Former President Donald Trump has lashed out at Democratic Attorney General Letitia James of New York and Judge Arthur Engoron following the recent ruling in his civil fraud trial. The lawsuit, filed by James in September 2022, accused Trump of inflating real estate values to secure loans. Judge Engoron’s decision ordered Trump to pay $354 million and imposed a three-year ban on him serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation.
Speaking to reporters outside Mar-a-Lago, Trump declared his intention to appeal the ruling, while strongly criticizing the legal proceedings. He asserted that the case was part of a larger political agenda, likening it to tactics employed by Russia and China. Trump vehemently denied any fraud, emphasizing that banks received full repayment and portrayed him as a valued customer.
In his remarks, Trump extended his criticism to Letitia James, labeling her a “horribly corrupt attorney general.” He suggested that the case was driven by a political agenda related to election interference. Trump argued that the absence of victims, given the banks’ financial gains, negates the need for such legal actions. He also highlighted his substantial tax contributions, while characterizing the legal pursuit as an effort by radical left Democrats to interfere in elections [via Daily Caller]:
“We’ll be appealing,” Trump said to reporters outside Mar-a-Lago. “But, more important than that, this is Russia, this is China, this is the same game, all comes out of the DOJ. It all comes out of Biden. It’s witch-hunt against his political opponent, the likes of which our country has never seen before, you see it in third world countries, banana republics, but you don’t see it here.”
“So I just want to say this: You build a great company. There was no fraud. The banks all got their money, 100 percent. They love Trump. They testified that Trump is great, great customer, one of our best customers. They testified beautifully, and the judge knows that. He is just a corrupt person and we knew that from the beginning. We knew it right from the beginning because he wouldn’t give it to the commercial division.”
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“Letitia James, that’s another case altogether. She is a horribly corrupt attorney general and it’s all having to do with election interference,” Trump said. “There were no victims because the banks made a lot of money, they made $100 million. And by the way, I paid approximately $300 million in taxes as the migrants come in and they take over New York, I paid over this period of years over $300 million in taxes and they want me out, oh, let’s see if we can get him out. These are radical left Democrats, they are lunatics and it’s election interfering.”
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