Thank you for the update; it clarified several points for me. Net is, even though we seem like it’s glacial progress in holding that man accountable for all of his sleaze, it is progress nevertheless. And I must say I’m looking forward to the televised trial(s), and your continued clarifications and explanations. Thank you!
We on this list are all looking forward to Georgia trial of The Racketeer in Chief but that won’t be for some time. But after this civil trial finishes in a month’s time ,
Trump will be out of business and “broke”. He might have to sell the plane. But most importantly Trump has finally been revealed for all the world to know that he never was a self made billionaire. In fact he inherited all his wealth from daddy and now has lost it all. What a loser who will be going to prison eventually.
Good point. You are probably correct but I do not know that answer. However, he could end up penniless believe it or not except for all his hidden money outside the USA.
Feeling uplifted at last this Monday morning as we become immersed in another week of disturbing events. Thank you for explaining this great news in such readable format, Joyce!
Thanks for doing all the hard work for us Mrs Vance. I am not sure any of us knew a year ago how deep and complicated these matters would become. Good to see the Civil case come to fruition.
The case that might at first have seemed like small potatoes is proving to be of colossal significance. Attorney General James has done New York, and the rest of the USA, a solid!
It would be pretty nifty if a receiver sells the real estate at a bargain, secured creditor liens are satisfied, and there’s bupkis left for the Trumps.
I hope E. Jean gets paid. The trial to determine how much Trump must pay her is scheduled for January 2024. So her attorney may not have been able to file a lien.
I’d assume he’ll appeal. Litigators on here could confirm that there will be more than enough time to allow her to have her day in court before a receiver gets going.
PS #1 Marnie, do you think that should there be a receiver, do the liens get paid in the order they are filed? Or does the receiver lump them all together, and should there not be enough equity to pay everyone 100% of their lien would the receiver then pay only a percentage to everyone? And would the IRS be in first position, no matter who had filed a lien prior to the IRS lien (or New York State tax liens)? I guess I’m wondering if E. Jean would be at the bottom of the line because she’s not the big player in the room like the IRS and the New York State tax commission.
I’m just plain exhausted hearing about the special treatment being provided to Trump (not required to show Oct 16 in DC because it would be too troublesome) and all his (successful) efforts to delay. Enough already, let’s get in with this. Another guy would be in jail. Just look at the Crypto guy. Much more of this and I really don’t see how anybody can have much respect for the system or believe in it unless you are white, rich, powerful and politically connected because all the legal analysis is chatter if Trump gets to manipulate the system.
And Fred Trump is turning over in his grave. All of the schemes and crimes he hid for years are coming undone because his son is so power hungry that he blew it. Trump failed his businesses and his father! And there lies DJT’s prison from now until his death.
Indeed... well parried. Perchance do you also follow Mary Trump's substack?... she is so articulate (and both very high IQ/EQ) and knows all the family horror story dirt... 100x worse than any soap opera.
Trump’s downfall was actually “winning” the Electoral College vote in 2016, instead of the Brand Identity of being in the race. He never thought he’d win, thus would not be subjecting his frauds to intense scrutiny that comes with being President; however once he tasted the power it was akin to Gollum’s My Precious ring. He thought he was invincible. Trump failed spelling “invisible”. Now being “ringless” His frauds are being exposed
Well-put, Dave. I like your framing of "Trump's dilemma". Maybe someday some composer could write a searing opera about it. It would have to be an opera because the truth itself is beyond fantasy. Not too soon, though- we need time to recover from the drama, and an opera would have to be a cautionary tale, too deep and intense to process this soon after the fact.
As a songwriter, there’s a lot of low hanging fruit to bear but first think of Mel Brooks’ The Producers” with “Springtime for Hitler in Germany”; I’m gonna go with “Making America FUBAR Again”
Fred really is not turning over in his grave because most of the schemes in passing money from one generation to next like Donal as well, were invented by daddy zFred who was a successful builder and also a crook,
TBH all he ever wanted was his dad's praise, but never got it. All cut from the same (ilk) cloth. This is so totally karma. Had he not run for office, he could have just kept on grifting until he was six feet under.
