In October 2022, Letitia JAMES, the Attorney General of New York, filed a complaint against Donald TRUMP and his two sons Donald TRUMP Jr and Eric TRUMP, for a series of financial frauds within their real estate empire, the Trump Organization.
The trial took place from October to January and the verdict fell on Friday February 16, 2024: the former American president and candidate for the White House for the next presidential election in the United States was sentenced in New York to 354, $86 million fine.
This unprecedented ruling, issued by New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, bars Donald TRUMP from operating any business or legal entity in New York for three years.
The plaintiff, the Attorney General, who had initially requested $370 million in compensation, describes this decision as “a huge victory for this state and this country.”
As a reminder, Letitia JAMES accused the former American president and his sons of having caused the value of their real estate to increase colossally during the 2010s to obtain more favorable loans from banks and better conditions for houses. insurance.
On behalf of the TRUMP family, it had presented evidence considered conclusive and according to which the defendants had overvalued the assets of the group by 812 million (to) 2.2 billion dollars between 2014 et 2021.
« this is an exploitation towards a political opponent »
For Alina HABBA, one of Donald TRUMP’s lawyers, it is a “incessant persecution” from his client. To this reaction that she published on the social networka manifest injustice” and indicates that she will appeal this decision.
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