Trump says he has no Trump Organization cell phones and asks judge to end contempt fines

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former President Donald Trump said he no longer has four cell phones identified by the New York attorney general's investigation into the Trump Organization's finances but has turned over his personal phone to be searched as he tries to convince a state judge to lift a civil contempt ruling that so far has cost him $140,000.

In an affidavit filed with the court Friday, Trump said he doesn't currently have any phones, computers or electronic devices issued to him by the Trump Organization and that he has authorized his attorneys to search his homes in Bedminster, New Jersey, his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and his personal residence in Trump Tower for any documents sought by New York Attorney General Letitia James' subpoena.

Trump's filing is his latest effort to try to end a $10,000 per day penalty that has accrued to $140,000. Judge Arthur Engoron previously rebuffed an earlier affidavit from Trump, saying it was "completely devoid of any useful detail." Trump also has appealed the contempt ruling.

In the new filing, Trump said he no longer has a phone given to him by the Trump Organization in 2015, two flip phones, or a Samsung phone he brought with him to the White House that was "taken from me at some point while I was President."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-has-no-trump-organization-cell-phones-and-asks-judge-to-end-contempt-fines/ar-AAX4ZJa

Uh huh

[badhair77]

1. I don't believe him.

[jimfields33]

8. I don't know. I definitely don't have my flip phones from back in the day

I don’t even have my two previous IPhones. Why would anyone keep such old relicts? He’s a liar but old flip phones? I just don’t know.

[onethatcares]

2. Gee, that was easy

"I got rid of those phones a long long time ago. Whatcha gonna do now?"

[kimbutgar]

3. He is such a liar

Ya sure he lost them…….no they are hidden somewhere. I hope someone turns them over.

[twodogsbarking]

4. So he uses burner phones.

[TheRealNorth]

5. I would think it would be easy to determine if the phones were in use

Maybe harder if they were pre-paid/burner phones, but if there was phone plan for the phones, the cell phone provider should at least be able to tell if they were being used.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. His denial is awfully specific.

Like he's trying to reinforce some detail or turn of phrase the investigators got wrong.

[rsdsharp]

7. Again, they do not seem to understand what "custody or control" means.

You don’t have to have physical custody of the phones, dipshit. It’s enough that you can order those who DO have them to turn them over. He didn’t say they don’t exist. He just says he doesn’t have them. That’s not good enough.

[tanyev]

11. Yep. They want to be in charge when it suits them,

and a complete victim of circumstances when it doesn’t.

[Hekate]

9. Add destruction of evidence to the charges, then

[ultralite001]

10. Busywork bull***t...

The RTumpster is "paying" his legal team not to find these items...

RTump's legal team's search terms suck...

If NARA docs can end up at Mar-A-Gogo... Trump Organization docs have been conveniently "mislabeled" or misplaced...

Check w/ the kids... or Jared Kushner...

Check for payments... to cell phone providers... convenience stores... storage facilities...

The truth is out there... somewhere...

[11 Bravo]

12. Words are coming out of the baboon's ass looking hole in his face that he calls a mouth.

Ergo, he's lying.