Former President Trump says he is suing New York Attorney General Letitia James
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Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James. On Wednesday night, Trump announced the lawsuit on the Truth Social platform. He stated that he filed the lawsuit against James in Florida and that “New York State is one of the most crime-ridden places on earth.”
Trump claimed that James does nothing to protect New York from crime and criminals. The lawsuit says that she has abused her position as AG “to pursue a relentless, pernicious, public, and unapologetic crusade against President Trump, a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida, with the stated goal of destroying him personally, financially, and politically.”
Trump released the statement:
“Today, I filed a lawsuit in Florida State Circuit Court against the corrupt Attorney General of New York State, Letitia “Peekaboo” James. New York State is one of the most crime-ridden places on earth with murders, robberies, drug deals, and every other form of crime setting records on a weekly basis. While James does nothing to protect New York against these violent crimes and criminals, she attacks great and upstanding businesses which have done nothing wrong, like the very successful, job and tax-producing Trump Organization that I have painstakingly built over a long period of years. Crooked and highly partisan James now thinks it is the business of the State of New York to go after my revocable trust and pry into my private estate plan, only to look for ways to recklessly injure me, my family, my businesses, and my tens of millions of supporters. If I were not elected President of the United States, and now leading in the polls by substantial margins against both Democrats and Republicans, this would not be happening. We have to stand up for our Country, fight against illegal persecution, and Make America Great Again!”
Trump and the Trump Organization are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by James, who claims that Trump and the Trump Organization inflated his net worth by billions of dollars and misled banks and others about the value of various assets for years.
The former president’s suit against James comes as his company, the Trump Organization, is on trial for criminal tax fraud, accused of a 15-year scheme by his most trusted lieutenant to avoid paying taxes on those fringe benefits.
A spokeswoman for James issued the statement:
“Multiple judges have dismissed Donald Trump’s baseless attempts to evade justice, and no number of lawsuits will deter us from pursuing this fraud. We sued Donald Trump because he committed extensive financial fraud. That fact hasn’t changed, and neither will our resolve to ensure that no matter how powerful or political one might be, no one is above the law.”