Joyce, On today's Al Franken podcast, Norm Ornstein suggests that Trump's threats to General Milley's life are an indirect way to threaten witnesses, jurors, attorneys, judges, and others in his upcoming and current trials. That fits w/ Trump's MO as a mob boss. Mitt Romney acknowledged spending thousands for personal & family security to keep safe from MAGA violence. Can judges or prosecutors sanction Trump for this type of threat?
You can bet your last dollar. If it were you, I, or any other citizen, that’s exactly what would happen. When any one of these 4 indictments were handed down by the respective Grand Juries, we wouldn’t have received any phone call and told to report to the court to surrender the following week. We would have had our home raided, while we slept, and we would have been cuffed and led out of our homes by federal marshals to an awaiting armored vehicle.
I’m sick of all thus preferential treatment this 🍓💩🤡is, and has been, receiving! And yet, once again, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is asking, yet again, for a “Gag Order” be placed on Trump!
Lock his ass in a cell, without internet, without cell phone access, without any computer access whatsoever, and without telephone or camera access.
Trump’s been invoking violence frequently. Remember the rally at Waco? Then the intimidating words, If you threaten me, then I’ll do the same, his pose buying a gun, and then the deathly shade he cast on General Milley? Ruth Ben-Ghiat follows Trump’s “Strongman” moves closely. Today she conversed with Alicia Menendez on MSNBC. She also writes the Lucid byline here on Substack.
It's difficult to keep up with Trump's shenanigans. I saw the photo of the Glock gun stunt - but honestly thought it was from years ago. The one thing we won't need to worry about with Trump having a gun is him shooting it himself. The alleged don-Don will get someone else to do his dirty work.
I don't know what the options are - jail, fines, or ? I imagine he'd invoke his First Amendment rights, and I don't know how our legal system handles indirect threats like his which have provoked individuals to violence and the mob to the Jan. 6 attempted coup.
Although the First Amendment is the “Freedom of Speech” Amendment, it does NOT give anyone the right to pose threats of violence against others, of any kind.
Trump, and his ‘campaign’ continue to scream he has the First Amendment right to speak at his ‘campaign appearances’. Yes, he does, but not about the cases against him, not about any of the prosecution teams, justices, attorneys, witnesses, or their families. And such utterance of any of this is a violation of his court order.
Trump has very clearly violated this court order time and time again. What he is doing is essentially rewriting criminal law, because if any if us had committed one-tenth of the crimes he’s accused of, we world not be walking the streets. We would have been dragged out of our home in handcuffs in the middle of the night by the U. S. Marshals!
I will be at work on Monday with a lot of Federal workers. I’m happy about that. Trumps NY civil trial starts Monday too. Wow like winning the Lottery. Don’t forget even with all of your legal reporting from the Supremes to NY civil your readers need to Pickles and Ruth too. We are in this together.
I'm also looking forward to the state and Federal tax audits and charges that should be coming. Since Trump et al were found guilty of fraud the statute of limitations on tax charges shouldn't apply. And, since Trump used LLCs, the additional taxes, interest and penalties all flow through to the owners.
I'm sorry I didn't provide more information in my initial response. I was only referring to Federal tax return fraud. There is a 6 year Federal statute of limitations in the Internal Revenue Code for substantial understatements of income which means you've left off more than 25% of the gross income you included on your Federal tax return., but it's not for fraud; it's for an omission. It also applies if you overstated your "basis" (tax jargon roughly equivalent to investment) in any transactions involving your assets. However, there is no statute of limitations if you committed fraud on any Federal tax return. There is also a penalty if any of your tax underpayment is due to fraud. The penalty is 75% of the underpayment due to fraud. This is in addition to the additional tax owed and interest charged. When the Treasury Dept (IRS is part of Treasury) goes after a taxpayer for civil fraud the taxpayer basically has prove there was no fraud. If it's criminal fraud, the burden of proof is on the IRS. I truly hope they get Trump for tax fraud and hit him with the fraud penalty. This would also mean that Don Jr and Eric would be in the same boat.
And buying a hand gun while under 91 felony indictments?????
Not just any gun and the suggestion he wanted to buy one on the spur of the moment is garbage. That weapon would have taken a long time to prepare the engravings and I’m going suggest, and I think quite accurately actually, that Trump personally approved every component of the design. And yet here we continue - no repercussions. The more nothing is done the braver he gets and the more the courts are contributing to the destruction of the democratic experiment.
