Trump Chicago loan default dispute: The record

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   Trump notified Deutsche Bank that the project would not repay at maturity and asserted that the financial crisis triggered contractual relief.

   • Supreme Court of New York: Trump Chicago v. Deutsche Bank decisionLoan terms, November 2008 notice, default, and competing claims
   • Associated Press: What the Trump civil-fraud trial showed about bank lendingChicago loan default and later lending context
2. documented

   Trump guaranteed and controlled the borrowing project and personally advanced the force-majeure position.

   • Supreme Court of New York: Trump Chicago v. Deutsche Bank decisionLoan terms, November 2008 notice, default, and competing claims
   • Associated Press: What the Trump civil-fraud trial showed about bank lendingChicago loan default and later lending context