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Re:Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm by tomjakubowski on Sunday November 05, 2017 @04:44PM (#15631817)
It’s not just “an office building”, it’s a 71 story skyscraper. Even setting aside its highly desirable location a $1M price makes no sense.

The thing is, though, that the only source I can find for the $1M purchase price is Trump’s own mouth, while bragging about its real value (hundreds of millions), and we know he lies and exaggerates all the time.

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Re:Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm by vasilipupkin on Sunday November 05, 2017 @04:47PM (#15631836)
Ok, so either way my point stands. There is no evidence whatsoever that something illegal is taking place ? The op posted this article

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/07/business/40-wall-street-is...

So apparently he bought it roughly for market price ?

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Re:Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm by undersuit on Sunday November 05, 2017 @07:19PM (#15632620)
>There is no evidence whatsoever that something illegal is taking place ?

Why would you want evidence that something illegal was taking place if something illegal was taking place? Sure in the absence of evidence I do believe we cannot declare anyone guilty, but the presumption of innocence doesn't mean we can't cast suspicion.

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Re:Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm by vonnik on Sunday November 05, 2017 @05:05PM (#15631952)
How is 1/8th of the price "market price"? Quite the opposite. You seem to have trouble addressing facts here.

EDIT: Responding to your answer below. You are materially misreporting the substance of the NYT article, which I find to be telling. It says that the building was sold for $8 million two years before, and that Trump paid "less than" that.

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Re:Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm by vasilipupkin on Sunday November 05, 2017 @05:20PM (#15632050)
Did you read the article you posted ? Where does it say he bought it for 1/8th the price ? It doesn't say that anywhere in your article
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