Trump calls for New York AG Letitia James drop civil fraud case ‘for the larger good of the nation’

EXCLUSIVE: Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump are demanding that New York Legal professional Common Letitia James drop her civil fraud case towards him, his household and his companies “for the larger good of the nation,” Fox Information Digital has discovered. 

“In furtherance of our conversations together with your workplace, we write to request that you simply utterly dismiss the above-referenced case towards President Donald J. Trump, his household, and his companies, and stipulate to vacate the Judgment and dismiss all claims with prejudice,” Trump lawyer D. John Sauer wrote in a letter completely obtained by Fox Information Digital. 

NEW YORK APPEALS COURT APPEARS RECEPTIVE TO REVERSING OR REDUCING $454M TRUMP CIVIL FRAUD JUDGMENT

Trump was ordered to pay a $454 million civil fraud judgment in James’ lawsuit towards him. 

Trump has appealed the ruling, and judges on a New York appeals court docket appeared open-minded and receptive to doubtlessly reversing the judgment altogether. 

Sauer, although, pointed to Trump’s “historic election victory.”

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a Home Republicans Convention assembly on the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Nov. 13. (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Photos)

“President Trump has referred to as for our Nation’s partisan strife to finish, and for the contending factions to affix forces for the larger good of the nation,” Sauer wrote. “This name for unity extends to the authorized onslaught towards him and his household that permeated the newest election cycle.” 

Sauer, who was nominated as solicitor common within the second Trump administration, referred to as the circumstances towards Trump to have been “a flashpoint of nationwide partisan division.”  

“As counsel for President Trump on this enchantment—and now as his nominee for Solicitor Common of the USA—I’ve had the chance to expertise this partisan division personally, and I strongly consider that it’s mandatory for the well being of our Republic for the strife and lawfare to finish.” 

He added: “You now have the singular alternative to assist treatment this division.” 

Sauer’s letter comes after a string of authorized victories for Trump and his authorized crew, coordinated by senior authorized adviser Boris Epshteyn. 

Sauer pointed to Particular Counsel Jack Smith’s current request, which was granted by federal Choose Tanya Chutkan, to dismiss his case towards Trump associated to the 2020 election. Smith additionally tossed his enchantment within the categorised information case on Monday, after a federal choose dismissed the fees altogether in July, ruling that he was unlawfully appointed as particular counsel.”

New York Legal professional Common Letitia James speaks throughout the press briefing with Gov. Kathy Hochul discussing the affect of 2024 presidential election. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket by way of Getty Photos)

In New York v. Trump, Choose Juan Merchan granted Trump’s request to file a movement to dismiss the fees stemming from Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg’s case and eliminated the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule. 

“This case warrants the identical therapy,” Sauer wrote. 

Sauer reminded that in James’ case, “the statute of limitations bars claims and legal responsibility.” 

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Sauer additionally reminded that her case entails “no victims, no complaints, no misstatements, no causation, and no accidents or losses.” 

“As an alternative, President Trump offered clear and unambiguous disclaimers to classy business events who made choices based mostly on their very own due diligence,” Sauer wrote. “Each mortgage and insurance coverage cost was made in full, and both on time or early.” 

Sauer mentioned Trump’s enterprise companions “had been delighted with these transactions” and “benefited enormously, making over $100 million in earnings.” 

Sauer mentioned that the proof “definitively demonstrates that the defendants’ counterparties weren’t deceived, that they carried out their very own due diligence and eagerly sought, and embraced, the extremely worthwhile enterprise transactions, and that the challenged statements didn’t have an effect on the phrases of any transaction.” 

“As famous above, they had been paid again in full, on time or early,” he mentioned. 

Sauer mentioned that “the chilling impact generated by this case is crushing to companies throughout New York, who’re being compelled to flee to friendlier States the place such standardless enforcement and extreme punishment are usually not discovered.”

“President Trump is without doubt one of the most profitable builders within the historical past of New York,” Sauer mentioned. “He rebuilt the New York skyline, created 1000’s of jobs, rescued and rejuvenated historic Wollman Rink, developed the $3 billion West Aspect Railyards from 59th to 72nd Avenue in Manhattan, was deeply concerned in growing the Jacob Javits Middle, and is singularly chargeable for many different successes,” Sauer wrote. “This lawsuit towards him ‘vindicates no public function.’” 

Trump lawyer D. John Sauer. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos)

Sauer pointed Trump’s huge landslide victory and his pending inauguration because the forty seventh president. 

Sauer additionally pointed to remarks by previous presidents, particularly on Oct. 3, 1863, throughout “the time of our Nation’s best division,” when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation.

“President Lincoln referred to as for the American individuals to put aside their bitter divisions in order that the blessings of liberty may very well be ‘solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged as with one coronary heart and one voice by the entire American individuals.’” Sauer wrote. “He urged all Individuals to ‘fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the injuries of the nation, and to revive it, as quickly as could also be in line with the Divine functions, to the complete enjoyment of peace, concord, tranquility, and union.’” 

Sauer added: “Invoking the identical spirit of unity, we request that you simply stipulate to the vacatur of the Judgment and dismissal of this case with prejudice.” 

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Sauer’s letter comes after New York Choose Arthur Engoron dominated earlier this 12 months that Trump and different defendants had been accountable for persistent and repeated fraud, falsifying enterprise information, issuing false monetary statements, conspiracy to falsify false monetary statements, insurance coverage fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance coverage fraud. 

In September 2023, earlier than the non-jury trial started, Engoron dominated that Trump and the Trump Group had dedicated fraud whereas constructing his actual property empire by deceiving banks, insurers and others by overvaluing his property and exaggerating his internet value on paperwork utilized in making offers and securing financing.

Trump was hit with an preliminary penalty of $355 million. That sum is rapidly growing by way of curiosity accruals of roughly $112,000 a day till paid in full, now sitting round $470 million.

Trump’s authorized crew mentioned the preliminary requested bond was “unprecedented for a personal firm,” and mentioned to publish it within the judgment’s full quantity was a “sensible impossibility.” 

An appeals court docket slashed Trump’s bond cost in March, and the previous president paid $175 million. 

President-elect Trump arrives to talk throughout an Election Evening occasion on the Palm Seaside Conference Middle in West Palm Seaside, Fla., Nov. 6. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)

Trump has vowed to struggle the case “all the best way as much as the U.S. Supreme Courtroom if mandatory.” 

Trump and his household denied any wrongdoing, with the previous president saying his property had been undervalued. Trump’s authorized crew insisted that his monetary statements had disclaimers, and made it clear to banks that they need to conduct their very own assessments.

All through the trial, Trump attorneys introduced witnesses, together with former Deutsche Financial institution high executives, who testified the banks sought further enterprise from Trump, whom they seen as a “whale of a shopper.”

Trump’s protection additionally introduced in skilled witnesses, together with New York College accounting professor Eli Bartov, who reviewed the Trump monetary statements at problem within the case and mentioned he discovered no proof of accounting fraud.

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Bartov testified final month that Trump’s monetary statements didn’t violate accounting ideas, and he advised that something problematic — like an enormous year-to-year leap within the estimated worth of his Trump Tower penthouse — was merely an error.

“My primary discovering is that there isn’t any proof in anyway of any accounting fraud,” Bartov testified. Trump’s monetary statements, he mentioned, “weren’t materially misstated.”