A defiant Donald Trump attacked New York’s attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, with a state lawyer accusing the former president of generating more than $100 million by lying about his real estate empire.

Attorney General Letitia James is seeking at least $250 million in fines, a permanent ban against Trump and his sons Donald Jr and Eric from running businesses in New York and a five-year commercial real estate ban against Trump and the Trump Organization.

Testimony in the Manhattan courtroom began following opening statements, with Donald Bender, a partner at Mazars USA and longtime accountant for Trump’s businesses, as the state’s first witness.

Trump told reporters before the trial began that the case was a “scam,” a “sham” and a political vendetta by James, and during a lunch break called the Democrat “a corrupt person, a terrible person. Driving people out of New York.”

  • @LEDZeppelin
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    731 year ago

    Naturally, republicans are nominating him to be the next house speaker.

  • @[email protected]
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    581 year ago

    It’s not even “alleged” because there was already a summary judgement. He DID earn millions through fraud.

    • FoundTheVegan
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      11 year ago

      No! Witch hunt! It’s all deepstate Trump hate! A very reliable chan poster told me, and my pastor agrees!! Trump can do whatever he wants or its anti-Trump bias! This is all just revenge for giving us 6G (worse than 5, do your own research)!

      #FACTS!!!

  • @CluckN
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    281 year ago

    I feel like no matter how much money they squeeze out of Trump he’ll make it back campaigning.

  • @[email protected]
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    231 year ago

    If I was a betting man, I would say that Trump’s personal gain from this crap is probably being under-counted by a factor of at least 10