If this nitwit really feels this way, he should get the hell out of New York — like, months ago.
After overly-ambitious Letitia James stupidly ran for law enforcement office on a “get Trump” platform:
<><>first she had to “find a crime” using the tax paid powers of her office,
<><>she then spent several years of tax dollars in a massive investigation
<><>she tried to figure out something, anything, to charge Trump with, as the tax charges mounted.
<><>the elected law enforcer musta been shocked when she never came up with any criminal charges,
<><>she ultimately settled on “civil claims” accusing Trump of fraud
<><>her fairy tale intimated Trump “inflated the value” of his assets in obtaining loans from banks.
Keep in mind, the Trump loans in question have always been fully performing, and paid, which make James’ tax-financed law enforcement orgy “claims of fraud” highly unusual..... if not completely unique..... in the annals of American law.
So her “get Trump” fantasy relies on a New York business “fraud” statute that deems that there can be fraud on the “sole element” of a misrepresentation.
In other contexts, a charge of fraud requires multiple additional elements, including materiality, reliance, intent, and damages.
Shortly prior to the trial, Judge Arthur Engoron of the New York State Supreme Court granted the law enforcement imagineer James what is known as “summary judgment” (i.e., final judgment without need for trial) on the intent-and-reliance-free fraud claim. But some additional claims, that can entail additional remedies if additional elements are proved, remained for trial.
Where Trump is today.
You’re calling Francis Menton a nitwit? On what higher perch do you roost?