Can Don and Hunter call each other as witnesses for their trials? Would Hunter have to announce as a Presidential candidate to have his case suspended until after the election? Which Party would he run under? (Guns and tax fraud make him a more attractive candidate than the Seven Dwarves running against Trump.) could Hunter beat his Dad? If so, would Joe concede? This could be next year’s Fox Reality Show!
And, Trump has even bragged about Hunter Biden being charged and now indicted for his gun charge! He also stated in his ‘campaign speech’ that “no one is above the law!”
I had a shotgun special ordered from Remington years ago. I did this through a gun shop. It was for a graduating senior. It had special engraving to be done in it, and the barrel. It took three months to order, and receive the shotgun.
This firearm here, with all this special engraving, etc that’s on it, with Trumps ‘likeness’ engraved in it has taken at least three months to order, approve the design and engraving art, and then get it engraved. It’s not a ‘spur-of-the-moment’, “I’m going to walk into this gun shop and purchase this firearm with my kindness and other special engraving” today!
If Trump 🍓💩🤡 thinks that will fly with us, he’s totally liar what little brains, mind, he had!
Ahem, for the aforementioned senior lawfully receiving the weapon independently from a duly licensed FFL following all the appropriate documentation. Just covering YA, Dan.
Thanks, Steve. I did forget to mention all that, didn’t I! I, and his uncle, who was also a retired law enforcement officer, went one step further than the law required. We had the same exact turn from the gun shop we completed when we purchased, and ordered the shotgun. We had his grandson complete the turn on Christmas morning, after we presented him with the weapon.
As I am fond of saying on occasions such as Trump’s loss of ability to conduct business due to his fantasy world practices- either you deal with reality or else Reality will deal with you.
Is the Georgia DA Fani Willis elected or appointed? Would that make a difference in how her removal is done and would she have recourse to countersue for her job? Or could the public sue for effectively nullifying their votes? Makes me angry that a public representative can just be disappeared without cause; doesn't seem democratic.
Actually, Scott Hall is intimately tied to Sidney Powell, as she more or less directed the improper removal of the vote processing hard drive from the Coffee County, GA, elections office...Hall and two other indictees did the deed, and so Hall has some serious testimony implicating Powell, which no doubt was part of his plea deal.
I believe she did, when I read it that's what I thought. I see these typo issues all over the place, no one is immune, I'm not sure if it comes from typing as fast as you think, not my problem, or maybe it's the software interpreting the spoken word, I've tried that with very limited success, it was more hassle than it was worth, after all of the corrections were put in.. This looks like it's going to be fun.
I noticed another 'kinda' typo - but didn't want to bring it up to our Queen Joyce. But we have been referring to 'Mara Largo' as 'Mara Lardo.' Joyce spelled it 'Largo.'
Thank you for the update; it clarified several points for me. Net is, even though we seem like it’s glacial progress in holding that man accountable for all of his sleaze, it is progress nevertheless. And I must say I’m looking forward to the televised trial(s), and your continued clarifications and explanations. Thank you!
We on this list are all looking forward to Georgia trial of The Racketeer in Chief but that won’t be for some time. But after this civil trial finishes in a month’s time ,
Trump will be out of business and “broke”. He might have to sell the plane. But most importantly Trump has finally been revealed for all the world to know that he never was a self made billionaire. In fact he inherited all his wealth from daddy and now has lost it all. What a loser who will be going to prison eventually.
I do believe that the bank is repossessing his plane !! Now take away his passport !!
I believe that he's going to flee before they come after the plane.
Does he own the plane or lease it? Might have to downsize to a Lear.
Good point. You are probably correct but I do not know that answer. However, he could end up penniless believe it or not except for all his hidden money outside the USA.
He bought is in 2011 for a reported $100M
Operative word “reported.” 😀
So, it has been the same plane refurbished since then?
For a plane? He got ripped off.
He owns it. I read somewhere that it's 30 years old.
Or he might be walking instead of flying high!
Feeling uplifted at last this Monday morning as we become immersed in another week of disturbing events. Thank you for explaining this great news in such readable format, Joyce!
Thanks for doing all the hard work for us Mrs Vance. I am not sure any of us knew a year ago how deep and complicated these matters would become. Good to see the Civil case come to fruition.
The case that might at first have seemed like small potatoes is proving to be of colossal significance. Attorney General James has done New York, and the rest of the USA, a solid!
