Edition · October 17, 2023

The Daily Fuckup — October 17, 2023

2 verified reports published on October 17, 2023.

This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.

Closing take

The throughline is ugly for Trump: the more he fights these cases like a political rally, the more he invites judges, prosecutors, and records to do the talking for him. On this date, the evidence kept piling up, and the spin kept sounding like a guy arguing with the mirror.

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Trump hears more testimony over property valuations in Manhattan fraud trial

★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5 Major mess

Donald Trump returned to his Manhattan civil fraud trial on Oct. 17, 2023, as attorneys for New York’s attorney general continued presenting testimony about how his company valued some of its properties. The hearing featured an employee and an outside appraiser describing valuation practices that the state says helped inflate Trump’s net worth on financial statements. No new ruling came down that day, but the testimony kept the case focused on the numbers at the center of the fraud claim.

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Trump appeals Chutkan’s gag order in the Washington election case

★★☆☆☆Fuckup rating 2/5 Noticeable stumble

Donald Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal on October 17, 2023, challenging Judge Tanya Chutkan’s gag order in the federal election-interference case in Washington. The filing did not change the order that day, but it pushed the dispute over Trump’s public remarks into a new round of litigation.

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