Letitia James telegraphed to the world during her 2018 election campaign for New York State Attorney General that she is going to go after Donald Trump and his family. I cannot reference at any time in American history that a state Attorney General has shown such implicit bias towards an individual right out of the gate. Just on these grounds, the whole lawsuit against the Trump family she has pursued with a vengeance should be thrown out. She is going after Trump in search of a crime. Imagine a conservative prosecutor had said something like this about Obama right from the get-go without even knowing what they were looking for yet.
During the 2018 election, then candidate New York State Attorney General Letitia James is on camera saying that she is going to go after Trump. James said “I say one name, Donald Trump. That should motivate you to get off your *ss and vote. Oh, we are going to definitely sue him; we are going to be a real pain the *ss. He’s going to know my name personally.”
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled that AG James’ lawsuit seeking $250 million in penalties can move forward to trial. Trump will likely appeal the ruling.
The judge put a value on the Mar-a-Lago estate at a paltry $18 million dollars, claiming that the Trump organization inflated its value. I have been in the real estate industry for 35 years and I will tell you that $18 million on Palm Beach Island would get you bupkis or nothing near the size and scope and intrinsic historic value of Mar-a-Lago. Eric Trump went on the social media platform “X” last night and posted several listings in Palm Beach that were $40,000,000 and up that were 1/30th the size of the historic and pristine estate of Mar-a-Lago.
Eric Trump also stated on social media, "The real estate circles in Florida are laughing at this foolishness." Donald Trump, Jr. commented, "If Mar-a-Lago is worth $18 million… I’ll take 10 please!!!" Mar-o-Lago was built for businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post in the 1920s and also has historic significance aside from its grandeur. It is probably worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a far cry from the judge’s claim.
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Letitia James said her office is seeking to make Trump pay $250 million, ban the Trumps from running NY businesses for good, ban Trump and the Trump Organization from buying commercial real estate in NY for five years and that she is making a criminal referral to the US Department of Justice. You might as well go after almost every developer in New York City if you want to make a case like this.
Trump took to Truth Social by stating, “In addition to the fact that my net worth is much greater than the number shown in the financial statements, there is a powerful disclaimer clause….boldly stated on pages 1 and 2 explaining that there should be no reliance on the financial statements but instead everyone should do their own independent research, analysis and due diligence. This was fully accepted and acknowledged by the banks.” Trump didn’t hold back and continued, “This lawsuit never should have been brought. It is a politically motivated witch hunt by a racist attorney general, and a deranged, Trump hating judge. It is election interference as never seen before. No wonder people and companies are fleeing New York!”
But what’s another indictment? Trump facing more than 700 years in prison for nothing but being political opposition, while the Bidens get off scott-free on everything and his administration sinks the U.S. Like Trump says, no one in history has been subpoenaed more than his family and they are coming after me because they are coming after you. Trump will just add this as another arrow in his quiver as any honest person in America knows deep down inside what is driving all of this. And even if they take him down criminally, financially, or both, Trump will be forever martyred.