Tag: James, Letitia

How One Hour Encapsulated the Chaos of Trump’s Coming Trial

At 11 a.m. Monday, a New York appeals court made Donald J. Trump’s day, rescuing him from financial devastation in a civil fraud case. By noon, the New York judge overseeing his criminal case had nearly ruined it, setting Mr. Trump’s trial for next month and all but ensuring he will hold the dubious distinction […]

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Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules

With Donald J. Trump on the clock to secure a nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case, a New York appeals court appears to have handed the former president a lifeline on Monday, saying it would accept a far smaller bond of $175 million. The ruling by a five-judge panel of appellate court judges […]

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Trump’s Deadline to Make $454 Million Bond in Fraud Case is Hours Away

Monday is judgment day for former President Donald J. Trump — the day he fears a $454 million judgment against him might come due. Hoping to stave off a financial crisis, Mr. Trump is racing the clock to block the New York attorney general from collecting the monetary penalty imposed in a civil fraud case. […]

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In Fund-Raising Blitz, Trump Warns Democrats: Hands Off Trump Tower

Former President Donald J. Trump, with a deadline fast approaching to secure a roughly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case in New York or risk seizure of his assets and flagship properties, sent an email on Saturday morning to his campaign’s supporters. The subject line — “Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower” — […]

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Could Trump’s Properties Really Be Seized?

Rejected by more than two dozen bond companies, Donald J. Trump has so far been unable to come up with the nearly half-a-billion dollar penalty owed by Monday in his civil fraud trial. Just days before the deadline, the former president’s social media company completed a merger — a move that is poised to pump […]

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Trump Will Face His Greatest Fears as Two Legal Threats Coincide Monday

Donald J. Trump is expected to spend his Monday morning in the courtroom of a New York judge who might soon preside over his criminal trial and, ultimately, throw him behind bars. And that’s not even the legal predicament that worries Mr. Trump most that day. The hearing in his Manhattan criminal prosecution — in […]

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Letitia James Celebrates Trump and NRA Case Victories Outside of Court

This has been a very good year for Letitia James. Over the past month, Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, has racked up hard-fought victories over two formidable opponents. First, in mid-February, her office won a staggering $454 million judgment against former President Donald J. Trump in a civil fraud trial stemming from accusations that […]

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Key Figure in Trump’s Business Will Plead Guilty to Lying During Trial

Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime lieutenant to former President Donald J. Trump, has reached an agreement with Manhattan prosecutors to plead guilty to perjury charges as soon as Monday, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Yet Mr. Weisselberg, who for years has remained steadfastly loyal to Mr. Trump in the face of intense […]

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As Trump’s Criminal Trial Approaches, He May Be His Own Worst Enemy

Donald J. Trump was minutes away from being grilled under oath by the New York attorney general and he was itching to talk. To fend off the state’s fraud investigation, the former president insisted on answering every question, believing he alone knew what to say. But his lawyer at the time, Ronald P. Fischetti, directed […]

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Trump Rebuffed After Asking a Judge to Delay His $454 Million Penalty

Donald J. Trump on Wednesday lost his initial bid for a New York appeals court to pause the more than $450 million judgment he faces in a civil fraud case, a decision that could expose him to financial peril. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had asked the appeals court to allow him to post only a $100 […]

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For N.R.A.’s LaPierre, a Legacy of Guns and Money

Wayne LaPierre, who led the National Rifle Association for more than three decades, had long been the face of the American gun rights movement, a Beltway Clint Eastwood who insisted that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” But on Friday, a civil […]

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What to Know About Trump’s $454 Million Bond From His Fraud Trial

Donald J. Trump is on the clock. The $454 million judgment that a New York judge imposed on Mr. Trump in his civil fraud case took effect on Friday, placing the former president in a precarious position. Now, he must either come up with the money quickly or persuade a company to post a bond […]

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A $450 Million Blow to Trump’s Finances, and His Identity

“We have a lot of cash,” Donald J. Trump boasted 10 months ago, under oath, claiming that the number was “going up very substantially every month.” But whatever cash he had may soon be gone. On Friday, the judge overseeing Mr. Trump’s civil fraud case issued a final ruling that inflicted a staggering financial penalty. […]

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Trump Ordered to Pay Over $350 Million in NY Civil Fraud Trial Ruling

A New York judge on Friday handed Donald J. Trump a crushing defeat in his civil fraud case, finding the former president liable for conspiring to manipulate his net worth and ordering him to pay a penalty of $355 million that could wipe out his entire stockpile of cash. The decision by Justice Arthur F. […]

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Who Is Arthur Engoron, the Judge Who Penalized Donald Trump?

