Everyone in the real-estate business does this. The bank reviews the appraisal and decides if the property is worth it or not. The banks approved Trumps estimates on the properties so they couldn't of been that fraudulent. The banks were paid back and they approved the monetary estimates so where is the crime? If they're gonna pull this on Trump then there's hundreds of other real-estate investors and banks guilty of the same thing. Investigate the investigators and the people who brought the charges against him. Odds are they may have committed the same fake crime.
Where's the crime? It's called bank fraud. You can look it up, but here's a link.
Trump is only being sued in civil court, not criminal court, so he's not going to jail for this. Only being fined and losing his NY business licenses. Your argument that the banks made money doesn't matter. Trough Trump's fraud, he got a larger loan and a lower interest rate than otherwise eligible, so the bank lost out on income and trough tax fraud, the state lost out on tax revenue. It went both ways, and it's going to cost Trump hundreds of $millions. If everybody in the real estate business is doing it, then this case will be a strong message that they should stop it.
If you want to make banking fraud legal, then the law has to change. It's not the DA's fault that her office is doing their job.
I think your hate for Trump clouds your judgment on anything about him.
A number of law advisors examined this case and said it shouldn't be in the courts being tried because every real-estate investor does the same things. It's frivolous and now anyone else that's done it including the banks should be tried. Including anyone responsible for pushing this case to court. Bet they have more to hide then Trump.