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Letitia James to advance fraud appeal as DOJ pressure campaign intensifies
The Hill ^ | 8/23/25 | Ella Lee, Zach Schonfeld

Posted on 08/23/2025 7:36:05 PM PDT by Libloather

New York Attorney General Letitia James is not backing down.

Her sprawling business fraud case against President Trump took a meteoric hit when a divided appeals court Thursday threw out the roughly $500 million civil fraud penalty against him and his company despite keeping the case intact.

However, she vowed to appeal to the state’s highest court, even as the Justice Department has turned up the heat on her, pursuing probes scrutinizing her office and personal real estate in an escalation of Trump’s vows for retribution against his foes.

James is among Trump’s most prominent adversaries after winning the civil fraud case against him and his business, resulting in a finding that he altered his net worth for tax and insurance benefits — a blow to his real estate mogul image.

It puts New York’s top prosecutor back on a collision course with the president.

“I do think it’s clear that this is retribution,” said Catherine Christian, a veteran New York trial lawyer who has closely followed the case.

“This is like, ‘I’m paying you back for what you did to me,’” she said.

Before the decision came down, DOJ had already stepped up its pressure campaign.

Federal prosecutors in the Northern District of New York earlier this month issued two subpoenas seeking information tied to James’s cases against the president’s Trump Organization and the National Rifle Association (NRA).

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: appeal; doj; ellalee; fraud; letitia; zachschonfeld

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To: Libloather

How long does it take to go into a bank file and read the docs on a mortgage? Two forensic accountants could have a report on Tish finished in 48 hrs.

Some people slow-walking this thing.


21 posted on 08/24/2025 6:23:09 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Libloather

It’s justice and it’s payback. So what.


22 posted on 08/24/2025 6:37:31 AM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: Libloather

“This is like, ‘I’m paying you back for what you did to me,’” (James) said.
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But somehow James’ malicious prosecution of Trump had nothing to do with Trump being the favored Republican presidential candidate?

Letitia, Stick that where the sun doesn’t shine. You picked this fight.


23 posted on 08/24/2025 7:50:51 AM PDT by nagant
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To: Aria

I think empty lots around there go for like 35 million.


24 posted on 08/24/2025 7:56:54 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (You can vote totalitarians in but you can never vote them out...)
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To: Liz

She needs to be disbarred and shown the door.


25 posted on 08/24/2025 9:33:33 AM PDT by sauropod (Trump did the stupid party a favor. He gave them balls the size of Jupiter. )
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To: Aria

It was 18 million, but I don’t think it was connected to this case.


26 posted on 08/24/2025 9:35:48 AM PDT by sauropod (Trump did the stupid party a favor. He gave them balls the size of Jupiter. )
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To: sauropod

She needs to be disbarred and shown the door.


Of course......but she’s loving all this publicity.


27 posted on 08/24/2025 10:00:52 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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