Attorney General Letitia James dubbed it “The art of the steal.”The lawsuit, filed in state court in Manhattan, is the culmination of the Democrat's three-year civil investigation into Trump and the Trump Organization. For example, according to the lawsuit, Trump claimed his Trump Tower apartment — a three-story penthouse replete with gold-plated fixtures — was nearly three times its actual size and valued the property at $327 million. And she wants Trump and the Trump Organization from entering into commercial real estate acquisitions for five years, among other sanctions. If convicted, the Trump Organization could face a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes. Weisselberg and another Trump Organization executive, Jeffrey McConney, were also named as defendants in James' lawsuit.

Source: CBC News September 21, 2022 16:19 UTC