It would be pretty nifty if a receiver sells the real estate at a bargain, secured creditor liens are satisfied, and there’s bupkis left for the Trumps.
Commercial vacancies are up (Thanks to Covid-19) leaving justification for downward valuation at sale, like a kiss from Karma.
"from your mouth to God's ears" come to mind 😉🙏
My dream would come true!!
Very nifty indeed!
I hope E. Jean gets paid. The trial to determine how much Trump must pay her is scheduled for January 2024. So her attorney may not have been able to file a lien.
I’d assume he’ll appeal. Litigators on here could confirm that there will be more than enough time to allow her to have her day in court before a receiver gets going.
PS #1 Marnie, do you think that should there be a receiver, do the liens get paid in the order they are filed? Or does the receiver lump them all together, and should there not be enough equity to pay everyone 100% of their lien would the receiver then pay only a percentage to everyone? And would the IRS be in first position, no matter who had filed a lien prior to the IRS lien (or New York State tax liens)? I guess I’m wondering if E. Jean would be at the bottom of the line because she’s not the big player in the room like the IRS and the New York State tax commission.
Thank you Marnie. I’ve wanted her to have Trump Towers.
That is essentially what will happen.
It will take years to sell the Trump Towers.
I’m just plain exhausted hearing about the special treatment being provided to Trump (not required to show Oct 16 in DC because it would be too troublesome) and all his (successful) efforts to delay. Enough already, let’s get in with this. Another guy would be in jail. Just look at the Crypto guy. Much more of this and I really don’t see how anybody can have much respect for the system or believe in it unless you are white, rich, powerful and politically connected because all the legal analysis is chatter if Trump gets to manipulate the system.
This. Exactly. Spot-on. 💯🎯
I know, right? He doesn’t have that concern as he crisscrosses the country to spew his lies, venom and threats
Yup. If he weren't The Psychopth he'd be in jail.
And Fred Trump is turning over in his grave. All of the schemes and crimes he hid for years are coming undone because his son is so power hungry that he blew it. Trump failed his businesses and his father! And there lies DJT’s prison from now until his death.
Indeed... well parried. Perchance do you also follow Mary Trump's substack?... she is so articulate (and both very high IQ/EQ) and knows all the family horror story dirt... 100x worse than any soap opera.
Yes I do plus I read her excellent book!
Trump’s downfall was actually “winning” the Electoral College vote in 2016, instead of the Brand Identity of being in the race. He never thought he’d win, thus would not be subjecting his frauds to intense scrutiny that comes with being President; however once he tasted the power it was akin to Gollum’s My Precious ring. He thought he was invincible. Trump failed spelling “invisible”. Now being “ringless” His frauds are being exposed
Since the Dobbs ruling, the GOP has been compared to the dog who caught the car. The same might apply to Trump's getting elected in 2016.
Chuckle, “now what!?”
Well-put, Dave. I like your framing of "Trump's dilemma". Maybe someday some composer could write a searing opera about it. It would have to be an opera because the truth itself is beyond fantasy. Not too soon, though- we need time to recover from the drama, and an opera would have to be a cautionary tale, too deep and intense to process this soon after the fact.
As a songwriter, there’s a lot of low hanging fruit to bear but first think of Mel Brooks’ The Producers” with “Springtime for Hitler in Germany”; I’m gonna go with “Making America FUBAR Again”
Agreed
Fred really is not turning over in his grave because most of the schemes in passing money from one generation to next like Donal as well, were invented by daddy zFred who was a successful builder and also a crook,
TBH all he ever wanted was his dad's praise, but never got it. All cut from the same (ilk) cloth. This is so totally karma. Had he not run for office, he could have just kept on grifting until he was six feet under.
Joyce, On today's Al Franken podcast, Norm Ornstein suggests that Trump's threats to General Milley's life are an indirect way to threaten witnesses, jurors, attorneys, judges, and others in his upcoming and current trials. That fits w/ Trump's MO as a mob boss. Mitt Romney acknowledged spending thousands for personal & family security to keep safe from MAGA violence. Can judges or prosecutors sanction Trump for this type of threat?
I would have rather seen Trump handcuffed and hauled off in the middle of the night to jail for those threats.
