will not get at all.

[MOMFUDSKI]

10. What kind of an attorney would discuss his

pay? Wow

[spooky3]

18. Aren't they required to answer the question? Nt

[dpibel]

26. He's not an attorney

He's an expert witness.

Absolutely standard for opposition to ask experts how much they've been paid.

[malaise]

12. Ha

Bet others haven’t been paid

[Johonny]

13. The financial cheif the company served time for tax fraud

But he found nothing unusual about their books. Extordinary.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Beat Me To It!

I'd say this guy isn't much of an expert.
The fact that fraud was committed has been proven TWICE!
But, he saw nothing irregular?

[mopinko]

14. ppl tell the truth for free. liars get the big bucks.

[struggle4progress]

16. Nice Work If You Can Get It

[Blue Owl]

17. A perfectly sane testimony and payment

[NowISeetheLight]

19. NYU

Sounds like NYU needs a new accounting professor

[spooky3]

23. makes you wonder if all of his publications were free from fraud, doesn't it? nt

[moondust]

20. Greed and corruption gone wild!!!

I'd be curious to know the average net worth of everyone serving a substantial prison sentence in the U.S. Could they not afford any "experts" to tip the scales for them?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. This is more than many TFG attorneys have been paid

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Wow!

I've been an expert witness 8 times. I only got paid 5 times, and nothing close to this number per hour. (And, I never spent anywhere close to 600+ hours on a case.)
I wonder how typical it is for an expert witness to get paid at this level.
Or is the fee commiserate with a guarantee of favorable testimony.

[NoMoreRepugs]

27. Donald J Trump is a lifelong continuous bowel movement.

[UTUSN]

30. Hah! There went the "testimony"! - not a wise investment!