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Donald Trump should be investigated for knowingly and willfully making false statements about debts owed to his Chicago business on his public financial disclosure reports,
according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington with the FBI and Department of Justice.
Between 2015 and 2023, Trump disclosed owing more than $50,000,000 to his Chicago business,
a claim he signed to be “true, complete and correct to the best of [his] knowledge.”
However, a court appointed monitor revealed that she was told by the Trump Organization that this Chicago loan “never existed.”

A false claim of being owed tens of millions of dollars could be part of a tax avoidance scheme known as debt parking or could conceal a hidden debt to another party.
“Donald Trump has a long history of lying about his finances, but there’s a big difference between lying about them in the press and lying about them on a government disclosure,” CREW President Noah Bookbinder said.
“This isn’t his normal puffery. This is another potential violation of criminal law.”
https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/legal-complaints/crew-files-criminal-complaint-against-trump-over-chicago-business/