{"id":2178627,"date":"2024-02-16T19:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-james-donald-trump-may-have-authored-the-art-of-the-deal-but-he-perfected-the-art-of-the-steal\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T19:58:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:58:01","slug":"ag-james-donald-trump-may-have-authored-the-art-of-the-deal-but-he-perfected-the-art-of-the-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-james-donald-trump-may-have-authored-the-art-of-the-deal-but-he-perfected-the-art-of-the-steal\/","title":{"rendered":"AG James: Trump wrote &#8216;The Art of the Deal&#8217;, but mastered &#8216;The Art of the Steal"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fag-james-donald-trump-may-have-authored-the-art-of-the-deal-but-he-perfected-the-art-of-the-steal%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=2178627&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorney General Letitia James speaks during \u2064a press conference following a verdict against former U.S. President Donald Trump in a civil fraud trial on February 16, 2024 in New York City. Justice Arthur Engoron ruled against\u2064 the former president finding him liable for conspiring\u200b to manipulating \u200chis networth\u2063 and fining him $335 million and imposing a \u2064three year ban from serving\u2063 in top roles at any NY company. \u2062The judge also banned Eric and Donald Trump Jr. for two \u200cyears as well as a fine of more\u200b than four million dollars. \u200d (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>4:55 PM \u2013 Friday, February 16, 2024<\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated a major victory on Friday as her \u2064civil\u200c fraud case against former President Donald J. \u2063Trump and the Trump organization concluded with a favorable\u200c outcome.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following\u2064 the announcement that Trump was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars and was banned from conducting\u200d business in New \u200bYork for three years, James held \u2064a press conference to discuss the case.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a massive victory\u2064 for New York, our nation, and everyone who believes we all must\u200d play by the same rules.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, and his former \u2062executives must pay $463.9 million for their \u200bstaggering\u200d financial fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4CC511IyWN\">pic.twitter.com\/4CC511IyWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NY \u2064AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewYorkStateAG\/status\/1758632939523391649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Today we proved\u2063 that no\u2063 one is above the law \u2014 no\u200d matter\u2064 how rich,&#8221; New York Attorney \u2063General Letitia James\u2063 says following Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2063civil fraud ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donald\u200c Trump\u200b may have written\u200c The Art of the Deal, but he perfected the art of the steal.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TszLKY69pM\">pic.twitter.com\/TszLKY69pM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1758627419387297836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February \u200c16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor years, Donald Trump engaged\u2062 in deceptive \u200dbusiness \u200dpractices and tremendous fraud.\u2063 Donald Trump may have authored <em>The Art\u200d Of The Deal<\/em>, but he perfected \u200bthe art \u200dof the steal,\u201d she said in an attempt at humor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The book that James was \u2062referring to is Trump\u2019s best-selling novel <em>The Art Of The Deal<\/em>, \u200dwhich reached #1\u200b on \u201c<em>The \u200bNew\u2064 York Times<\/em> \u200c Best Sellers List.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The book stayed at the top of the charts for\u200d around \u200c13 weeks when it was released in\u2064 1987.<\/p>\n<p>James has spent years \u2063pursuing Trump in order to take him down. In\u2064 order to win over liberal and leftist New Yorkers, \u2063she ran an anti-Trump campaign in her 2019 run for attorney \u2064general of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her launching \u200bthe case against the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president, she was caught in\u2063 a video laughing and\u2063 saying that she\u2064 is going to sue Trump and be a \u201cpain the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re definitely gonna \u200csue him, we\u2019re gonna be\u2062 a real pain in the ass!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re definitely gonna sue him we\u2019re gonna be a real pain in the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Letitia James is an \u200cunhinged, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-replaces-god-with-gay-for-met-gala-outfit\/\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe Replaces \u2018God\u2019 With \u2018Gay\u2019 For Met Gala Outfit\">left-wing political activist<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p9YNj2vZrb\">pic.twitter.com\/p9YNj2vZrb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1572614112516968455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21,\u200c 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When James first sued the 2024 GOP front-runner in\u2062 the\u2063 fall of 2022, she asked the judge to\u2062 penalize Trump $250 \u200bmillion for \u201cinflating his net worth in order to \u2064retain better loans.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, her number later rose to \u200d$370 million in January,\u200d as she claimed that\u200b throughout the trial her opinion \u2064had changed\u2062 and her new belief was that \u2063Trump\u200d \u201cgained all of his money unlawfully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a 92-page ruling, Judge Arthur\u200d Engoron stated that Trump must pay $354.9 million \u2063in the civil fraud\u2063 trial, while each of his sons are required to pay\u200c $4 \u200bmillion for their \u201cpersonal profits from the fraud.