When Defendant Donald has committed crimes in the past, he was always able to get the cases brought to civil court rather than criminal court. Otherwise, he's already be wearing the orange jumpsuit.
If any of us had stolen money from cancer kids like the slick New York City grifter Trump has, we'd be swinging from a tree. "Try that in a small town", as the saying goes.
Trump's next civil trial has been flying under the radar due to the noise surrounding his criminal indictments. It is scheduled for October 2.
For at least 10 years, Trump used his 500 shell companies and his criminal lawyers and accountants to hide his true wealth. He sometimes exaggerated his worth on legal filings, and deliberately understated his wealth on other legal filings, depending on which would be more advantageous to his fraudulent schemes.
Attorney General Letitia James' civil case filed last September accused Trump of lying from 2011 to 2021 about asset values, including for his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and Trump Tower penthouse in Manhattan, as well as his own net worth, to obtain better terms from lenders and insurers.
The lawsuit seeks at least $250 million in damages from Trump, his adult sons Donald Jr and Eric, the Trump Organization and others, and to stop the Trumps from running businesses in New York.
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In a 5-0 decision, the Appellate Division in Manhattan said state law gave James power to police alleged "repeated or persistent fraud or illegality," and conduct lengthy and complex investigations many years after suspected misconduct began.
Ivanka didn't skip because she is innocent. She skipped because of a technicality.
It also said all claims against Ivanka Trump should be dismissed because they were filed too late, and because she was no longer with the Trump Organization at the relevant time.
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