Donald Trump passed out copies of a Forbes list of top-paid entertainers when huddling with Buffalo Bills execs to bolster his bid to buy the team — while refusing to reveal his financials, it surfaced in court Tuesday.
The red-flag revelation came during the 77-year-old’s former president’s Manhattan fraud trial over accusations he wildly inflated his worth to get better deals on such things as loans and insurance — to net himself a cool $250 million.
Trump was one of the final bidders for the upstate New York football team out of 86 bidders in 2014, according to a report by ABC News.
Trump, who claimed he had $8 billion at the time, ultimately lost out to billionaire Terry Pegula, who topped the former president’s $1 billion bid by $400 million.
As part of the bidding process, when bankers asked for proof of Trump’s worth to ensure he was solvent enough to the team afloat, the former president’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen sent a 2014 email to them saying, “We feel it is premature to sign the consent release forms until such time as we know that Mr. Trump is the final bidder.”
But during a meeting with the team’s executives, the real-estate tycoon had no trouble busting out the print-outs of the Forbes list — which presumably featured Trump.
