{"id":1653060,"date":"2022-09-22T09:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653060"},"modified":"2022-09-22T09:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:50:09","slug":"trump-blasts-ny-ag-lawsuit-in-wide-ranging-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-ny-ag-lawsuit-in-wide-ranging-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Blasts NY AG Lawsuit in Wide-Ranging Interview"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftrump-blasts-ny-ag-lawsuit-in-wide-ranging-interview%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=1653060&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><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6312675473112&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News, former President Donald Trump responded in detail to civil litigation from New York State Democratic Attorney General Letitia James regarding alleged misevaluation of his properties and tax-related infractions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">James, who is locked in a re-election bid against Republican attorney Michael Henry, filed the massive suit against Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and a handful of Trump Organization associates alleging &#8220;numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation&#8221; regarding financial statements.<\/p>\n<p>Trump fervently dismissed the merits of James&#8217; suit in an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity and pointed out she originally made finding a way to sue him a hallmark of her first bid for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She campaigned on that four years ago,&#8221; Trump said on &#8220;Hannity.&#8221; &#8220;It was a vicious campaign and she just talked about Trump; &#8216;we&#8217;re going to indict him, we&#8217;re going to get him&#8217;. She knew nothing about me. I never heard of her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-official-grilled-latest-taiwan-declaration-contradicts-policy-said-four-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN OFFICIAL GRILLED AFTER LATEST TAIWAN DECLARATION CONTRADICTS POLICY: \u2018HE SAID IT FOUR TIMES\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James previously has said, &#8220;We&#8217;re definitely going to sue [Donald Trump]. We&#8217;re going to be a real pain in the ass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In another instance, James declared then-President Trump to be unfairly seated in office, saying she will &#8220;never be afraid to challenge this illegitimate president,&#8221; despite her party&#8217;s own criticism of those who challenge presidential legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, James claimed the Trump Organization intentionally &#8220;manipulated&#8221; valuations to convince financial institutions to lend them money on favorable terms and insurers to provide higher limits on coverage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James (David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images) and former President Donald Trump (Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n<span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump stated that James&#8217; track record of repeatedly invoking him in political situations is likely behind this lawsuit, while other observers have argued that recent narrow polls in James&#8217; race against Henry could be an influence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rand-paul-rips-dc-establishment-countering-biden-covid-charge-wits-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>RAND PAUL RIPS DC ESTABLISHMENT COUNTERING BIDEN ON COVID: NOT IN CHARGE OF HIS WITS OR THE WHITE HOUSE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2021-12-09T160326Z_1199968256_RC24BR9H59WQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-NEW-YORK-1.jpg\" alt=\"New York state Attorney General Letitia James was present for former President Trump's deposition last month.(Reuters)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>New York state Attorney General Letitia James was present for former President Trump&#8217;s deposition last month.(Reuters)<br \/>\n<span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eric Trump called the lawsuit &#8220;not shocking\u2026 49 days before [James&#8217;] election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his Fox News interview, Trump said his company is fastidious about stating its fiscal position, praising the value and worth of his portfolio of properties, which include his namesake hotels, a Charlottesville, Va. winery, and golf clubs in Doral, Fla., Doonbeg, Ireland and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been going over this for years, and I actually thought because our values are really high, the company is great. I built a great company to take places like this,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added he first believed the state of New York wanted to settle with him, but said no one should pay something \u2013 &#8220;even if it&#8217;s a small amount \u2013 if you&#8217;re not guilty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/north-dakota-man-kills-teen-vehicle-political-dispute-victim-republican-extremist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>NORTH DAKOTA MAN KILLS TEEN WITH VEHICLE AFTER POLITICAL DISPUTE, CLAIMS VICTIM WAS REPUBLICAN &#8216;EXTREMIST&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP19293085516964.jpg\" alt=\"This June 2, 2017, file image made from video shows the Trump National-Doral in Doral, Fla.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>This June 2, 2017, file image made from video shows the Trump National-Doral in Doral, Fla.<br \/>\n<span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Alex Sanz, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He further characterized James&#8217; suit on behalf of the Empire State as a continuation of the multifaceted &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; from the proverbial establishment political swamp.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-ag-trump-lawsuit-political-hit-job-lefts-desire-punish-him-bill-barr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details of the suit<\/a>, Trump said in such lending agreements, the banks themselves have a fiduciary responsibility to their own stakeholders to conduct their own valuation before shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to a business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They would look at a property like [Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.]. I don&#8217;t even have a mortgage on this property. I don&#8217;t have a mortgage on most of my properties,&#8221; he said, adding the Trump Organization is &#8220;very low-leveraged&#8221; while holding &#8220;among the best assets anywhere in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/FOXNEWS.COM\/DOWNLOAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump concluded James does not have strong business or financial acumen, appearing to state she valued Mar-a-Lago at $75 million in her allegations, while the former president contended to &#8220;Hannity&#8221; that it is many times that worth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said, oh, he valued it at 75 \u2014 What does Letitia James know?&#8221; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if I were going to put a mortgage on this property, the institutions are going to be coming over. They&#8217;re going to go through comparable properties all over Palm Beach or\u2026 Miami [in the case of Trump-Doral] we have them all over. We have tremendous properties \u2013 \u00a0we have very little debt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump dismissed any suggestion his debtors were ripped off, telling Fox News the loans he took out over the years were paid off in full and that James is trying to defend creditors who received their money back anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s trying to defend banks that had unbelievable legal talent,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Charles Creitz is a reporter for\u00a0Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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