from
Claus Hulverscheidt, Berlin
When Donald Trump was confronted with allegations in recent years that his real estate group’s business figures were incomplete, embellished or even doctored, the entrepreneur, TV entertainer and ex-president was happy to lean back and referred to the accounting and tax consulting firm Mazars USA LLP: Everything checked, tested and found to be good, it was then said. From now on, however, this way out is blocked for him, because as it became known on Tuesday night, the Mazars superiors surprisingly broke with their most famous client. Yes, even more: In a letter to the Trump Organization, the advisors warned that the balance sheets they once signed themselves were “no longer reliable”. It was precisely these documents that Trump used for years to obtain bank loans and helped establish his reputation as a successful businessman.