James, Letitia
NY Attorney General May Sue Trump After Rejecting Settlement Offer
The New York attorney general’s office has rebuffed an offer from Donald J. Trump’s lawyers to settle a contentious civil investigation into the former president and his family real estate business, setting the stage for a lawsuit that would accuse Mr. Trump of fraud, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The attorney […]
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During Four-Hour Deposition, Trump Answered Only One Question
The New York State attorney general, Letitia James, sat across from Donald J. Trump as he repeatedly declined to answer questions, invoking his right against self-incrimination during a deposition on Wednesday, according to one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers. The lawyer, Ronald P. Fischetti, said that over the course of about four hours, with several breaks, […]
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Trump Faces Questions About His Net Worth in Interview He Tried to Avoid
For decades, Donald J. Trump has boasted with impunity about a subject close to his heart and ego: his net worth. “I look better if I’m worth $10 billion than if I’m worth $4 billion,” he once said when disputing his ranking on the Forbes billionaires list. In a court case, he acknowledged that when […]
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Tether: The Coin That Could Wreck Crypto
Even by crypto’s often-surreal standards, Tether has a peculiar history. The company was founded in 2014 by Brock Pierce, a cryptocurrency evangelist who, as a child actor, starred in the “Mighty Ducks” movies. He and his partner, Reeve Collins, later handed control of the firm to a former plastic surgeon named Giancarlo Devasini, who has […]
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Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.’s Inquiry
After Ms. James subpoenaed Mr. Trump in December, lawyers for the former president argued that they conducted a thorough search for the records being sought by her investigators and found no new documents to provide. But Justice Engoron said Monday that the lawyers had not provided sufficient detail about how they had conducted the search. […]
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How the Manhattan DA’s Investigation Into Donald Trump Unraveled
On a late January afternoon, two senior prosecutors stood before the new Manhattan district attorney, hoping to persuade him to criminally charge the former president of the United States. The prosecutors, Mark F. Pomerantz and Carey R. Dunne, detailed their strategy for proving that Donald J. Trump knew his annual financial statements were works of […]
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Prosecutors Leading Trump Fraud Investigation in NY Resign
But given what it called “the totality of circumstances” — including its internal investigation and Ms. James’s court papers — Mazars instructed the company to notify anyone who had received the statements that they “should not be relied upon.” Understand the New York A.G.’s Trump Inquiry Card 1 of 6 An empire under scrutiny. The […]
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Accounting Firm Cuts Ties With Trump and Retracts Financial Statements
Donald J. Trump’s longtime accounting firm cut ties with him and his family business last week, saying it could no longer stand behind a decade of annual financial statements it prepared for the Trump Organization, court documents show. The decision, which was disclosed to the company in a Feb. 9 letter from the accounting firm, […]
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N.Y. Mask Mandate Back in Effect After Judge Grants Stay
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State’s indoor mask mandate will remain in effect after an appeals court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower-court ruling from a day before that had abruptly struck down the rule and created confusion across schools and businesses. The decision on Tuesday came after a ruling on Monday by Justice […]
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