New York Attorney General Letitia James has doubled down on her attacks on former President Donald Trump.
In a post-trial brief filed Friday, lawyers for his office demanded, one, $370 million from Trump, and two, that the former president be barred from doing business in his state again.
“They said Trump owes $168 million in interest allegedly saved through fraud; $152 million from the sale of the Old Post Office building in Washington, DC, where one of Trump's hotels is located; 60 million through the transfer of the Ferry Point golf course contract; and $2.5 million in severance settlements for former Trump Organization CFO Allen Howard Weisselberg and ex-Comptroller of the Trump Organization, Jeff McConney,” as he explained. NBC news.
“James also called for lifetime bans on Trump, [former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Howard] Weisselberg and [ex-Trump Organization controller Jeff] McConney for involvement in the real estate industry, as well as for serving as officers or directors in New York corporations or entities. The attorney general also sought five-year bans for Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, on the same terms,” NBC News notes.
Trump attorney Alina Habba denounces the corrupt Soros backed New York Attorney General Letitia James to the media outside the courtroom. pic.twitter.com/OVHnHpq9cL
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In a statement, Trump's lawyer, Christopher M. Kise, responded to Friday's filing by calling the $370 million demand “unconscionable, unsupported by the evidence, detached from reality and unconstitutionally excessive.” , as he said. The New York Times.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Trump Organization said that “every member of the New York business community, regardless of industry, should be seriously concerned about this gross overreach and brazen attempt by the Attorney General to exercise illegal power ·limited where there is no private or public damage. has ever been established.”
All this comes a month after Trump's trial in the matter concluded without the former president's fate being fully decided.
CNN notes that “Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled in a summary judgment finding that Trump and his co-defendants were responsible for persistent and repeated fraud” and also ordered that Trump's business certificates be canceled for in New York.
But Trump has since appealed the decision.
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Also, in a separate document filed on Friday, the former president's lawyers urged Engoron to dismiss James' lawsuits, arguing that most of the allegedly fraudulent transactions occurred beyond the statute of limitations.
According to CNN, they also argued “that Trump's financial disclosures did not contain material inaccuracies and that the attorney general failed to demonstrate any real-world impact.”
“There is no evidence in the record that the terms or price of any of the loans at issue would have been different based on the alleged improprieties alleged by the plaintiff,” they wrote. “Not a single witness from any bank (or anywhere else) testified to this at trial.”
Next week, Engoron will hear closing arguments. It is expected to issue a final ruling later this month.
Tish James' lawyers have closed their case. Ten weeks, forty witnesses. Closing papers January 5, arguments January 11. Justice Engoron said he will rule on the case at the end of January. It's worth remembering that it's not just against Trump, it's against Jr., Eric and former Trump Org executives.
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The judge has mostly sided with James so far.
“During the trial, the former president's lawyers argued that the proceedings had been brought about by Ms. James's political bias, and repeatedly derailed the trial, repeatedly asking for a favorable verdict based on the which they said was a lack of sufficient evidence.” notes the Times.
But Engoron was not convinced and finally denied his request.
He reportedly wrote that some of Trump's lawyers' arguments “epitomize frivolity,” criticized the defense's financial experts and disputed the defense's claim that the valuation of assets under control was subjective.
“Let no one be deceived,” he wrote on December 18. “Ratings, as even this essay makes clear, can be based on different criteria analyzed in different ways. But a lie is still a lie.”
Engoron also rejected the idea that Trump was unaware of any of the allegedly fraudulent transactions.
James' office convinced the judge by pointing to Trump's own claim that he knew “more about real estate than other people.” They argued that, given this, it is “implausible that he did not have peculiar knowledge of his own assets”.
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