New York AG: I Won’t Drop Trump’s $454M Judgment

Fox News reports:

New York Attorney General Letitia James said she will not drop the civil fraud case against President-elect Donald Trump, arguing presidents are not immune from civil litigation. Trump and his attorneys demanded that James drop her civil fraud case against him, his family and his businesses “for the greater good of the country” last month.

Trump was ordered to pay a $454 million civil fraud judgment in James’ lawsuit against him. Trump has appealed the ruling, and judges on a New York appeals court seemed receptive to potentially reversing the judgment altogether.

The New York attorney general’s office on Tuesday said they are not going to take action to drop the case against the president-elect. James’ office argued that presidents do not have immunity from civil litigation arising from unofficial conduct, and said lawsuits “may proceed while the president is in office.”

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NY AG Letitia James’s office says it won’t toss its nearly $500M civil fraud judgment or case against Trump as he requested.

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