I'm "Honest," Trump Pleads After New Tax Fraud Case Exposed

Defeated ex-president Donald Trump released a video on Thursday in which he tried to downplay a Daily Beast report that a huge tax deduction he received on one of his idle properties may have been obtained fraudulently, Brandon Gage reported for Alternet.

Photo Insert: Trump accused President Joe Biden and his family of "taking advantage of government" and then suggested that he is facing persecution for "being honest," a virtue that has eluded him since birth.

Trump is currently facing a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit in New York, which is just one of the many legal predicaments that are shadowing his run for the presidency in 2024. But what Jose Pagliery of the Daily Beast uncovered about his Seven Springs estate could further deepen his woes.

The report stressed that Trump got at least $3.5 million in tax reduction for reserving the property for conservation even as it brings a paltry income for the defeated GOP presidential candidate annually.

The situation may play right into the hands of the New York attorney general who is going after Trump for inflating his company's portfolio and using the tax code to bail out failed investments.

Pagliery's exposé struck a nerve in Trump, who denied any wrongdoing and declared himself a victim of an unspecified nefarious plot by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is another lie by the congenitally dishonest Trump.

He accused President Joe Biden and his family of "taking advantage of government" and then suggested that he is facing persecution for "being honest," a virtue that has eluded him since birth.

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