Donald Trump’s latest legal trouble picks up again on Monday, with a trial set to start in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ multimillion-dollar fraud case. It’s just one of the several matters Trump has on his docket as he runs for president again.
But this one stands out for the unique danger it poses to Trump, his family and the business empire that bears their name. And thanks to a devastating pretrial ruling by the state judge overseeing the case, Arthur Engoron, Trump and his co-defendants are heading into the trial already losing — bigly.
It stems from a yearslong investigation into shady Trump-related business practices. James alleged in her resulting civil suit that the former president and his civil co-defendants — including his adult sons, Eric and Donald Jr. — committed repeated and persistent fraud, by preparing, certifying and submitting to lenders and insurers false and misleading financial statements, in violation of New York state law.
The powerful law at issue gives the state AG broad authority to pursue this case, which includes claims of Trump and his co-defendants submitting false financial statements, falsifying business records, and committing insurance fraud. (Note, this case is separate from Trump’s New York state criminal prosecution — one of his four criminal cases — in which he’s charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with the Stormy Daniels hush...
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