Former President Donald Trump on Friday slammed New York’s Democratic Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron following their ruling in a civil fraud trial.
Mr. James sued Mr. Trump in September 2022, accusing him of inflating the value of his real estate holdings in order to obtain loans. The Engoron ruling ordered Trump to pay $354 million and barred him from “serving as an officer or director of a New York corporation or other New York corporation for a period of three years.”
“We’re going to appeal,” Trump told reporters outside Mar-a-Lago. “But more importantly, this is Russia, this is China, this is the same game, and it’s all coming from the Department of Justice. It’s all coming from Biden. It’s him. It’s a witch hunt against political opponents, the likes of which our country has never seen before, seen in third world countries and banana republics, but not here.”
“So I just want to say this: You’re building a great company. There was no fraud. All the banks got their money, 100 percent. They love Trump. Mr. Trump testified that he was a great, great client, one of our best clients. They testified admirably and the judge knows it. He’s just a corrupt human being. And we knew it from the beginning. We knew it from the beginning because he wouldn’t give it to the commercial department.”
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On September 26, Engoron ruled that Trump was liable for fraud and ordered the revocation of several business licenses held by Trump. The appeals judge suspended the sentence on October 6th.
“Letitia James, that’s a completely different case. She’s a deeply corrupt attorney general, and it all has to do with election interference,” President Trump said. “There were no victims because the banks made $100 million and made a lot of money. By the way, as the immigrants came and took over New York, I paid about $300 million in taxes. $300 million during this period. I paid more than that in taxes and they’re trying to kick me out. He’s out. They’re radical left Democrats, they’re lunatics, and they’re sabotaging the election. ” (Related article: ‘The case is ruined’: Lawyer reveals why New York judge tried to silence Trump during testimony)
james called During his 2018 campaign for attorney general, Trump was labeled an “illegitimate president” and promised: investigate his finances.
“What the other side had was a ridiculous $18 million valuation for the grand Mar-a-Lago, an unconstitutional gag order, a consumer fraud statute that had never been used for this purpose before, and a jury clearance. None, and only a refusal to take this disgusting charade to court. The commercial sector would have come to a well-deserved end,” Trump said in a statement. statement After the verdict.
Real estate experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Engoron’s ruling significantly underestimated the value of Mar-a-Lago, with some pegging it at more than $250 million. It was thought that there was.
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