Letitia James

Donald Trump's family is facing allegations of having committed "mega-fraud" in New York that is being investigated by the state's attorney general.

"New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged on Tuesday that former president Donald Trump’s business inflated the value of his properties and misstated his personal worth in representations to lenders, insurance brokers and other players in his real estate empire," The Washington Post reported. "In a nearly 160-page filing, James cited multiple examples of Trump allegedly lending his signature to financial statements that estimated the worth of properties in the Trump Organization portfolio and the value of his own fortune — estimates that James’s team has long suggested were misleading and potentially key to taking legal action against the Manhattan-based company."

The New York attorney general's office filed a motion Tuesday aimed at forcing former president Donald Trump to testify as part of an ongoing probe into his company's financial dealings.

In addition to the former president, the motion seeks to compel the testimony of his son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump, as well as the production of documents. According to a news release from the AG's office, "each of the individuals was directly involved in one or more transactions under review." The release notes that earlier this month, the Trumps filed a motion seeking to quash the interviews. Tuesday's filing by the AG's office opposes their motion.

On Wednesday, writing for Above the Law, legal analyst Liz Dye ridiculed a new motion from former President Donald Trump's lawyer demanding that a federal judge block New York Attorney General Letitia James and state prosecutors from investigating his family businesses.

"Among the many categories of relief sought, most of which amount to 'tell that lady to go away and stop investigating me for crimes,' the former president asked for 'a preliminary and permanent injunction … requiring Defendant to immediately cease or, at a minimum, appropriately limit all ongoing investigations of Plaintiffs pending resolution of this action,'" noted Dye. "Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba has now managed to docket a motion for preliminary injunction, and, friends, for sheer batsh*ttery, this one rivals her letter to the Pulitzer Committee demanding that it retract prizes for the New York Times and Washington Post OR ELSE."

Former President Donald Trump has been gone from the White House for almost a year, yet he continues to face a variety of investigations — from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee on the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Another is New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ ongoing civil probe of Trump’s finances. In an article published by Rolling Stone on January 11, journalist Peter Wade reports that Trump and his lawyers are “pulling out all the stops to prevent” James’ investigation from moving ahead.

It was obvious how much James is getting to Team Trump when, on Monday, January 10, Trump’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against James’ investigation, asking for a preliminary injunction.

With former president Donald Trump facing criminal investigations by a House select committee, the Manhattan district attorney's office, New York Attorney General Letitia James and possibly the Justice Department, the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin suggests all eyes should be on Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis.

As the columnist notes, Willis' office seems to be farther along than the higher-profile investigations where Trump has been using delaying tactics and witnesses are refusing to heed subpoenas, with Willis stating she expects to make an announcement in the first half of 2022.

Eric Trump offered a legally flawed defense of his family's business from a New York state investigation, and the former president's son was laughed off social media.

The twice-impeached one-term president's second-eldest son claimed the investigation by attorney general Letitia James "violates the Constitution," echoing claims from a lawsuit filed by his father that complains the probe deprived him of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

Donald Trump's family and the Trump Organisation made a late filing in a New York court on Monday demanding New York Attorney General Letitia James recuse herself from investigating their business practices, report Axios.

In their court documents that call her criminal investigation an "unconstitutional" abuse of process.

President Donald Trump's lawyer took to Newsmax on Monday to personally attack Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis, who is the prosecutor investigating another case against Trump.

The moment came after it was revealed Trump's lawyers had to meet with prosecutors in the Georgia fraud case and around the time of the meeting the former president released an unhinged rant about "prosecutors" and "Democrats."

Almost a year after leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump continues to face a variety of investigations — from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 committee to New York State Attorney General Letitia James to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Trump’s team has fought aggressively to keep White House records out of the hands of Pelosi’s committee, and according to Daily Beast reporter Jose Pagliery, former U.S. national archivist John W. Carlin believes that Trump has good reason to want to keep those records under lock and key.

“An outgoing president’s White House records go straight to the National Archives and Records Administration, where they could be kept away from the public for up to 12 years,” Pagliery explains in an article published by the Beast on January 3. “However, President Joe Biden waived that presidential privilege when he allowed the bipartisan House January 6 Committee to request some documents about Trump’s final weeks in office. Trump sued to block that, and his odd claims of ‘residual’ executive privilege got knocked down by a federal judge who noted ‘presidents are not kings’ and an appellate panel that found his argument has ‘no basis.’”

Reporting on the battle between New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Trump family after she announced she will be subpoenaing them, NBC's Tom Winter explained that should Don Trump Jr. and Ivanka appear before a grand jury they may face a legal dilemma.

Speaking with "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist, Winter reported the two -- along with their father -- are attempting to quash the subpoenas issued to get more information on their business dealings.