{"id":2017878,"date":"2023-08-31T09:52:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-seeks-immediate-partial-judgment-no-trial-in-250-million-fraud-lawsuit-against-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:53:56","slug":"new-york-ag-seeks-immediate-partial-judgment-no-trial-in-250-million-fraud-lawsuit-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-seeks-immediate-partial-judgment-no-trial-in-250-million-fraud-lawsuit-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"NY AG seeks quick ruling, no trial, in $250M fraud suit vs. Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fnew-york-ag-seeks-immediate-partial-judgment-no-trial-in-250-million-fraud-lawsuit-against-trump%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=2017878&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>New\u2062 York Attorney General Seeks Summary Judgment in\u200d Lawsuit Against\u200b Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James \u2062is seeking\u200d an immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-chiropractor-agrees-to-pay-80000-fine-and-stop-promoting-vitamins-as-covid-19-treatment\/\" title=\"Missouri Chiropractor to Pay K Fine, Cease Promoting Vitamins as COVID-19 Cure.\">partial summary judgment<\/a> in her multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against\u2063 former President Donald Trump, court\u2063 documents show.<\/p>\n<p>Documents dated Aug. 30 \u2063show\u200d Ms. James urged Judge Arthur \u200bEngoron to issue a summary judgment on one of seven claims\u2062 in her 200-page civil\u2064 lawsuit\u200d filed against\u200b President Trump, the Trump Organization, and three of his adult children in 2022, alleging\u200b &#8220;years of financial fraud\u2064 to obtain a host of \u200beconomic benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 her lawsuit, Ms. James claimed \u2064that over a 10-year period, from 2011 through\u200b 2021,\u2063 President Trump and \u200cthe other\u2062 defendants had\u200c &#8220;engaged in numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation in the preparation of\u200b Mr. Trump\u2019s annual statements\u200b of financial condition,&#8221; which included deceiving insurers, tax officials, and lenders \u200cby allegedly inflating the value of his properties including his \u200dMar-a-Lago estate in Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/ny-attorney-general-makes-unusual-prediction-in-trump-case-5330967\">NY Attorney General Says \u200dLawsuit Against Trump Could Be Delayed<\/a> \u2062 &#8211; 6\/13\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/ny-attorney-general-appeals-ruling-that-struck-down-isolation-quarantine-camps-5124253\">NY Attorney General Appeals Ruling \u200bThat Struck Down Isolation, Quarantine\u2063 Camps<\/a> &#8211; 3\/15\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit followed a \u2063three-year investigation by \u2062Ms. James&#8217;s office, which she said involved\u2064 &#8220;more than\u2064 65 witnesses and review of millions of pages of documents\u2063 produced by defendants \u2063and others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms. James, a Democrat,\u2064 is seeking\u2062 $250 million\u2062 in penalties, and wants to ban \u2063President \u200bTrump from doing business in New York, from engaging in\u200b real \u200destate acquisitions in the state for five years, and for Mr. Trump and his children to be barred from serving as \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-partners-at-firm-hired-to-review-lincoln-project-scandal-have-donated-thousands-to-group\/\" title=\"Senior Partners at Firm Hired to \u2018Review\u2019 Lincoln Project Scandal Have Donated Thousands to Group\">high-level executives<\/a> at any\u200c company in \u200bNew York.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>(R\u2013L) Barron Trump, then-First\u2064 Lady\u200d Melania Trump, then-President \u200bDonald Trump, \u2064Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, \u2062Lara Trump, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump,\u2064 Jared Kushner, and Michael Boulos stand after the president delivered\u2063 his acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelection \u2062during the final day \u2064of the\u200b Republican National Convention at the South\u200c Lawn of the White House, on Aug.\u2063 27, 2020. (Saul \u200cLoeb\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;Overwhelming\u2063 Evidence&#8217; Establishing Fraud<\/h2>\n<p>The civil case \u200dis scheduled to go to \u2064trial on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ms. \u2063James is asking the judge to declare in\u200b advance of that \u200dtrial that President\u2064 Trump committed fraud by submitting false\u200b statements to bankers and\u2063 insurers and\u2063 overstating \u2062his \u2063wealth \u2064by \u2064between 17\u201339 percent each year, \u200dor between $812\u200b million to $2.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on the overwhelming amount of evidence establishing beyond dispute that Defendants\u2019 repeated and persistent fraudulent use of the \u200cfalse and misleading SFCs\u2063 [statement of financial condition] in connection \u200dwith business transactions with \u2062banks and insurers, the People are entitled \u200cto summary judgment\u2063 in their favor finding Defendants liable as a\u200c matter\u200d of law on the People\u2019s\u2064 First \u2063Cause of\u2064 Action for fraud under Executive Law,&#8221; the court document states.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b order\u2063 to make \u2064the summary judgment, Judge Engoron \u200dsimply needs to \u2062answer two &#8220;simple and straightforward&#8221; questions, according to Ms. James&#8217; office: Were President \u2062Trump&#8217;s financial statements from \u20622011 to \u20632021\u200b false or\u2064 misleading?\u200b Did \u200dthe defendants in\u200d the\u2064 case repeatedly or persistently use\u2062 those\u200b statements in the conduct of business transactions?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2063 answer \u200cto both questions is a resounding &#8216;yes&#8217; based\u200c on the mountain of undisputed evidence,&#8221; cited in her lawsuit, Ms. \u200dJames&#8217; office wrote.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Booking photo \u2063of former President Donald Trump as he was booked and released on\u200d bond at\u2064 the Fulton County Jail \u200din Atlanta,\u2063 Ga., on Aug. 24, 2023. (Fulton County\u2063 Sheriff\u2019s \u200dOffice)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Trump Lawyers Urge Court to Dismiss Case<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump, who\u200d is running for \u2063office\u200c again\u200d in 2024,\u2063 has denied \u200cwrongdoing, as have three of his \u2064children\u2014Ivanka\u2064 Trump, and Eric and Donald\u200d Trump \u2063Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after Ms.\u2063 James asked the\u200d judge to issue\u200b a \u200cpartial summary\u2063 judgment, lawyers for President Trump and the\u2063 other\u200c defendants filed their\u200b own papers with the court seeking to \u200bdismiss \u200cthe \u200centire case, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-seeks-immediate-partial-judgment-no-trial-in-250-million-fraud-lawsuit-against-trump\/\" title=\"NY AG seeks quick ruling, no trial, in 0M fraud suit vs. Trump.\">recent\u200d appellate court\u2064 decision<\/a>, lawyers for \u2062President\u2064 Trump argued that many\u2064 of the\u2064 transactions Ms. James&#8217;s lawsuit is centered on are barred by a statute of\u2063 limitations as they\u200d took place long ago to \u200cbe reviewed in \u2064court.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, his lawyers argued that the attorney general\u2063 provided no \u200cproof that anyone\u2062 was \u2063harmed \u2064by \u200cthe\u2063 remainder, \u2063according to the publication.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is facing\u2063 mounting \u200blitigation as <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing for a swift partial summary judgment in her multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against ex-President Donald Trump. 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