Trump family fraud exposed — but Ivanka dodges liability in N.Y. civil case
SalonIt's been a long time coming but it finally happened. The civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James appeared so unassailable to Justice Arthur Engoron that he issued a summary judgment on behalf of the state which strips control of some of Trump's businesses from the family and could end up costing the former president as much as $250 million. Evidently, Habba's defense of Donald Trump's business empire wasn't convincing to the judge, who indicated that Habba hadn't presented a coherent case but instead had argued that "the documents do not say what they say; that there is no such thing as 'objective' value; and that essentially the Court should not believe its own eyes." We knew that Trump was a crook from the Trump University fraud case which Trump settled for $25 million after he won the White House to the grotesque con game his family called the "Trump Foundation," which they used for their own benefit and which was dissolved in a previous civil case they lost. This latest case nails Eric and Donald Jr. right along with Trump since they were also "executives" who are legally liable for these fraudulent practices.