Comment on Jon Stewart found to have overvalued his NYC home by 829% after labeling Trump’s civil case ‘not victimless’

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Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The argument is actually that Trump didn’t “lie,” he just did exactly what Jon Leibowitz (Stewart) does:

“The attorney general of New York knew that Trump’s property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties,” Stewart added. “It was all part of a very specific real estate practice known as lying.”

In 2014, Stewart sold his 6,280-square-foot Tribeca duplex to financier Parag Pande for $17.5 million.

The property’s asking price at that time is not available in listing records.

But according to 2013-2014 assessor records obtained by The Post, the property had the estimated market-value at only $1.882 million.

The actual assessor valuation was even lower, at $847,174.

Records also show that Stewart paid significantly lower property taxes, which were calculated based on that assessor valuation price — precisely what he called Trump out for doing in his Monday monologue.

So:

Trump based his own “inflated” numbers for loans on what the actual market value would be and, like Leibowitz, paid taxes at the lower assessed value.

They did the same thing, it’s just that Stewart didn’t use his personal home for a mortgage and thus didn’t acquire one that would have given him a loan at the assumed market value…

Do you see what I mean?

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