Donald Trump “arbitrarily” inflated the value of his real estate assets in order to secure favourable insurance premiums, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has testified at the former president’s civil fraud trial.Cohen, who cut ties with the former US president five years ago, is now a key witness in a case brought by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James alleging Trump inflated the value of his family companies’ properties. The lawsuit could break up Trump’s business empire.Cohen testified that Trump tasked him with increasing the value of his company’s assets “based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected”.
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