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Siwsan

(26,333 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:00 PM Dec 2016

Didn't Gulliani prosecute Leona Helmsley for the same tax practices he excuses for Trump?

I was watching his interview with Barbara Walters. He specifically mentioned that the Helmsleys were claiming personal expenses as work expenses, and that was one of the things they were prosecuted for doing.

I'm not very tax or finance savvy, but how is that any different from some of the stuff Trump has done. Specifically his buying that big portrait for his club by using funds from the "Trump Foundation"? Yet Gulliani seems absolutely fine with what Trump has done.

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Didn't Gulliani prosecute Leona Helmsley for the same tax practices he excuses for Trump? (Original Post) Siwsan Dec 2016 OP
leona forgot to pay ghouliani off. unblock Dec 2016 #1
Hmm I guess he forgot that Trump has a history of not paying those he owes. nt cstanleytech Dec 2016 #2
And that was something Alan Dershowitz said about Leona, too Siwsan Dec 2016 #4
He only attacks women like his mentor BSdetect Dec 2016 #3
She was pretty scathing in her assessment of him - no surprise, there Siwsan Dec 2016 #5

unblock

(52,502 posts)
1. leona forgot to pay ghouliani off.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:05 PM
Dec 2016

he's still expecting to get something out of defending donnie, and likely will.

Siwsan

(26,333 posts)
4. And that was something Alan Dershowitz said about Leona, too
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:11 PM
Dec 2016

Specifically, she didn't pay him when he didn't get her completely absolved of all charges.

This degree of bold faced hypocrisy absolutely drives me CRAZY!!

Siwsan

(26,333 posts)
5. She was pretty scathing in her assessment of him - no surprise, there
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:16 PM
Dec 2016

She was a pretty vile person, herself.

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