Fate of Trump's business empire to be decided in new year: What we know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "I have heard, obviously, because of the trial, they say 11-to-12-to-13,000 feet," Trump replied.
48% : "Politicians, drunk with power, are weaponizing the legal system to try and completely destroy me -- and, ultimately, imprison me for the rest of my life as an innocent man," the email read.
48% : Because of the financial documents, Trump was able to secure bigger loans with lower interest rates, Haigh said, bolstering the New York attorney general's case.
43% : " The executives' testimony wasn't all good for the former president, with former Deutsche Bank Risk Management Officer Nicholas Haigh testifying that Trump's statements of financial condition played a vital role in the approval of two multi-million dollar loans the bank gave Trump -- a $125 million loan in 2011 for Trump's Doral, Fla., golf resort and a $107 million loan in 2012 for his Chicago hotel.
39% : Engoron -- who repeatedly butted heads with Trump and his counsel, including in a separate legal battle over a gag order the judge imposed early in the case -- will alone decide the verdict.
35% : "My responsibility, along with Allen Weisselberg, predominantly, was to reverse engineer the various different asset classes -- increase those assets -- in order to achieve the number that Trump had tasked us with," Cohen said.
31% : Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump each distanced themselves from their father's financial statements while testifying, suggesting instead they relied on accountants and other experts to make sure the numbers were correct.
30% : Trump maintained his business "just made a mistake.
23% : The former president lobbed attacks against those involved in the case as "Trump haters," calling the judge and state attorney general "frauds" and "political hacks."
22% : New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) accused Trump, his business and several executives -- including his adult sons -- of misleading lenders and insurers by falsely altering the value of the business's assets on key financial statements to receive tax and insurance benefits.
20% : In a rant outside the courtroom Oct. 2, Trump accused Engoron of "interfering with an election" and suggested he should be "charged criminally" for overseeing the case.
20% : When Ivanka Trump took to the stand, she offered subdued testimony and repeatedly said she did not recall the business exchanges she was being questioned over.
20% : " Ivanka Trump was dropped from the case before it went to trial, but both of Trump's adult sons are defendants.

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