Full audio: NYAG Letitia James announces lawsuit against Donald Trump

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🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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0:00.0	I am announcing that today we are filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump for violating the law as
0:07.9	Part of his efforts to generate profits for himself his family and his company
0:14.8	The complaint demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely
0:19.0	inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and
0:26.5	To cheat the system
0:28.5	thereby cheating all of us
0:31.8	He did this with the help of the other defendants his children
0:37.0	Donald Trump Jr
0:39.4	Ivanka Trump
0:41.4	an Eric Trump and former Trump organization
0:45.4	CFO Alan Weiselberg and Trump organization controller Jeffrey McCunney
0:51.4	Mr. Trump and the Trump organization repeatedly and
0:54.6	And persistently manipulated the value of assets to induce banks
1:01.1	To lend money to the Trump organization on more favorable terms than what otherwise have been available to the company
1:08.8	to pay lower taxes
1:11.7	To satisfy continuing loan agreements and to induce
1:16.0	Insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for higher limits and at lower premiums
1:21.7	This
1:23.7	Conduct was all in violation of executive law section 63 12
1:29.1	Which gives the attorney general broad and special powers
1:34.2	To go after persistent and repeated fraud and illegality as
1:39.4	Part of demonstrating illegality under that section of law 63 12th. We show that they violated several state criminal laws
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