Donald Trump is charged with 91 crimes in four indictments. The allegations include attempts to tamper with federal and state elections, secret payments to a porn star, and retention of classified documents.
Letitia James asks judge to fine Donald Trump for ‘frivolous’ arguments
He also faces other civil lawsuits. Author E Jean Carroll, who claimed to have sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, also faces a second defamation lawsuit against her. Trump has already been fined $5 million and declared a rapist after being found guilty of defamation and sexual assault.
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Trump, who denies any wrongdoing, says he is the target of political persecution. That rationale sounds compelling to Republican voters, fueling huge leads in state and national polls for the eventual presidential bid.
Letitia James, the New York Attorney General, is tired of hearing Trump make the same old useless claims.
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On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James slammed Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and their lawyers in a court document, asking that they each be fined $10,000 for using the same arguments. “frivolous” legal proceedings to oppose his $250 million business. trial for fraud.
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Amer pointed out in a filing on Tuesday that the defendants’ allegations had been repeatedly dismissed as “bordering on frivolity, even the first time the defendants made them”.
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Amer added that reading the defendants’ brief “was, to quote the baseball sage [Yogi] Berra, it’s deja vu again,” was an earlier comment from the judge.
Berra was a catcher and manager for the New York Yankees and known for his sayings like “It’s not over until it’s over” and “You can see a lot of things by looking” which somehow on the other, made sense.
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James thinks she understands how defendants Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Donald Trump played with the truth about the former president’s financial situation and New York corporate law.
Prosecutors say that between 2011 and 2021, Trump exaggerated his net worth to between $812 million and $2.2 billion, according to documents submitted last week to conclude the case without a trial.
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On this case, the judge has not yet made a decision. A trial is scheduled for October. James’ aide also mentioned the judge’s power to impose financial penalties for conduct deemed frivolous if it is done because it has no legal basis or if it is done to prolong a case filed Tuesday.
Trump’s bid to have the case dismissed was rejected in January by Judge Arthur Engoron, who deemed repeated arguments from several of Trump’s lawyers “frivolous.”
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However, after using a quote from Yogi Berra, Engoron said that while “a sophisticated defense attorney should have known better”, he would not impose “any sanctions which the court deems unnecessary, having asserted his point of view “.
James now believes that sanctions should support this argument. In the past, Engoron has penalized Trump. The former president was fined $110,000 in early 2022 for failing to meet court deadlines.
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The New York trial does not involve all of Trump’s adult children. Her eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, was dropped from the case in June this year.
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