You can bet your last dollar. If it were you, I, or any other citizen, that’s exactly what would happen. When any one of these 4 indictments were handed down by the respective Grand Juries, we wouldn’t have received any phone call and told to report to the court to surrender the following week. We would have had our home raided, while we slept, and we would have been cuffed and led out of our homes by federal marshals to an awaiting armored vehicle.
I’m sick of all thus preferential treatment this 🍓💩🤡is, and has been, receiving! And yet, once again, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is asking, yet again, for a “Gag Order” be placed on Trump!
Lock his ass in a cell, without internet, without cell phone access, without any computer access whatsoever, and without telephone or camera access.
Start treating him like the criminal he is!
From your mouth to God's ear, as grandma used to say.
Trump’s been invoking violence frequently. Remember the rally at Waco? Then the intimidating words, If you threaten me, then I’ll do the same, his pose buying a gun, and then the deathly shade he cast on General Milley? Ruth Ben-Ghiat follows Trump’s “Strongman” moves closely. Today she conversed with Alicia Menendez on MSNBC. She also writes the Lucid byline here on Substack.
It's difficult to keep up with Trump's shenanigans. I saw the photo of the Glock gun stunt - but honestly thought it was from years ago. The one thing we won't need to worry about with Trump having a gun is him shooting it himself. The alleged don-Don will get someone else to do his dirty work.
On 09/29/2023 Mr. Smith submitted a reply to TFG's answer about a 'gag' order. In it he referenced TFG's truth social post about the General.
"On September 22, on Truth Social, the defendant falsely claimed that the retiring Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a witness cited in the indictment, had committed treason and
suggested that he should be executed."
It has been stated elsewhere that the Judge Chutkan could impose monetary fines, revoke his bail, or MOVE up the date his trial starts.
The reply can be found here:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24000428/trumpreply.pdf
At this rate, since he can't shut his yapper, the trial will be a week from Friday!
Can he be fined $1 million per threat? Is that what you mean, Laurie?
Can he be fined $1 million per threat? Is that what you mean, Laurie?
I don't know what the options are - jail, fines, or ? I imagine he'd invoke his First Amendment rights, and I don't know how our legal system handles indirect threats like his which have provoked individuals to violence and the mob to the Jan. 6 attempted coup.
Although the First Amendment is the “Freedom of Speech” Amendment, it does NOT give anyone the right to pose threats of violence against others, of any kind.
Trump, and his ‘campaign’ continue to scream he has the First Amendment right to speak at his ‘campaign appearances’. Yes, he does, but not about the cases against him, not about any of the prosecution teams, justices, attorneys, witnesses, or their families. And such utterance of any of this is a violation of his court order.
Trump has very clearly violated this court order time and time again. What he is doing is essentially rewriting criminal law, because if any if us had committed one-tenth of the crimes he’s accused of, we world not be walking the streets. We would have been dragged out of our home in handcuffs in the middle of the night by the U. S. Marshals!
Joyce,
I will be at work on Monday with a lot of Federal workers. I’m happy about that. Trumps NY civil trial starts Monday too. Wow like winning the Lottery. Don’t forget even with all of your legal reporting from the Supremes to NY civil your readers need to Pickles and Ruth too. We are in this together.
Pickles, Ruth, Tofu, German Shepherd and the sisters.
I'm also looking forward to the state and Federal tax audits and charges that should be coming. Since Trump et al were found guilty of fraud the statute of limitations on tax charges shouldn't apply. And, since Trump used LLCs, the additional taxes, interest and penalties all flow through to the owners.
There is a statute of limitations even for fraud. It’s 6 years. But it sounds like there are several years that will fall in there.
I'm sorry I didn't provide more information in my initial response. I was only referring to Federal tax return fraud. There is a 6 year Federal statute of limitations in the Internal Revenue Code for substantial understatements of income which means you've left off more than 25% of the gross income you included on your Federal tax return., but it's not for fraud; it's for an omission. It also applies if you overstated your "basis" (tax jargon roughly equivalent to investment) in any transactions involving your assets. However, there is no statute of limitations if you committed fraud on any Federal tax return. There is also a penalty if any of your tax underpayment is due to fraud. The penalty is 75% of the underpayment due to fraud. This is in addition to the additional tax owed and interest charged. When the Treasury Dept (IRS is part of Treasury) goes after a taxpayer for civil fraud the taxpayer basically has prove there was no fraud. If it's criminal fraud, the burden of proof is on the IRS. I truly hope they get Trump for tax fraud and hit him with the fraud penalty. This would also mean that Don Jr and Eric would be in the same boat.
