前总统唐纳德·特朗普根据纽约司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯(Letitia James)办公室周三提交给法院的文件，他经常夸大自己的净资产，有时超过20亿美元，而他持有的房地产的实际价值远低于他声称的价值。

司法部长办公室将这些数字包括在一项即决判决的动议中，该动议要求法院在总检察长面前解决民事欺诈索赔2 . 5亿美元的民事诉讼对特朗普的指控开庭。

与此同时，根据周三公布的证词记录，这位前总统在4月份的证词中称自己的房地产投资组合为“房地产界的蒙娜丽莎”。

“我们有赚钱的房产，但由于房产的质量，你可以卖很多很多次，就像苏格兰的Turnberry，”特朗普说。“我可以卖掉它。这就像卖画一样。一幅挂在墙上的画卖2.5亿美元，却没有收入。它只是挂在墙上，但却卖数字。”

与他在詹姆斯面前的第一次证词不同，特朗普在4月份的证词中数百次援引了第五修正案反对自证其罪的权利，这位前总统回答了几个小时关于他的房地产持有量的问题，他表示，这些持有量的价值远远高于房地产估值上出现的价值。

特朗普4月13日在华尔街附近的司法部长办公室作证时说，“我有——从字面上看，我有一些世界上最伟大的财产，它们以Mar-a-Lago的名义出售，我在欧洲拥有的一些东西，我在纽约拥有的一些东西，甚至像在57街和第五街的特朗普大厦，这是最好的位置。”“我拥有巨大的资产。”

詹姆斯去年带来了一个2.5亿美元的诉讼针对特朗普、他的孩子和他的公司，指控他们“严重”夸大前总统的净资产数十亿美元，并用虚假和误导的财务报表欺骗贷款人和其他人。特朗普坚称自己没有做错任何事，并抨击身为黑人的詹姆斯是种族主义者。

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审判定于10月开始。

2014年，特朗普在其财务状况声明中声称持有67亿美元的资产，但司法部长办公室在周三的文件中表示，这一数字将特朗普当年的实际净资产夸大了22亿美元以上。

“根据无可争议的证据，法院不需要进行审判就可以确定被告在sfc中提出了严重和重大夸大的资产价值，然后在商业交易中反复使用这些sfc来欺诈银行和保险公司，”文件称。

司法部长周三提交的文件称，特朗普对他在佛罗里达州的Mar-a-Lago房产进行了估价，“就好像它可以作为私人家庭住宅出售，价格在3.47亿美元至7.39亿美元之间。”文件称，这些数字忽略了对该地产开发方式的限制。

文件称，在同一时期，棕榈滩县根据其作为社交俱乐部的限制用途，对该房产的市场价值进行了评估，介于1800万美元至2760万美元之间。

司法部长办公室还表示，特朗普在他的许多高尔夫俱乐部的价值上增加了15-30%的“品牌溢价”，并夸大了他在纽约市特朗普公园大道拥有的未出售公寓的价值。文件称，特朗普对租金稳定的公寓进行了估值，就好像它们没有租金稳定一样，并对其他未售出的单元进行了估值，超过了当前的市场价值。

文件称，特朗普的女儿伊万卡·特朗普租赁的两套公寓的价值，是她购买这些单元的合同选择权价格的两到三倍。

特朗普的法律团队预计将反对简易判决的动议。

特朗普在周三公布的4月份证词中表示，作为总统，他将除重大商业决策以外的所有决策都交给了成年子女，因为他太忙了，无法运营公司，而且他担心潜在的冲突。他说，他指示小唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump Jr .)和埃里克·特朗普(Eric Trump)不要做任何新的房地产交易，只经营公司现有的地产。

特朗普吹嘘他的高尔夫球场和其他财产，并声称手头有4亿美元现金，尽管他在作证时承认他的法律账单越来越多。

“不幸的是，我最大的开销可能是律师费。没关系。但是我们有很多现金。我们有巨大的资产。我们有一家非常有价值的公司，”特朗普说。

Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion, New York AG says in filing

Former PresidentDonald Trumproutinely overstated his net worth -- sometimes by more than $2 billion -- during years when the actual values of his real estate holdings were far less than he claimed, according to a court filing Wednesday by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The attorney general's office included the numbers in a motion for summary judgement that asks the court to resolve a civil fraud claim before the AG's$250 million civil suitagainst Trump goes to trial.

The former president, meanwhile, called his real estate portfolio "the Mona Lisa of properties" during an April deposition in the suit, according to a transcript of the deposition that was made public Wednesday.

"We have properties that make money, but you can sell for many, many times because of the quality of the property, like a Turnberry in Scotland," Trump said, according to the transcript. "I could sell that. That's like selling a painting. A painting on a wall that sells for $250 million and doesn't make income. It just sits on a wall, but it sells for numbers."

Unlike his first deposition with James, during which Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination hundreds of times, the former president in the April deposition answered questions for hours about his real estate holdings, which he suggested are worth far more than what appeared on property valuations.

"I have -- literally, I have some of the greatest pieces of property in the world and they sell -- as Mar-a-Lago, some of the things I own in Europe, some of the things I own in New York, even like at Trump Towers, 57th and Fifth, it's the best location," Trump said at the April 13 deposition at the attorney general's office near Wall Street. "I have great assets."

James last year brought a$250 million lawsuitagainst Trump, his children and his company that accuses them of "grossly" inflating the former president's net worth by billions of dollars and cheating lenders and others with false and misleading financial statements. Trump has insisted he has done nothing wrong and has attacked James, who is Black, as racist.

The trial is scheduled to begin in October.

In 2014, Trump claimed on his statements of financial condition to be holding $6.7 billion in assets -- but the attorney general's office said in Wednesday's filing that figure overstated Trump's actual net worth that year by more than $2.2 billion.

"Based on the undisputed evidence, no trial is required for the Court to determine that Defendants presented grossly and materially inflated asset values in the SFCs and then used those SFCs repeatedly in business transactions to defraud banks and insurers," the filing said.

The attorney general's filing Wednesday said Trump valued his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate "as if it could be sold as a private single family residence for amounts ranging between $347 million to $739 million." The filing said those figures ignored limitations placed on how the property could be developed.

During that same period, the property was assessed by Palm Beach County as having a market value based on its restricted use as a social club ranging between $18 million to $27.6 million, the filing said.

The attorney general's office also said Trump tacked on an extra 15-30% "brand premium" to the value of many of his golf clubs and inflated the value of unsold condominium units he owned at Trump Park Avenue in New York City. The filing said Trump valued rent stabilized apartments as if they were not rent stabilized, and valued other unsold units in excess of current market value.

Two apartments leased by Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, were valued at amounts two to three times the price at which she had the contractual option to purchase the units, the filing said.

Trump's legal team is expected to oppose the motion for summary judgment.

In his April deposition released Wednesday, Trump said that as president, he turned over all but major business decisions to his adult children because he was too busy to run the company and he was concerned about potential conflicts. He said he instructed Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump not to do any new real estate deals -- only run the company's existing properties.

Trump boasted about his golf courses and other properties, and claimed to have $400 million in cash on hand, though he conceded during the deposition his legal bills were adding up.

"My biggest expense is probably legal fees, unfortunately. That's OK. But we have a lot of cash. We have great assets. And we have a very valuable company," Trump said.