camouflet – This decision validates a large part of the New York Attorney General’s case, with a civil trial which will mainly focus on damages, unless Donald Trump wins his case on appeal
Enough is enough for the judge. A New York magistrate concluded Tuesday that Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Jr and Eric Trump, responsible for lies and “repeated” financial “fraud” in the 2010s by inflating the assets of the Trump Organizationa scathing decision even before the civil trial in this case opened on Monday.
This decision represents a major setback in this matter for the former American president, who dreams of reconquering the White House in November 2024 and taking his revenge on his successor Joe Biden. On the other hand, it facilitates the task of the Attorney General of the State of New York, Letitia James, who had filed a complaint against Donald Trump. She is seeking $250 million in fines and bans from running companies for Donald Trump and several of his relatives, including his two children who now run the Trump Organization.
According to John Coffee, a law professor at Columbia University in New York who specializes in financial crime, the judge made his decision “on the issues of fraud and misrepresentation”, which “are the most important” and the court still has to decide (…) Read more on 20minutes
2023-09-26 17:10:00
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