{"id":1652089,"date":"2022-09-21T18:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T22:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1652089"},"modified":"2022-09-21T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T22:23:12","slug":"new-york-ag-files-civil-lawsuit-against-trump-former-president-responds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-files-civil-lawsuit-against-trump-former-president-responds-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New York AG Files Civil Lawsuit Against Trump; Former President Responds"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnew-york-ag-files-civil-lawsuit-against-trump-former-president-responds-2%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=1652089&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--><p>New York Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-letitia-james\">Letitia James<\/a> on Sept. 21 filed (<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22670311\/nyag-v-trump-et-al.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) a civil lawsuit against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, the Trump Organization, three of his children, and others over alleged fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In a 200-page lawsuit, James\u2019s office alleges that the fraud touched all aspects of the Trump family business, including golf courses and other properties. The suit further claims that the Trump Organization deceived insurers, tax officials, and lenders by allegedly inflating the value of his properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese acts of fraud and misrepresentation were similar in nature, were committed by upper management at the Trump Organization as part of a common endeavor for each annual Statement, and were approved at the highest levels of the Trump Organization\u2014including by Mr. Trump himself,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the former president, his children\u00a0Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump are also named as defendants in the suit.\u00a0Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, and Jeff McConney, another executive, also were named in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Weisselberg pleaded guilty in August to tax fraud charges. As part of a plea deal, he agreed to testify against Trump\u2019s real estate company in an upcoming trial.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference, James said she wants the company to pay a fine of at least $250 million, while asking that the Trump Organization be blocked from engaging in real estate acquisitions in the state for five years. It also seeks to bar Trump and his children from serving as high-level executives at any company in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering, affecting most if not all of the real estate holdings in any given year,\u201d according to the lawsuit. \u201cAll told, Mr. Trump, the Trump Organization, and the other Defendants, as part of a repeated pattern and common scheme,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James on Sept. 21 filed (pdf) a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, three of his children, and others over alleged fraud. In a 200-page lawsuit, James\u2019s office alleges that the fraud touched all aspects of the Trump family business, including golf courses and other properties. 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