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Ruth Sheets's avatar

Leslie, I can't help but wonder who he conned to actually pay for that fantasy portrait; I doubt he would have done so, cheat that he is, was, and ever will be.

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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

The portrait was paid for with $60,000 taken illicitly from the Trump Foundation. Trump had asked his then-attorney Michael Cohen to find a straw bidder in order to ensure that the portrait of himself was sold for the highest price at the auction, which took place in the Hamptons in 2013.

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Ruth Sheets's avatar

Leslie, thanks so much for the information. I had forgotten this act of cheating; there are so many.

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