President Trump

2022 - 9 - 21

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New York attorney general announces civil lawsuit against Trump ... (The Guardian)

Move by Letitia James comes after culmination of years-long investigation of financial practices at the Trump Organization.

Tripling the size of the apartment for purposes of the valuation was intentional and deliberate fraud. “Based on that inflated square footage, the value of the apartment in 2015 and 2016 was $327m. In reality, the apartment had an area of less than 11,000 sq ft, something Mr Trump was well aware of. He did this with the help of the other defendants.” “Donald Trump stands out as among the most egregious examples. To this date, no apartment in New York City has ever sold for close to that amount. [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-21/trump-insiders-expect-civil-suit-from-new-york-attorney-general?leadSource=uverify%20wall) that “members of Trump’s inner circle” saw the suit as “a fundraising opportunity for James, a Democrat facing re-election in November”. [retention of classified records](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/21/trump-special-master-documents-declassified) and multiple investigations of his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. James also said the Trumps “received a series of bank ordered appraisals for the commercial property at 40 Wall Street in New York City that calculated the value of the property at $200m as of August 2010 and $220m as of November 2012. [deposed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/15/donald-trump-new-york-lawsuit-legal-trouble) during the New York investigation, which began when Trump was president and lasted for three years. [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) and three of his children involved in the family real-estate business, for falsely inflating his net worth by billions in order to enrich himself and secure favorable loans.

NY attorney-general files fraud suit against Trump and family (Financial Times)

Letitia James, New York attorney-general, said on Wednesday she had filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for “engaging in years of financial fraud to enrich ...

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New York attorney general sues Donald Trump over 'numerous acts ... (iNews)

Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the former president and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their ...

“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. Ms James alleges Mr Trump falsely inflated his worth to : “unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. The lawsuit is the culmination of a three-year civil investigation by James’s office into the former US President and the Trump Organization.

New York sues Donald Trump, company and family members over ... (CNBC)

Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and others are accused in a major new lawsuit of widespread fraud involving allegeldy false financial statements.

That valuation then increased to $527 million in Trump's 2012 statement and to $530 million in the 2013 statement, or "more than twice the value calculated by the 'professionals,'" the suit said With the help of his children and senior executives at the Trump Organization, Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and cheat the system." After the attorney general's news conference, DA Alvin Bragg said in a statement, "Our criminal investigation concerning former President Donald J. Those statements included claims about the value of various real estate assets that were used to obtain loans and insurance coverage. [Donald Trump](https://www.cnbc.com/donald-trump/), the Trump Organization, three of his adult children and others for allegedly widespread fraud involving years' worth of false financial statements related to the company's business. "Another Witch Hunt by a racist Attorney General, Letitia James," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Wednesday. "I never thought this case would be brought — until I saw her really bad poll numbers," Trump wrote, referring to James' reelection race. 1, 2010, and $220 million as of November 1, 2012. "To the extent Mr. "For too long, powerful, wealthy people in this country have operated as if the rules do not apply to them," she said in a statement. She said that evidence obtained during her three-year civil probe of Trump indicated possible crimes of bank fraud and making false statements to financial institutions. Mar-a-Lago "generated less than $25 million in annual revenue," James said.

Donald Trump, 3 of his children accused of business fraud by New ... (The Washington Post)

The suit alleges that the former president and Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. flagrantly manipulated property valuations to deceive lenders, ...

“Claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. Rather than focusing narrowly on a few instances of misconduct, James’s office portrayed Trump, his family and executives of employing a wide array of fraudulent maneuvers in their dealings with lenders and regulators despite knowing that they were illegal. "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.” It’s the art of the steal,” James said, mocking the titled of Donald Trump’s 1987 book. It seeks to recover more than $250 million in what James’s office says are ill-gotten gains received through the alleged deceptive practices. They have denied any wrongdoing.

New York attorney general sues Donald Trump for fraud (Aljazeera.com)

Lawsuit accuses former US president, who has denied wrongdoing, of 'numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation'.

[state of Georgia](/news/2022/8/15/giuliani-told-he-is-a-target-of-us-election-interference-probe) has launched a criminal probe over the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden, and a Congressional panel is [investigating](/news/liveblog/2022/7/21/jan-6-live-news-panel-to-examine-trumps-conduct-during-riots) his role in the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. [biggest legal blows](/news/2022/9/12/trumps-lawyers-reject-justice-department-review-as-misguided) for Trump since he left office in January of last year, and came after a lengthy and often contentious legal battle by the New York attorney general. [attorney general](/news/2022/2/17/donald-trump-must-testify-in-new-york-investigation-judge-rules) for the US state of New York has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing the former United States president of unlawfully inflating his net worth to obtain millions of dollars in loans and other benefits.