NY AG Asks for $370 Million in Trump Organization Fraud Case

Published on January 5, 2024

The New York Attorney General’s office and attorneys for former President Donald Trump and Trump Organization filed proposed conclusions featuring clashing narratives, previewing their closing arguments for the civil fraud case on Jan. 11. State attorneys are now requesting $370 million in damages, up from the originally proposed $250 million. “The conclusion that defendants intended to defraud when preparing and certifying Trump’s SFCs [statements of financial condition] is inescapable; the myriad deceptive schemes they employed to inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous that they belie innocent explanation,” state attorneys wrote. “Record evidence … supports disgorgement of $370 million, plus pre-judgment interest,” the filing reads....

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