New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Trump and family; widespread fraud claims, seeks at least $250 million in penalties; as a side note, I think the AG has a fetish for the Donald, IMO
Letitia claims: “Mr. Trump’s Statements of Financial Condition for the period 2011 through 2021 were fraudulent and misleading in both their composition and presentation,”
SOURCE:
Donald Trump Sued for Fraud by NY Attorney General — With Criminal Referral to IRS
‘It also seeks to permanently bar Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump from serving as an officer of a company in New York, and permanently prohibit the Trump companies named in the suit from doing business in New York state.’
SOURCE:
Trump:
“Another Witch Hunt by a racist Attorney General, Letitia James,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Wednesday. Trump is white and James is Black.
“I never thought this case would be brought — until I saw her really bad poll numbers,” Trump wrote, referring to James’ reelection race. “She is a fraud who campaigned on a ‘get Trump’ platform, despite the fact that the city is one of the crime and murder disasters of the world under her watch!”
Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, in a statement Wednesday, said, “Today’s filing is neither focused on the facts nor the law – rather, it is solely focused on advancing the Attorney General’s political agenda.”
“It is abundantly clear that the Attorney General’s Office has exceeded its statutory authority by prying into transactions where absolutely no wrongdoing has taken place,” Habba said.
“We are confident that our judicial system will not stand for this unchecked abuse of authority, and we look forward to defending our client against each and every one of the Attorney General’s meritless claims.”
This makes me laugh.
Hilarious actually.
I mean - how desperate is your sitting govt to get rid of him?
Have they got the entire justice dept working day and night in legal bunkers around the country - drinking coke zero chomping on cinnabon doughnuts, snorting meth - churning through everything he ever did, every ridiculous muttering, banal utterance, every pussy he ever grabbed since high school to try get some dirt on him.
Appalling.
Gestapo tactics.
Even Putin would've cut the bloke some slack, or laughed at him and let him be; or he'd have put a single round in his skull and ended his misery.
Who's next on the USA hit list?
The fundamental question here is who is the harmed person or entity. If lenders relied on 3rd party appraisals then the Trump family is in the clear. If the lender’s auditors were comfortable with the stated valuations, then the Trump family is in the clear. Banks and lenders are Big Boys & Girls. If there are no loan defaults and the loans are current, there are no harmed persons or entities; again the Trump family is in the clear. If the real estate tax assessor missed valuations and they feel they lost potential tax revenue to be paid by the Trump family, (thereby reducing the tax liabilities of all the other real estate tax payers in the municipal jurisdiction because a gross budget does not change just because some assessments are to low; only the rate of taxation changes), this would not be the Trumps fault and the Trump family is again in the clear.
So I ask again, who is the harmed with standing in order to actually have a case before the court?