From The New York Times : “Trump Sued for Fraud by New York Attorney General.” Go Letitia James! An excerpt:
Donald J. Trump, his family business and three of his adult children lied to lenders and insurers for more than a decade, fraudulently overvaluing his assets by billions of dollars in a sprawling scheme, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who is seeking to bar the Trumps from ever running a business in the state again.Remember this exchange? (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Michael Cohen, 2019).
Ms. James concluded that Mr. Trump and his family business violated several state criminal laws and “plausibly” broke federal criminal laws as well. Her office, which in this case lacks authority to file criminal charges, referred the findings to federal prosecutors in Manhattan; it was not immediately clear whether the U.S. attorney would investigate.
The 220-page lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, lays out in new and startling detail how, according to Ms. James, Mr. Trump’s annual financial statements were a compendium of lies. The statements, yearly records that include the company’s estimated value of his holdings and debts, wildly inflated the worth of nearly every one of his marquee properties — from Mar-a-Lago in Florida to Trump Tower and 40 Wall Street in Manhattan, according to the lawsuit.
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for a readable article about what all this means see https://www.justsecurity.org/83161/tipping-point-the-new-york-attorney-generals-case-against-trump/
what i do find interesting is i haven't seen any outrage about his kids being included in the case
i think this month i'm going to try to pay my bills by thinking about them.....
kirsten
Thanks, Kirsten.
I’ll read it when I’m out of the dentist’s chair. : )
Especially interesting to read about Allen Weiselberg being offered a deal for partial cooperation. That’s the kind of close reading that makes me think that maybe I should have gone into law. But Elaine reminds me, I would’ve been a very unhappy lawyer.
i found the partial cooperation interesting as few government attorneys do so. i wonder if he offered them some really good stuff and they were willing to allow that. of course, if he gets on the stand and recants or changes the story, bye bye immunity. most deals have a clause that throws the book at the person.
experience in law would have depended on what you did. not every attorney takes clients -- i like dealing with policy issues and reading legislation and finding what changed between laws.
kirsten
ps re emporia state -- 87% of their faculty is tenured and the question is is this an isolated event or the beginning of the dominoes falling.
Maybe legal research would have suited me. Not the world of winning and losing.
It’s sad to say, but I can’t imagine a state school that would not be willing to follow the example of Emporia.
ps my brother just sent me this. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/22/trump-attorney-general-fraud-case-00058377
i think i would agree with what is written. we were taught "don't ask a question you don't already know the answer to." i'm betting that some of the questions were asked so that they could get a response of "5th A" which they knew could be used in civil cases.
and me i never wanted the whole courtroom experience. it's not fun! i did some volunteer work with the federal public defender's office which showed that it is not like the tv shows!
kirsten
That’s a good piece. I’ve read about how taking the Fifth can now be used against him. And when he claims (as I think he will) that he thought he could declassify things in your head, his rants against Hillary Clinton will work against him. (But it doesn’t matter whether they’re classified — they’re not his, period!)
Kirsten, you must have stories you could tell, if only it were proper to tell them.
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