NEW YORK, NY (WSAU) – Former President Donald Trump is responding to a ruling from a New York judge to pay a $355 million fine and ban him from doing business in the state for three years.
“A Crooked New York State Judge, working with a totally Corrupt Attorney General who ran on the basis of ‘I will get Trump,’ before knowing anything about me or my company, has just fined me $355 Million based on nothing other than having built a GREAT COMPANY. ELECTION INTERFERENCE. WITCH HUNT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump continued by saying Judge Engoron’s decision was “a Complete and Total SHAM,” and that “There were No Victims, No Damages, No Complaints. Only satisfied Banks and Insurance Companies (which made a ton of money), GREAT Financial Statements, that didn’t even include the most valuable Asset – The TRUMP Brand, IRONCLAD Disclaimers (Buyer Beware, and Do your Own Due Diligence), and amazing Properties all over the World.”
In the case, New York Attorney General Letitia James contended that Trump and business engaged in a practice of “repeated and persistent fraud,” inflating the value of his corporate organizations in the city using real estate pricing.
An appeal is expected as Alina Habba, one of Trump’s chief lawyers, called the decision “a manifest injustice—plain and simple and given the grave stakes, we trust that the Appellate Division will overturn this egregious verdict and end this relentless persecution against my clients,” in a statement
The Associated Press noted back in January that this case was the first of its kind since there is no official victim or crime listed in the lawsuit due to banks being paid back loans, and nobody taking on losses in the deals.
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