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Hochul tells NY businesses not to fear about Trump verdict: ‘Nothing to worry about’
TheHill ^ | 02/18/2024

Posted on 02/18/2024 5:45:14 AM PST by devane617

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) addressed New York business owners in a new interview and told them there was “nothing to worry about” after former President Trump was hit with a $355 million fine and the inability to conduct business in New York for three years.

Hochul joined John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM where she was asked if other New York businesspeople should be worried that if “they can do that to the former president, they can do that to anybody.”

“I think that this is really an extraordinary unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,” Hochul responded.

A New York judge on Friday ordered Trump to pay the massive sum in penalties in a civil fraud case. The decision came just weeks after closing arguments wrapped up a months-long trial after New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sued Trump for alleging he falsely altered his net worth to receive tax and insurance benefits.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: billofattainder; corruption; democratmaximus; hochul; joesdemocrats; newyork; newyoure; nyc
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101 posted on 02/18/2024 10:03:41 AM PST by kiryandil
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To: devane617

https://nypost.com/2024/02/16/real-estate/kevin-oleary-slams-trump-civil-ruling-as-un-american/


102 posted on 02/18/2024 10:11:03 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: farmguy
Her admission this was just to get Trump.

Trump should hire a couple of outlaw biker gangs to "explain" things to Hochul and her state police gunthug bodyguards.

After the problem is solved, he should release a statement that his guys didn't "break the law", but that it was really an extraordinary unusual circumstance that necessitated their actions.

103 posted on 02/18/2024 10:11:19 AM PST by kiryandil
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To: Political Junkie Too
"In other words, as long as you're "friendly" to us, we will be "friendly" to you."

Exactly!!

...and this explains why President Trump was a democrat.

104 posted on 02/18/2024 10:27:05 AM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )
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To: devane617

this was a GetTrump verdict

so nothing to worry about guys

you are not on our radar

until you are

keep those donations coming and dont criticize the party

youll be fine


105 posted on 02/18/2024 10:53:18 AM PST by joshua c
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To: billorites

106 posted on 02/18/2024 11:15:15 AM PST by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: bert
Trump is fair game in New York for any type of lawfare. He does not get Presidential immunity, Statutes of Limitations do not apply to him. He gets no lawyer client privilege. It would stand to reason that if it is a corporate entity, he would enjoy no protection there either.
107 posted on 02/18/2024 11:17:42 AM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: RAldrich

Dems don’t want business people remembering this.....


108 posted on 02/18/2024 11:22:08 AM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Hey,if it’s legal for dems ,that means it is legal for conservatives itching to “”get a dem””....


109 posted on 02/18/2024 11:23:00 AM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: armourenthusiast

Yeah,wait until New York””needs”” president Trumps help.....


110 posted on 02/18/2024 11:24:09 AM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: inchworm

She publicly admitted an injustice against a New York citizen.......Annnnnd loooooves it.....


111 posted on 02/18/2024 11:25:17 AM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: Apparatchik

ABSOLUTELY.........


112 posted on 02/18/2024 11:25:39 AM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: devane617
“…because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,” Hochul
responded.

Behavior?

If it’s criminal in nature, sure.

It wasn’t. That’s the problem. She has made it possible to take down anyone
some DA doesn’t like, as long as you have a judge that is part of your political
party.

113 posted on 02/18/2024 12:14:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: devane617
The end justifies the means.
114 posted on 02/18/2024 12:15:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: devane617

Pay no attention NY businesses....everything is just fine. 🙄


115 posted on 02/18/2024 12:18:47 PM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave ationin a new Sove cialist America.)
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To: devane617

It’s clearly time for ropes in trees.


116 posted on 02/18/2024 12:23:55 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Fledermaus
Other "freepers" think differently:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4218067/posts?page=57#57

117 posted on 02/18/2024 12:37:36 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: devane617

So everyone here believes all NY based businesses embellIsh their numbers?


118 posted on 02/18/2024 12:49:46 PM PST by joesbucks (It's called love-bombing. Claiming he's saving the world. This is a cult. Just back away. )
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To: DoughtyOne
The New York State Attorney General position has been a Democrat political hitman role going back to Eliot Spitzer.

In May 2004, Spitzer went after NYSE Stock Exchange CEO Dick Grasso for "excessive compensation." Grasso accused Spitzer of charging him just to make a name for himself. The NY court of appeals dismissed all charges against Grasso.

In May 2005, Spitzer went after American International Group (AIG) for insurance fraud. Spitzer filed a civil complaint against Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg (Chairman and CEO) and Howard I. Smith (ex-CFO of AIG), alleging fraudulent business practice, securities fraud, common law fraud, and other violations of insurance and securities laws. Spitzer declined to bring any criminal charges against Greenberg, and two of the civil charges were dropped in September 2006.

In December 2005, John C. Whitehead, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, alleged that Spitzer had threatened him during a telephone call that took place in April 2005. Whitehead alleged that Spitzer called him regarding a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that he wrote about Spitzer's public comments regarding Maurice R. Greenberg. According to the allegation, Spitzer threatened, "Mr. Whitehead, it's now a war between us and you've fired the first shot. I will be coming after you. You will pay the price. This is only the beginning and you will pay dearly for what you have done. You will wish you had never written that letter." Spitzer has denied the allegation.

During Andrew Cuomo's tenure as Attorney General, it was discovered that Eliot Spitzer ordered the New York State Police to keep special records of then Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City. The created documents meant to cause political damage to Bruno. Spitzer (now Governor) responded by accepting responsibility and issuing an apology to Bruno.

Spitzer eventually resigned as Governer over a sexual scandal with a young prostitute. Cuomo also resigned as Governor over multiple sexual abuse allegations.

In August 2013, District Attorney Eric Schneiderman filed a $40 million civil lawsuit against Donald Trump for his "Trump University" alleging it to be an "unlicensed university"[30] and calling it a "bait-and-switch scheme". In October 2014, a New York judge found Trump personally liable for the institution's not having the required license.

In 2017, Schneiderman filed over 50 lawsuits opposing President Trump's environmental actions that sought to scrap numerous Obama-era environmental regulations.

Schneiderman later resigned over multiple sexual abuse allegations.

Barbara Underwood was appointed to fill out Schneiderman's remaining seven month term, and Letitia James won the next election for New York State Attorney General.

And that's where we are now. As DJ Casey Kasem used to say, "And the hits just keep on coming!"

-PJ

119 posted on 02/18/2024 12:58:22 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Berfed

The Constitution forbids the states to pass bills of attainder (Art. I, Sec. 10). But that’s a dead letter when it comes to Trump (as is the Bill of Rights when it comes to Trump or Trump’s supporters).


120 posted on 02/18/2024 1:05:08 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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