After a condo project in Florida failed, Donald J. Trump would not confirm his relationship with the project and lied about his involvement under oath. He was listed in the building’s marketing materials, and it had his name on it, yet he denied involvement in the project outside of signing the rights to use his name. The building, which closed after taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in nonrefundable housing deposits, allegedly had nothing to do with Trump.
In his testimony under oath, Trump told the court that, even though the building was marketed as a “signature development by Donald J. Trump, ” he did not develop it. He then explained that sometimes his company develops buildings with his name attached, and sometimes they don’t. When asked why the marketing materials didn’t elaborate on that wishy-washy statement, Trump said, “You can’t put it in the advertising because there’s not enough room.”
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During that testimony, he also went back and forth about who made decisions within the Trump organization. He told lawyers at one point that he is the ultimate decision maker, then said sometimes other people make decisions with or without his approval, but then said that there aren’t any cases in which he doesn’t have approval.
