Donald Trump Jr. was back in court this week to help the defense in the New York civil case against the Trump Organization. After giving his testimony, he talked to reporters outside of court about how ridiculous the case was.
“This is about the attorney general going after and prosecuting her political enemies,” Don Jr. declared, adding that the financial statement that was at the center of the case had nothing to do with him or Eric Trump.
“My brother and I had nothing to do with it, but it doesn’t matter because it’s a witch hunt,” Trump said.
He called Attorney General Letitia James “an overzealous attorney, an overzealous attorney general who would destroy all of New York business by going after transactions where there are no victims.”
Trump argued that the most important thing about this case is how it will hurt businesses in New York.
“That’s what you get from the Democratic Party in New York these days, it seems,” he told reporters. “It’s a scary precedent. I don’t know how anyone could do business in this city with that. Anyone you speak to who’s actually in banking, who’s actually in real estate understands that, but again, they don’t want to put themselves in the crosshair so perhaps they’ll be silent. So it’s a disgrace that this is happening right now.”
“Hopefully one day the people of this great city will realize what’s going on,” Trump said. “They’ll realize the destructive practices here. They’ll realize just how insane that is. And they’ll be begging for guys like Donald Trump to come back to New York City to reshape the skyline as he’s done for decades.”
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An attorney and spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump unloaded on New York Attorney General Letitia James for focusing on her client’s normative business practices as New York City becomes inundated with illegal aliens and rising crime.
In an interview with Breitbart News on Saturday on SiriusXM, attorney Alina Habba claimed the Big Apple “is falling apart” while she pursues a civil fraud trial against Trump after she campaigned on a platform to “get” the then-president.
“She sits there. She sits there, usually takes a couple of notes, and then when there’s a moment to go out to the press, she does her press,” Habba told the program.
James filed a $250 million lawsuit against Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, accusing him of overvaluing his properties to get better loan rates. In addition to the fine, she seeks to bar him from doing business in the state. The judge presiding over the case, Arthur Engoron, has already ruled that Trump committed fraud.
Trump, meanwhile, has argued that financial documents filed with banks where he sought loans contained typical statements instructing those institutions to do their diligence when it came to valuing his properties. He has also pointed out that none of the banks he did business with were harmed or lost money.
“She is only there on high-profile days. She does not come any other day,” Habba said of James. “But she’s been there so much while the city is falling apart.”
“But it’s quite telling as to what her priorities are as attorney general. And when you take that oath of office, your priority should not be yourself. Your priority should not be your politics. And it should not be trying to achieve a self-interested mission. It should be about taking care of the city,” Habba continued.
“What we see … is a politically-motivated AG, who said she was going to get Trump and has been sitting there on the sidelines like she’s eating popcorn watching the show. And it’s disturbing,” she noted further. “Again, it just goes to point this is a politically-motivated witch hunt, my clients would call it and, and her behavior is incredibly telling.”
She also noted the biased nature of the trial, including episodes where Engoron would spar with Trump’s attorneys and even with the former president himself during his testimony last week.
Asked whether she and fellow Trump lawyer Chris Kise were laying the groundwork for filing for an appeal or a mistrial, Habba balked somewhat.
“We will be taking all appropriate measures, and when we do, I’m happy to come back on and talk about them, but until then, I have to keep my ethics in mind. And we have some privileged information, but once it’s out there, I’m happy to talk,” she said.
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