- The tweets will be presenting my findings from my Trump investigations in the order they were reported in @Newsweek.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795680702134177793
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:33:57 - 1.Trump lied to Congress that he was not meeting with any Indian casino executives when documents and sworn statements show he was.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795680811458719744
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:34:23 - 2.Trump testified under oath that he is willing to claim success on something even when he knows his claim is false.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795681039154716672
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:35:17 - 3. Deutsche Bank concluded Trump net worth at $788 million when he was publicly claiming (and told bank) he was worth multiple billions.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795681296563499010
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:36:18 - 4. Trump said under oath that he determines his net worth based on how he feels.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795681429069987840
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:36:50 - 5. While Trump suggests he has an MBA from prestigious Wharton graduate school, only attended undergraduate program for 2 years. Has no MBA
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795681591003639808
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:37:29 - 6. Trump’s first project, given to him by his dad, lost money, according to state records. Trump has publicly lied that it made money.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795681782599389185
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:38:14 - 7. Trump’s second project was a Broadway show. It bombed, closing after 96 performances. He lost his investment.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795681860982599680
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:38:33 - 8. Trump’s claim that his dad gave him only $1m is a lie. His trust fund was $1 mill. Dad gave $10.4m for a bogus consultant job…(1 of 2)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795682022547214338
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:39:11 - ..guaranteed $70 m loan, got him $35m credit line, laundered $3.35mill 2 Don in illegal casino deal, loaned $7.5m more (never repaid.) 2/2
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795682289355227140
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:40:15 - 10. As Trump claimed great success, tax returns showed not. In ‘78 lost $1.5M. In ‘79, lost $11.4m. No bankruptcy cause dad gave him more $
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795682497581502464
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:41:05 - 11. When Trump built Taj Mahal, testified under oath to NJ he'd only use bank loans, not junk bonds. No bank would lend. Used junk bonds.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795682614740914176
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:41:33 - 12. Trump’s 3 casinos all competed with each other, which is why no banks loans. Taj took business from his other 2 casinos, crippling all.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795682714791899136
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:41:56 - 13. Trump spent huge sums on airline, promising top elegance. People w/ airline experience said it couldnt work. It never turned a profit.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795682982707298304
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:43:00 - 14. After Trump’s top casino execs died in accident, Trump took over running them. Large numbers of execs quit because of his management.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795683107756187648
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:43:30 - 15. When Trump about to default on interest payment for casino, his dad/he broke law by having dad launder $3.35 mill through casino. (1/3)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795683252568788992
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:44:05 - 16. Dad gave Trump another $150,000 loan next day, unreported to banks, in violation of bank agreement. (2/3)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795683356553920512
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:44:29 - 17 Rules breaking in financing (money laundering from dad etc) resulted in sanctions against him from NJ casino commission. (3/3)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795683753960099841
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:46:04 - 18. Trump banks were forced to make deal with him after bankruptcy of casinos because he personally guaranteed loans. If they went…(1/2)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795683864396103682
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:46:31 - .…after personal guarantee, entire Trump empire would collapse and banks would lose billions. Banks loaned him tons more to save him. (2/2)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795683945857875968
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:46:50 - 19. Trump was $3.5 bill in debt. Later, when banks bailed him out, he claimed in books he was $9.5bill in debt to make recovery look better.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795684044201689088
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:47:13 - 21. Trump admitted under oath that, when he claimed he was $9.5 bill in debt in his books, it was a lie and he knew it.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795684157519200256
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:47:40 - 22. No banks will lend to Trump except Deutsche Bank. In 2008, he defaulted on a $640 mill construction loan to them.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795684255649173504
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:48:04 - 23. List of Trump failures: TrumpMortgage, TrumpFinancial, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Trump Shuttle, http://GoTrump.com ...(1/3)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795684407763959815
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:48:40 - 24. ..Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks, Trump Taj, Trump Castle, Trump Plaza, Trump Dubai, Trump University, Trump Toronto, Trump Hollywood..(2/3)
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/795684664983830529
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)Mon, Nov 07 2016 17:49:41