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump is \u200bbarred from\u2062 conducting business in the\u2064 state \u200dfor three years and his sons are \u2062banned for two\u2063 years.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling will\u2063 be appealed by\u200c Trump\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u200cthis post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Fani Willis takes the\u2064 stand in her misconduct hearing, One America\u2019s Lindsey\u2064 Adams has details on the angry \u200ctestimony.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Kansas \u200bCity community holds a vigil to remember the victims from\u200c Wednesday\u2019s super bowl \u200cparade shooting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A mother in Ohio is taken into custody after allegedly kidnapping and killing her young foster son<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Producer prices came in\u2063 higher than expected\u2062 today, so did the consumers prices earlier this week. Producer prices show what producers pay to make goods, which ultimately affects consumers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is working on a software that \u2063can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-state-rep-briscoe-cain-on-effects-of-open-borders\/\" title=\"Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain on open borders' impact\">generate minute-long videos \u2064based<\/a> on text prompts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Activision Blizzard has been hit with a U.S. lawsuit claiming it restricts competition for organized gaming \u2062involving \u201cCall of Duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com\u00a0has joined SpaceX\u200b and\u200d Trader Joe\u2019s in claiming that a \u2063U.S. labor agency\u2019s in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-wades-into-terms-second-major-fight-against-the-administrative-state\/\" title=\"Supreme Court tackles second major battle against administrative state this term\">-house enforcement\u2062 proceedings violate<\/a> the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of smaller AI firms rallied after \u200bNvidia \u200cdisclosed stake in them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What penalty did \u2064Judge Engoron impose on\u200b Donald Trump and his sons\u200b in the civil fraud trial<\/h2>\n<p><span>  S sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., are banned from conducting \u2062business for two years. The judge&#8217;s ruling came after he found\u2063 Trump liable\u2062 for conspiring to\u200d manipulate his net worth.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General \u200cLetitia James expressed her satisfaction with the verdict during\u2062 a press conference following the trial. She described it as a &#8220;massive victory for New York, our nation, and everyone who believes we all must play by the same \u200crules.&#8221; James emphasized \u200dthat the ruling demonstrates that no one, regardless of their wealth or status, is\u2062 above the law.<\/p>\n<p>James also quoted Trump&#8217;s famous book, &#8220;The Art of the Deal,&#8221; but \u200dwith a twist. She said,\u200d &#8220;Donald Trump may have authored &#8220;The Art of the Deal,&#8221; but he perfected the art of the steal.&#8221; This comment \u200bwas made in an attempt at humor, highlighting Trump&#8217;s\u2062 alleged fraudulent practices.<\/p>\n<p>The book\u200d itself, &#8220;The Art of the Deal,&#8221; achieved significant success when it was released in 1987, reaching #1 on \u200b&#8221;The New\u200b York Times Best Sellers List&#8221; and \u2063remaining at the top for 13 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Letitia James\u200b has been pursuing \u200dlegal action against\u200d Trump for several years.\u2062 Prior \u200dto her campaign for attorney\u200d general of New York in 2019, she ran an anti-Trump campaign to align \u2063herself with liberal and leftist voters.\u200c In a video, she\u200c was caught saying, &#8220;We&#8217;re definitely \u200cgonna sue him, we&#8217;re gonna be a real \u200cpain in the \u2063ass!&#8221; This statement reflects \u200bher determination to take \u200dlegal action against\u2063 Trump.<\/p>\n<p>When James first \u2062sued Trump in 2022, she initially sought a\u200c penalty\u200c of $250\u2062 million for allegedly inflating his net worth.\u200d However, as the trial progressed, she revised her claim, requesting $370 million and accusing \u200dTrump of unlawfully acquiring \u200dall of \u200dhis wealth.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dfinal ruling from\u200d Judge \u2064Engoron stated that Trump must \u2064pay $354.9 million in the civil fraud trial. Additionally, his\u200b sons, Eric and Donald\u200d Trump Jr., are\u2064 required to pay \u200d$4 million each for their \u2064personal profits from the\u2063 fraud.\u200b Furthermore, Trump\u2062 is prohibited from conducting business in the\u2062 state of New \u2063York for\u2062 three\u200b years, \u200dwhile his sons face a two-year business \u2064ban.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this case marks a significant victory for Letitia James\u2062 and her pursuit of justice against Donald Trump. It serves\u2062 as a reminder that even the most\u2063 powerful individuals can face legal consequences for their actions. As the legal battle concludes, it remains to be seen what further implications this ruling will have on Trump&#8217;s \u200cfuture ventures \u200dand his standing in American politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Letitia James addresses the media after a civil fraud trial&#8217;s verdict on Feb 16, 2024, in NYC. Justice Arthur Engoron holds former President Donald Trump accountable, ruling him guilty of net worth manipulation. 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