US EditionTrump asks NY court to toss remnants of ‘legally unsound’ fraud case
Trump’s lawyers say the fraud case was politically motivated and ask judges to remove penalties, business bans and the finding that he inflated asset values.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump urged the New York Court of Appeals to overturn remaining fraud findings in the civil case brought by Attorney General Letitia James, seeking to eliminate the case entirely.
- New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron determined in 2023 that Trump illegally inflated asset values to secure favorable financing; an appellate court later vacated the monetary penalty but the fraud finding remained.
- Trump's legal team argues the fraud findings rely on "compelled and coerced" testimony from former lawyer Michael Cohen, contending the case is "legally and factually baseless" because no banks or insurers alleged harm.
- Restrictions including a three-year ban on Trump serving as a New York business officer remain paused during the appeal, while Attorney General James is expected to file her own appeal by June 23 to reinstate penalties.
- The Trump administration recently made new criminal referrals against Attorney General James to federal prosecutors in Miami and Chicago, following failed attempts to revive a mortgage fraud case against her.
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‘He absolutely has a case’: Gregg Jarrett makes case for Trump to win appeal against Letitia James
Source link New York Attorney General Letitia James Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Thursday that President Donald Trump has strong grounds to win on appeal in the New York civil fraud case against Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump asked New York’s highest court Wednesday to toss out the remaining civil fraud
'He absolutely has a case': Gregg Jarrett makes case for Trump to win appeal against Letitia James * WorldNetDaily * by Mariane Angela, Daily Caller News Foundation
'She’s preordaining an outcome before she’s ever opened a file or even investigated him. She should be disbarred for that'
The legal action has its origin in a 2022 lawsuit in which the prosecution accused Trump of inflating the value of his assets for financial gain
Trump asks NY court to toss remnants of ‘legally unsound’ fraud case
President Trump has asked New York’s highest court to erase what’s left of the civil fraud judgment against his business empire that put the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, in his crosshairs. In a 119-page filing Wednesday, Trump’s lawyers told New York’s Court of Appeals that James’s sprawling civil fraud case marked an “unprecedented” use…
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