Bibles, crypto and lawsuit payouts: What's in Trump's 2024 financial disclosure
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Donald Trump holds a news conference at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on Aug. 15. Photo: Adam Gray/Getty Images
Former President Trump's latest financial disclosure released Thursday revealed that while he made millions from his properties and business ventures, the civil judgements against him posed heavy financial liabilities.
Why it matters: The more than 250-page filing is the first insight into Trump's personal finances in a year's time and comes as the 2024 presidential race is entering its final stretch.
The big picture: Trump's residences, resorts, and other properties were a significant source of income for the former president, bringing in roughly $513 million in 2023, according to a Bloomberg tally. The disclosure did not offer insight into whether the properties were profitable.
- Trump estimated Mar-a-Lago's income at more than $56.9 million, per the financial disclosure. The Trump National Doral Miami golf club generated more than $160.7 million in income.
- Royalties from books, including "Letters to Trump" and "A MAGA Journey," generated millions of dollars of income. Trump also earned about $300,000 from "The Greenwood Bible," a business venture with the country singer Lee Greenwood.
- And despite once referring to crypto as a "scam," the financial disclosure form revealed that he currently holds between $1 million and $5 million in the in the cryptocurrency ethereum, according to multiple reports.
Zoom in: Trump also placed the value of his social media platform Truth Social — listed as Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. — at over $50 million.
- This is a significant boost from the year before, when his financial disclosure estimated the platform's worth to be between $5 million and $25 million, per NBC News.
Reality check: Trump also disclosed more than $100 million in liabilities related to his legal woes.
- The disclosure shows that Trump owes the writer E. Jean Carroll between $1 million and $5 million in connection to her first civil case against him, in which Trump was ordered to pay her $5 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation.
- Trump also listed the second case against him from Carroll with a liability of over $50 million. In that case, a jury had ordered Trump to pay Carroll more than $83 million for defamation.
- Also listed as a liability was a more than $50 million owed in connection with his New York civil fraud case, in which New York Attorney General Letitia James is named as a creditor.
