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Donald Trump and his company “repeatedly” violated fraud law, New York judge rules
By Graham Kates
Updated on: September 26, 2023 / 7:19 PM
/ CBS News
Trump, company violated fraud law, judge rules
Trump and his company “repeatedly” violated fraud law, judge rules
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Donald Trump and his company “repeatedly” violated state fraud law, a New York judge ruled Tuesday.The ruling came in response to a request by New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking judgment on one of the claims in her $250 million civil lawsuit, which is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 2. Judge Arthur Engoron agreed in his ruling with James’ office that it is beyond dispute that Trump and his company provided banks with financial statements that misrepresented his wealth by as much as $3.6 billion.”The documents here clearly contain fraudulent valuations that defendants used in business,” Engoron wrote in his ruling, in which he ordered the defendants’ New York business certificates canceled. He ordered that within 10 days, they must recommend potential independent receivers to manage the dissolution of the canceled LLCs.
James’ office sued Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization in September 2022, claiming they committed extensive fraud over more than a decade while seeking loans from banks. In addition to $250 million, her office is seeking several sanctions that would severely hamper the company’s ability to do business in New York.Both sides sought summary judgments from Engoron. James’ office asked for the ruling delivered Tuesday, saying it would streamline the trial if Engoron found certain facts were beyond dispute: that Trump and the company issued false business records and false financial statements.
The Trumps’ legal team asked Engoron to toss the case. They argued many of the loans in question occurred too long ago to be considered as part of this case.Engoron also ruled on that motion Tuesday, rejecting it. The upcoming trial will now focus on other allegations in the lawsuit related to falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud and conspiracy.The Trumps and their company have denied wrongdoing and accused James, a Democrat, of pursuing them for political reasons.
In a statement Tuesday evening, Alina Habba, legal spokesperson for Trump’s Save America PAC, called the judge’s ruling “fundamentally flawed at every level” and said they would “immediately appeal.””It is important to remember that the Trump Organization is an American success story,” the statement said. “The fact that this Court summarily found that there is no question of fact, finding in part that Mar-a-Lago is worth approximately $20 million and issue a decision of this magnitude is an affront to our legal system.”The judge found as fact that Trump and the company overstated the valuations of many properties by hundreds of millions of dollars. He cited the Palm Beach Assessor valuation of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club at between $18 million and $28 million for each year between 2011 and 2021 — the values for which he paid local property taxes. During those years, Trump valued the property at between $328 million and $714 million on his annual statements of financial conditions.
Mar-A-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images
During arguments Friday related to the motions, a lawyer for James’ office said Trump signed off on so-called statements of financial condition portraying many properties he and his company owned as worth hundreds of millions more than the valuations of appraisers they had hired.Trump attorney Christopher Kise said in response that the valuations reflected “Mr. Trump’s investment genius.” He pointed to Trump National Doral Miami golf club, which was purchased out of bankruptcy for about $150 million in 2012. Kise said it’s worth “well more than $1 billion” now.”What Doral demonstrates is that President Trump is a master at finding value where others see nothing,” Kise said.Engoron gave some indication he didn’t buy Kise’s argument during that hearing. Engoron peppered Kise with questions, frequently interrupting him, and at one point raising his voice as he banged his fist on the bench.
“You cannot make false statements and use them in business — that’s what this statute prohibits,” he said.Engoron also ruled Tuesday on a separate motion by the New York attorney general seeking sanctions against Trump’s legal team for repeatedly making arguments Engoron and other courts had already rejected. James’ office asked the judge to impose a fine of $20,000.Engoron ruled in the attorney general’s favor but upped the amount, fining five attorneys $7,500 each, for a total of $37,500.
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Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at KatesG@cbsnews.com or grahamkates@protonmail.com
First published on September 26, 2023 / 4:43 PM
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