New bombshell: Trump committed perjury or lied about trying to bribe Jeb — 'there's no third option'
Under oath, Trump said he did want to get into casino gambling in Florida ... at that time, was opposed to expansion of gaming in Florida, didn't you?
Shocker: Donald Trump Either Committed Perjury or Lied at the September 2015 Republican Debate -Paste Magazine
Donald Trump either lied under oath or during a debate
During that September debate, Bush — who did not want commercial casino gambling in his state — mentioned that Trump gave him “generous” ...
Donald Trump either lied under oath or during a debate
Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush take part in the presidential debates at the Reagan Library in September 2015. The rivals disagreed about Trump's desire to have commercial casino gambling allowed in Florida.
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Donald Trump told conflicting stories about Florida’s would-be commercial casino industry during a 2007 trial and a 2015 presidential debate — meaning he either gave false testimony or lied to American voters.
On the stand under oath, the businessman told a court that he once tried to sway then-Florida Gov. Elect Jeb Bush into expanding the state’s gambling industry so he could open Trump-branded casinos down South, Newsweek reported.
Eight years later, as he battled Bush for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on the debate stage, Trump said the exact opposite.
During that September debate, Bush — who did not want commercial casino gambling in his state — mentioned that Trump gave him “generous” amounts of money to try to convince him otherwise.
“He wanted casino gambling in Florida,” Bush said.
Trump was quick to interrupt the former governor.
“I didn’t … totally false,” he barked. “I promise, if I wanted it, I would have gotten it.”
But Trump did want it and he did use his money to try to get it — at least that’s what he told a courtroom in 2007.
That year, the bombastic boss sued his employee Richard Fields, who was tasked with managing the Trump casino empire’s planned expansion into Florida. Trump claimed he was on track to open casinos in the Sunshine State, but the plan came to a halt when Fields quit and took all the inside information with him.
In court, Trump said he held a fundraiser for Bush, who was campaigning to be Florida’s governor, in the late 1990s. The real estate mogul bragged that the swanky New York City event was “his most successful fundraiser.”
“You knew that Gov. Bush, Jeb Bush at that time, was opposed to expansion of gaming in Florida, didn't you?” a lawyer asked.
Trump (seen at the Shale Insight Conference on Thursday) either lied to voters or committed perjury.
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“I thought that he could be convinced otherwise,” Trump responded.
The attorney then pointed out that Trump — and his money — failed to change Bush’s anti-gambling mind. The businessman said he “never really had that much of an opportunity” to do so because of Field’s resignation.
It’s not clear which of Trump’s two stories is true.
If he tried to bribe Bush into favoring expanded Florida gambling, it means he lied to U.S. voters last fall when he feverishly promised that he didn’t.
And if he didn’t try to buy his way into the state’s casino industry, it means he committed perjury in 2007 when he swore he did.
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