New York Attorney General Letitia James has doubled down on her attacks against former President Donald Trump.
In a post-trial brief filed Friday, attorneys from her office demanded, one, $370 million from Trump, and two, that the former president be barred from ever doing business again in their state.
“They said that Trump owes $168 million of interest allegedly saved through fraud; $152 million from the sale of the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., the site of one of Trump’s hotels; $60 million through the transfer of the Ferry Point Golf Course contract; and $2.5 million from severance agreements for former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Howard Weisselberg and ex-Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney,” according to NBC News.
“James also called for lifetime bans for Trump, [former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Howard] Weisselberg and [ex-Trump Organization controller Jeff] McConney from participation in the real estate industry as well as from serving as officers or directors in New York corporations or entities. The attorney general also asked for five-year bans for Trump’s eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, with the same conditions,” NBC News notes.
Trump lawyer Alina Habba blasts corrupt Soros backed New York Attorney General Letitia James to media outside courtroom. pic.twitter.com/OVHnHpq9cL
— Ludwig (@Tim_Ludwig) January 6, 2024
In a statement, Trump attorney Christopher M. Kise responded to Friday’s filing by calling the $370 million demand “unconscionable, unsupported by the evidence, untethered from reality and unconstitutionally excessive,” according to The New York Times.
A spokesperson for the Trump Organization meanwhile said that “every single member of the New York business community, no matter the sector, should be gravely concerned with this gross overreach and brazen attempt by the attorney general to exert limitless power where no private or public harm 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 yet.
CNN notes that “Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled in a summary judgment ruling finding that Trump and his co-defendants were liable for persistent and repeated fraud” and also ordered that Trump’s business certificates for New York be canceled.
But Trump has since appealed the decision.
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In addition, in a separate filing submitted Friday, the former president’s attorneys urged Engoron to reject James’ demands, arguing that most of the allegedly fraudulent transactions occurred past the statute of limitations.
According to CNN, they also argued “that Trump’s statements of financial condition did not contain material misstatements, and that the attorney general did not demonstrate any real-world impact.”
“There is no evidence in the record that the terms or pricing of any of the subject loans would have been different based on the purported misstatements alleged by 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. He’s expected to issue a final ruling sometime later this month.
Tish James’ attorneys have concluded their case. Ten weeks, forty witnesses. Closing briefs Jan 5, arguments Jan. 11. Judge Engoron said he’ll decide the case by the end of January. Worth remembering it’s not only against Trump, but Jr., Eric, and former top Trump Org execs.
— The Shallow State (@OurShallowState) December 13, 2023
The judge has mostly sided with James thus far.
“During the trial, the former president’s lawyers argued that the proceedings had stemmed from Ms. James’s political bias, and they repeatedly moved to derail the trial, calling multiple times for a favorable verdict based on what they said was a lack of sufficient evidence,” the Times notes.
But Engoron was unconvinced and ultimately denied their request.
He reportedly wrote that some of the arguments from Trump’s attorneys “personify frivolity,” slammed the defense’s financial experts, and took issue with the defense’s claim that the valuation of the assets under scrutiny was subjective.
“Let no one be fooled,” he wrote on Dec. 18th. “Valuations, as elucidated ad nauseam in this trial, can be based on different criteria analyzed in different ways. But a lie is still a lie.”
Engoron also rejected the idea that Trump wasn’t aware 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’s “implausible he lacked peculiar knowledge of his own assets.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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