In a victory for New York Attorney General Letitia James, former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization were ordered to pay over $350 million in damages by Judge Arthur Engoron.
James celebrated Friday’s ruling against Trump and his sons Eric and Donald Jr. in the New York civil fraud case.
“Justice has been served,” James said during a press conference following the ruling. “Today, we prove that no one is above the law, no matter how rich, powerful or politically connected you are, everyone must play by the same rules”
“For years, Donald Trump engaged in deceptive business practices and tremendous fraud. Donald Trump falsely, knowingly, inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself, his family and to cheat the system,” James said.
“Donald Trump may have authored the Art of the Deal, but he perfected the art of the steal today,” James added, referring to Trump’s 1987 book with journalist Tony Schwartz.
James first filed the suit against Trump in September 2022, and the former president has repeatedly attacked the attorney general and criticized Engoron throughout the trial. Trump has claimed the trial politically targeted him because he’s running for reelection, an argument the former president has used in several of the criminal cases against him.
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Trump will have to pay interest on the amount, and the Republican front-runner was barred from serving as a director of any New York corporation for three years. He also cant receive a loan from banks registered in New York. His sons are barred from serving as directors of any New York corporation for two years.
In his first public comments following the ruling, Trump took to Truth Social to write that James “has been obsessed with ‘Getting Trump’ for years,” adding she “used Crooked New York State Judge Engoron to get an illegal, unAmerican judgment against me, my family, and my tremendous business.”
