Letitia James

'This is a show': Democrat demands Comer hold 'fake faux' Biden impeachment vote

U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) repeatedly demanded House Oversight Committee Chairman Jim Comer hold a vote to impeach President Joe Biden, as he declared Wednesday's impeachment investigation "fake," while saying on-camera Republicans are "lying to their base."

"You can be damn sure they would have called the vote by now. Right?" Congressman Moskowitz told the Republicans' witness, Tony Bobulinski, a former Hunter Biden business associate. "But they want it to go on. They either want it to go on because they don't have the evidence –"

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'Swing voters don't like criminals': Pollster whacks claim that trials are good for Trump

Pollster Sarah Longwell on Thursday slapped down a claim by a fellow CNN panelist who said that New York Attorney General Letitia James seizing Trump Tower would benefit the former president politically.

During a discussion of Trump's legal woes, CNN analyst Mark Preston said that Democrats should be wary of James taking Trump's properties as a way to ensure he pays the massive civil fraud verdict leveled against him.

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Trump has a legal option that could save him—but he doesn't want to take it: report

Running for the White House while bankrupt isn't a look Donald Trump wants.

As the former president tries to beat time with limited options as the March 25 deadline closes in to shell out nearly $500 million after he lost his civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James — he is determined to do anything and everything to avoid filing Chapter 11, according to The Washington Post citing multiple sources.

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Trump wracked with 'frustration and concern' as time to pay bond ticks down: NBC

Former President Donald Trump feels the heat as the deadline to pay the bond in his $464 million civil fraud case ticks nearer.

In that case, Judge Arthur Engoron found the former president, his two adult sons, and his former chief accountant Allen Weisselberg liable for systematically lying about property valuations to manipulate tax liabilities and interest rates on loans.

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Letitia James has a 'game plan' to cut Trump 'out of the deal' by selling assets: reporter

If Donald Trump can't come up with the $464 million sum in the civil fraud case before the March 25 deadline while appealing — the New York Attorney General may end up going around him and dealing with his property partners directly.

Investigative reporter Jonathan Greenberg, who has covered Trump and his finances for years, thinks it's unlikely the former president will be able to "raise this money."

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Anyone who loans Trump bond money will have to 'fight like hell' to get repaid: biographer

Trump has admitted it is all but impossible for him to obtain the $464 million bond necessary while he appeals the civil fraud judgment against him, opening up the possibility that New York Attorney General Letitia James could begin seizing his assets. But notably, even Fox News commentators can't help but notice that no billionaire benefactors are leaping to help the former president.

On MSNBC Wednesday evening, anchor Joy Reid discussed the issue with award-winning Trump biographer David Cay Johnston, playing a clip from Fox in which conservative analyst Charles Gasparino said, "Generally Donald doesn't have a great record of paying back banks over the years. And Donald Trump — so, you know, you can sort of surmise from that what you will."

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Mar-a-Lago employee: I saw evidence of a cover-up as authorities came for classified docs

Former Mar-a-Lago employee Brian Butler, identified as Employee #5 in special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents indictment of former President Donald Trump, gave an interview on MSNBC Wednesday night — and revealed new details about the things he saw as he was ordered to help transport boxes.

In particular, Butler told anchor and legal expert Ari Melber, Trump's repeated claims that he had a legal right to declassify and take the documents stands in stark contrast to the efforts he seemed to take to conceal what he was doing from the authorities.

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'It doesn’t make any sense': Ex-DOJ prosecutor doubts Trump's latest financial claims

Andrew Weissmann, the former senior prosecutor on Robert Mueller's special counsel team, questioned the validity of Donald Trump's claim that he's broke.

Filling in for Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday, MSNBC host Alicia Menendez said that something doesn't quite add up in Trump's latest claim that over 30 companies wouldn't bond him. Attorney General Letitia James questions whether the refusals are actual people saying they wouldn't bond him or if Trump simply wasn't open to the terms outlined.

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Trump rants that Letitia James just wants to 'steal my money!'

Former President Donald Trump came up with a new accusation to hurl at Attorney General Letitia James just days before his $464 million civil fraud judgment is due.

"Applying the proper Statute of Limitations wipes out @ [sic] $350 Million of the Judgment," Trump declared in a Truth Social post Wednesday. "The Attorney General wants to abuse her power to steal my money!!"

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Expert reveals Trump Tower's hefty debt as Letitia James prepares to seize property

As New York Attorney General Letitia James prepares to make good on her vow to seize Donald Trump's property, an expert showed his iconic Trump Tower will likely not be top of her list.

The former president has until Monday to pay a $464 million bond after being found liable for fraud. His lawyers revealed this week that he will not be able to do that.

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'Filthy hands off Trump Tower!' Frantic fundraising plea issued as fraud deadline nears

Donald Trump sent out a frantic fundraising plea centered around the possibility that Trump Tower might be seized as part of the massive New York fraud judgment leveled against him.

The former president's lawyers notified the court that none of 30 underwriting entities they approached would finance the half-billion bond he needs to pay as he appeals the fraud judgment, which means the New York attorney general's office could begin seizing his properties next week if he fails to pay by Monday's deadline.

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Letitia James could swoop on Trump's properties as soon as Monday: report

New York Attorney General Letitia James could swoop in and seize former President Donald Trump's properties as soon as Monday, a CNN analyst reported Wednesday.

"They are ready to move forward to try to seize some of his assets, and possibly properties," CNN reporter Kara Scannell said.

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Letitia James slaps back after 'panicked' Trump demands stay to his $464M fraud ruling

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday told the state's appeals court to ignore former President Donald Trump's claims that he can't cough up the $464 million damages he was hit with in his civil fraud trial, court records show.

James' taut slap-back comes as "panic" mounts among the Trump team just five days before the massive payment is due, sources close to the former president told CNN.

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