NY AG seeks immediate verdict in fraud lawsuit

[struggle4progress]

Aug 30, 2023 5:59 PM EDT

... In court papers made public Wednesday, Attorney General Letitia James urged Judge Arthur Engoron to issue an immediate verdict endorsing her claim that Trump and his company defrauded banks and business associates by lying on financial statements about his wealth and the value of his assets ...

Engoron has scheduled a Sept. 22 hearing on James’ request. Her lawsuit, which seeks $250 million in penalties and a ban on Trump doing business in New York, is scheduled to go to trial Oct. 2 in state court in Manhattan. Even if Engoron rules on the fraud claim, he would still preside over a non-jury trial on other claims in the lawsuit if it is not settled ...

To rule, Engoron needs only to answer two questions, James’ office argued: whether Trump’s annual financial statements were false or misleading, and whether he and the Trump Organization used those statements while conducting business transactions ...

To rule, Engoron needs only to answer two questions, James’ office argued: whether Trump’s annual financial statements were false or misleading, and whether he and the Trump Organization used those statements while conducting business transactions ...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-york-ag-seeks-immediate-verdict-in-fraud-lawsuit-against-donald-trump

[malaise]

1. The Slobfather is history

It's all downhill from here.
Fuck you Slobby - crooked vermin -a racist, rapist, conman, fraudster, liar, thief, and treasonous scumbag.

[Blue Owl]

2. Bwahahaha I LOVE it!!!

[malaise]

6. Just getting warmed up

Vile monster does not quite describe him

I see he threw his own son under the bus. 😀😀

[iluvtennis]

3. Excellent news!! n/t

[twodogsbarking]

4. New York, New York.

[4lbs]

5. All he has to do is release his taxes and financial information for the last

20 years to prove her wrong. The same documents he kept promising to show in 2015... then 2016...
then 2017... then 2018... but somehow something always prevented him from doing it.

[former9thward]

9. That has been released.

The House Democrats released his taxes from 2015 onward in December, 2022. The New York Times released his taxes for the years before that in September, 2020.

NY AG has had tax information by investigation of her office anyway.

James noted that “we have obtained information on our own.” “We are reviewing tax information from the Trump Organization,” James said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/22/new-york-ag-james-says-trump-supreme-court-tax-records-case-wont-affect-probe.html

[4lbs]

10. Oh, yeah, that's where it showed he was on the hook for around $300 million

in debt.

[former9thward]

11. But they did not show he was in debt as some had guessed.

Most with huge assets will show debts that are huge to most people.

[4lbs]

13. Yeah, it is likely he said he was worth more than he really was so he could

get a better loan or business rate, or to get contracts he would have been passed over otherwise.

Although, saying hundreds of millions of dollars of liability is a mere pittance and peanuts would not
go over well for most people.

[Botany]

7. Tish don't come to "just play."

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. I know I'm biased against Slobby BUT it sure seems like a forgone conclusion

that with all that hard data the two questions are easily answered. But that’s just me maybe.

[tclambert]

12. If they forbid him from doing business in New York, does that include running a campaign?

Can Trump's campaign organization do business in New York? Can they collect donations in New York? Can they run commercials in New York?

[Joinfortmill]

14. TickTock, M*F*cker

[rubbersole]

15. Is this the long awaited 'audit'?

Yes slobby, you are so fucked.