During closing arguments at Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial, Arthur F. Engoron, the judge who has overseen the case for more than three years, made what might have been an unusual comment for any other jurist. Justice Engoron, a lean 74-year-old with an unruly mop of white hair, acknowledged that his control of the […]

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Trump May Face Harsh Financial Penalties in Fraud Trial Under a New York Law

When a New York judge delivers a final ruling in Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial as soon as Friday, the former president could face hundreds of millions in penalties and new restrictions on his family business. That might seem steep in a case with no victim calling for redress and no star witness pointing […]

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Lawsuit Against NRA Goes to Jury After Final Arguments

Lawyers for New York State concluded their case against the National Rifle Association on Thursday, bringing an end to a closely watched civil showdown that accused leaders of the nation’s most prominent gun rights group of financial misconduct and corruption. Over the last six weeks, lawyers for New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, have outlined […]

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Judge in Trump’s Civil Fraud Case Asks If Key Witness Committed Perjury

The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud case has questioned whether a key witness committed perjury during the former president’s trial, a new court filing shows. The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, asked Mr. Trump’s lawyers to address the truthfulness of the witness, Allen H. Weisselberg, Mr. Trump’s longtime chief financial officer. Mr. Weisselberg and […]

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Trump’s Former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, in Negotiations Over Perjury Plea

Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime lieutenant to Donald J. Trump, is negotiating a deal with Manhattan prosecutors that would require him to plead guilty to perjury, people with knowledge of the matter said. As part of the potential agreement with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Mr. Weisselberg would have to admit that he lied on […]

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NRA Questions Wayne LaPierre’s Spending During NYC Corruption Trial

In a head-spinning day of court action on Monday, a lawyer for the National Rifle Association grilled its longtime chief, Wayne LaPierre, about his lavish spending. Under rapid-fire questioning during his second day of testimony in a New York civil corruption trial, Mr. LaPierre admitted that much of his spending had not been authorized by […]

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$83 Million Verdict Renews Spotlight on Trump’s Finances

He did not go to jail, and has not lost his grip on the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but a jury’s verdict in a civil defamation trial last week nonetheless hit Donald J. Trump where it hurts: his wallet. The jury’s decision to award $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll came at an […]

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At the Defense Table, Trump Uses the Courtroom as a Stage

He shook his head in anger, sitting with his back hunched. He spoke to his lawyers, his words sometimes quite audible to the packed courtroom. He wrote instructions for his defense team that he shoved their way. He walked in late at one point, and at another, while a lawyer suing him was speaking to […]

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Wayne LaPierre, Longtime NRA Chief, Testifies at Manhattan Trial

With less than a week left as chief of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre got to look back at his 33-year tenure in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, when he began testifying in a civil corruption case that the New York attorney general brought against him. Mr. LaPierre has been accused of using the […]

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Trump’s Fraud Trial Draws to an End With Closing Arguments

Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial enters its final phase on Thursday as each side presents closing arguments in a case that has enraged the former president and threatens his family business. Lawyers for the New York attorney general, who sued Mr. Trump in 2022, will argue that the former president violated laws when he […]

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Judge Disrupts Trump’s Plan to Deliver Closing Arguments in Fraud Trial

The judge presiding over Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial disrupted the former president’s plan to speak on his own behalf during closing arguments this week, the latest clash between Mr. Trump’s political aims and American legal norms. Mr. Trump, who considers himself his own best spokesman, had planned to address the court during the […]

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N.R.A. Civil Corruption Trial to Begin in New York

Just days after the resignation of its longtime leader, the National Rifle Association faced off in a Manhattan court on Monday in a long-awaited civil showdown with the New York attorney general’s office. With Wayne LaPierre, the longtime chief of the N.R.A., looking on from the first row, a lawyer from the attorney general’s office […]

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New York A.G. Seeks $370 Million From Trump After Civil Fraud Trial

The New York attorney general on Friday asked that the judge who had overseen the civil fraud trial of Donald J. Trump to penalize the former president about $370 million, saying the trial had demonstrated that he had gained that amount through unlawful conduct. The sum was well over the $250 million that the attorney […]

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New York A.G. Seeks $370 Million From Trump After Civil Fraud Trial

The New York attorney general on Friday asked that the judge who had overseen the civil fraud trial of Donald J. Trump to penalize the former president about $370 million, saying the trial had demonstrated that he had gained that amount through unlawful conduct. The sum was well over the $250 million that the attorney […]

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LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign

Ms. James seeks to use her regulatory authority over nonprofit groups to impose a range of financial penalties against the defendants and to remove Mr. LaPierre; any money recovered would flow back to the N.R.A. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Tuesday before State Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen. The trial is expected […]

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Trump Fraud Trial Verdict Dependent on the Unconventional Judge Engoron

Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, set out to prove that Donald J. Trump had committed fraud. Mr. Trump took the stand to assail Ms. James. Lawyers on both sides screamed that their opponents were out of line and wasting time. When 11 weeks of chaotic courtroom wrangling ended Wednesday, the fate of […]

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Testimony in Trump NY Fraud Trial Ends, but Verdict Expected in 2024

The sprawling civil fraud trial of Donald J. Trump dragged to an end on Wednesday as defense lawyers interrupted a witness who was testifying about the principles of accounting with a spirited argument over the difference between the words “could” and “would.” The witness, Eric Lewis, a professor at Cornell University’s business school, was the […]

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