On Tuesday, Donald Trump made history as the first ex-president of the United States to be arraigned on criminal charges. In an effort to cover up an alleged affair with Stormy Daniels from the 2008 presidential campaign, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a 34-count criminal prosecution against the 45th president of the United States.
This is the first time criminal charges have been filed against Trump as a result of an inquiry. Apart from the federal investigation led by Special Counsel Jack Smith for mishandling secret data and the January 6 rebellion, he may potentially face indictment in Georgia for meddling with election results there. New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, has filed a civil action against him for $250 million.
After his arraignment, Trump went back to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he delivered a speech in which he blasted the individuals supervising his legal troubles.
Who is Letitia James?
American politician and lawyer Letitia Ann James was born on October 18, 1958. She defeated Republican Barbara Underwood in the 2018 election for Attorney General of New York and is now serving in that position. She’s the first person of color and female to hold this office. James, who grew up in Brooklyn and attended Lehman College in The Bronx before transferring to Howard University to earn her law degree, is a native New Yorker. First she was a public defender, then she was an Assembly employee, and finally she was an Assistant Attorney General for the state of New York (Brooklyn Regional Office).
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Why did Donald Trump attack Letitia James in his speech at Mar-a-Lago?
During his speech at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump criticized actress Letitia James.
Those who are investigating Trump, his family, and his business were the primary emphasis of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago speech, which, in addition to being practically factually lacking, was also full of overstated numbers. Following a lengthy introductory diatribe about how the law is so unfair, Hunter Biden’s laptop, bogus charges of electoral fraud, and a wink to the anti-semites, he moved on to a list of his individual grievances.
If I understood correctly, New York Attorney General Letitia James was scheduled to speak last but instead came in the middle of his address. In 2018, she won election as New York’s attorney general.
James is familiar to Trump because she is the attorney general who successfully sued his organization for financial mismanagement. As part of the settlement, Trump was required to pay $2 million in 2019, with the money being split amongst eight different organizations.
Now James is suing him in civil court, along with his company and three of his grown children, alleging fraud. To quote the lawsuit: “The amount of massively inflated asset values is astonishing, affecting most if not all of the real estate holdings in any given year.” This allegedly increased Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars. The attorney general claims that between 2011 and 2021, her agency uncovered over 200 instances of falsely inflated asset assessments.
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the case, recently denied a request by Trump’s attorneys to postpone the trial. The date of October 2, 2023, is “set in stone,” as Engoron put it. James is seeking $250 million in damages from the Trump Organization, the Trump family, and the former president. The lawsuit’s civil aim is similar: to prevent Trump, Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka from serving as executives for New York-based businesses. James has also provided the US Revenue Service with evidence of criminal activity relating to the findings of her office.
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