• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    But a later report by The Express mentions that the former president might have not really “sold” the property, but simply transferred its ownership to an organization owned by his son Donald Trump Jr.

    Getting his affairs in order, I see.

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      To me it seems more like trying to hide his assets.

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        I’m wondering if hiding assets is still a thing, when wealthy people have so many legal ways to circumvent taxation. The world is full of tax havens.

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        You’re not legally allowed to own or operate a business from prison, his lawyers probably told him to get the ball rolling on this sooner rather than later

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        It’s Florida, doesn’t the homestead thing criminals from losing their homes?