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Donald Trump Fortune Built by Defrauding the U.S. Government: REPORT<\/b><\/p>\n
Donald Trump\u2019s fortune, described by him as self-made, was amassed by defrauding the U.S. government, according to a lengthy, explosive report built from never-before-seen documents.<\/p>\n
The NYT reports<\/a>: \u201cMr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help. But The Times\u2019s 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\u2019s real estate empire, starting when he was a toddler and continuing to this day. Much of this money came to Mr. Trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes. He and his siblings set up a sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents, records and interviews show. Records indicate that Mr. Trump helped his father take improper tax deductions worth millions more. He also helped formulate a strategy to undervalue his parents\u2019 real estate holdings by hundreds of millions of dollars on tax returns, sharply reducing the tax bill when those properties were transferred to him and his siblings.\u201d\u00a0Full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Donald Trump Fortune Built by Defrauding the U.S. Government: REPORT<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n