{"id":1133814,"date":"2021-12-20T11:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133814"},"modified":"2021-12-20T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:19:48","slug":"donald-trump-sues-new-york-ag-to-stop-political-investigation-into-his-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-sues-new-york-ag-to-stop-political-investigation-into-his-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Sues New York AG to Stop &#039;Political&#039; Investigation into His Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-sues-new-york-ag-to-stop-political-investigation-into-his-business%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/federal-judge-ruled-white-house-records-implicate-president-donald-trump-january-attac-1-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Monday in an attempt to end her investigation of his business.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> New York Times <\/em>first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/20\/nyregion\/trump-lawsuit-letitia-james.html\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Trump\u2019s lawsuit against James was filed in federal court in New York by the former president and his family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHer mission is guided solely by political animus and a desire to harass, intimidate, and retaliate against a private citizen who she views as a political opponent,\u201d the suit reads, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyer&nbsp;Alina Habba later announced the lawsuit in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Letitia James targets President Trump with a callous disregard for the ethical and moral obligations she swore to abide by when she became AG. She has short-changed the state by commencing this partisan investigation and has forever tarnished the sanctity of her office. By filing this lawsuit, we intend to not only hold her accountable for her blatant constitutional violations but to stop her bitter crusade to punish her political opponent in its tracks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since March 2019, James launched a civil investigation into Trump\u2019s business practices, focusing on whether or not he inflated the value of his assets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>James abandoned her attempt to run for New York governor last week, after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/09\/letitia-james-drops-out-of-new-york-governor-race\/\">struggling<\/a> to get traction and early fundraising.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.282051282051\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have come to the conclusion that I must continue my work as attorney general. <\/p>\n<p>There are a number of important investigations and cases that are underway, and I intend to finish the job.<\/p>\n<p>I am running for re-election to complete the work New Yorkers elected me to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tish James (@TishJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TishJames\/status\/1468988883081830402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>James also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/09\/nyregion\/trump-subpoena-testimony-letitia-james.html\">announced<\/a> plans last week to subpoena Trump to testify in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump condemned her move as a political stunt in a statement last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetitia James wants to politically weaponize her position as Attorney General instead of exemplifying impartiality and protecting the interests of all New Yorkers,\u201d Trump wrote in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The former president condemned the investigation as a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d and \u201cprosecutorial misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[S]he should focus her attention on helping to resurrect the once Great State of New York where crime and poverty continue to wreak havoc, with murder, rape, drug sales, and just about every other form of crime at record levels, and now with a just-announced highest unemployment rate in the Nation,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Monday in an attempt to end her investigation of his business. 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