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- Trump's New York fraud trial is often framed as a fight over whether he "exaggerated" his net worth.
- But the case is far more than a mere difference in opinion over the dollar value of Trump's assets.
- Here are the four kinds of schemes New York officials say Trump used to hike his net worth.
Donald Trump "exaggerated" his net worth by billions of dollars, countless stories in the press say, in what's been a popular shorthand for the allegations in his civil fraud trial in New York.