Thank you Patricia.
And buying a hand gun while under 91 felony indictments?????
Not just any gun and the suggestion he wanted to buy one on the spur of the moment is garbage. That weapon would have taken a long time to prepare the engravings and I’m going suggest, and I think quite accurately actually, that Trump personally approved every component of the design. And yet here we continue - no repercussions. The more nothing is done the braver he gets and the more the courts are contributing to the destruction of the democratic experiment.
And I love the irony that it is the same statue that Hunter Biden is charged with.
No one is above the law.
Except Hunter has been charged. Trump has not been and I’d bet he won’t be.
Can Don and Hunter call each other as witnesses for their trials? Would Hunter have to announce as a Presidential candidate to have his case suspended until after the election? Which Party would he run under? (Guns and tax fraud make him a more attractive candidate than the Seven Dwarves running against Trump.) could Hunter beat his Dad? If so, would Joe concede? This could be next year’s Fox Reality Show!
LOL - I'm sure you were the most prolific writer as a kid in G & T. Let's help Hunter with this!
Excellent analysis, Steve!
And, Trump has even bragged about Hunter Biden being charged and now indicted for his gun charge! He also stated in his ‘campaign speech’ that “no one is above the law!”
I had a shotgun special ordered from Remington years ago. I did this through a gun shop. It was for a graduating senior. It had special engraving to be done in it, and the barrel. It took three months to order, and receive the shotgun.
This firearm here, with all this special engraving, etc that’s on it, with Trumps ‘likeness’ engraved in it has taken at least three months to order, approve the design and engraving art, and then get it engraved. It’s not a ‘spur-of-the-moment’, “I’m going to walk into this gun shop and purchase this firearm with my kindness and other special engraving” today!
If Trump 🍓💩🤡 thinks that will fly with us, he’s totally liar what little brains, mind, he had!
Ahem, for the aforementioned senior lawfully receiving the weapon independently from a duly licensed FFL following all the appropriate documentation. Just covering YA, Dan.
Thanks, Steve. I did forget to mention all that, didn’t I! I, and his uncle, who was also a retired law enforcement officer, went one step further than the law required. We had the same exact turn from the gun shop we completed when we purchased, and ordered the shotgun. We had his grandson complete the turn on Christmas morning, after we presented him with the weapon.
I trust ya.
As I am fond of saying on occasions such as Trump’s loss of ability to conduct business due to his fantasy world practices- either you deal with reality or else Reality will deal with you.
Is the Georgia DA Fani Willis elected or appointed? Would that make a difference in how her removal is done and would she have recourse to countersue for her job? Or could the public sue for effectively nullifying their votes? Makes me angry that a public representative can just be disappeared without cause; doesn't seem democratic.
Elected. And, hell no, not democracy because Georgia.
Desantis does it all the time. He’s amoral evil personified.
I wondered how Hall got connected to Clarke. The Bossie link explains it!! Wonder if Bossie has any, umm, insights to contribute.
Actually, Scott Hall is intimately tied to Sidney Powell, as she more or less directed the improper removal of the vote processing hard drive from the Coffee County, GA, elections office...Hall and two other indictees did the deed, and so Hall has some serious testimony implicating Powell, which no doubt was part of his plea deal.
Joyce, you are beyond brilliant! Thank you!
Indeed.
Joyce, o wise and revered law and chicken mama, didn't you mean to write removed from state court to federal court that was denied?
I believe she did, when I read it that's what I thought. I see these typo issues all over the place, no one is immune, I'm not sure if it comes from typing as fast as you think, not my problem, or maybe it's the software interpreting the spoken word, I've tried that with very limited success, it was more hassle than it was worth, after all of the corrections were put in.. This looks like it's going to be fun.
A maxim of mine has long been "Great Art us not Perfect."
I noticed another 'kinda' typo - but didn't want to bring it up to our Queen Joyce. But we have been referring to 'Mara Largo' as 'Mara Lardo.' Joyce spelled it 'Largo.'
I wondered too about that.
As usual, a complex case broken down to three words ‘he’s a fraud’.