Trump Claims Trump Organization Doesn’t Legally Exist

The Insider reports:

Donald Trump, his real-estate company and his three eldest children have filed an extraordinary, nose-thumbing response to the $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James in September, stating that “Trump Organization” is branding shorthand — not a legal entity — so it can’t be sued.

“To the extent a response is required, Defendant specifically denies the definitions of “Trump Organization” and “Defendants,” reads Donald Trump’s response to the lawsuit, one of 16 answers filed late Thursday night.

New York’s lawsuit names Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, former company CFO Allen Weisselberg and its former payroll executive Jeffrey McConney. It also names 10 entities under the Trump Organization umbrella — including “The Trump Organization, Inc.”, a registered corporation in New York since 1981.

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Donald Trump argues in wild court filing that New York can’t sue the Trump Organization because it doesn’t legally exist. Well he has a point. Nothing Trump has done is real. https://t.co/opsKsAhc4y

— Karl Rosenfeld (@kneerecon) January 28, 2023