New York State is requesting $370 million

New York State is requesting $370 million

That's far more than the $250 million the state's attorney general requested in her fall 2022 complaint.

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Former US President Donald Trump in Waterloo, Iowa, December 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

The state of New York, which filed a civil complaint for financial fraud against former US President Donald Trump, his children and their real estate empire, is demanding that the Trump Organization… “$370 million” Compensation, according to court documents, Friday, January 5.

That's far more than the $250 million requested by state Attorney General Letitia James in her fall 2022 complaint, which led to the ongoing civil trial for financial fraud in a New York City court, where Donald Trump and his sons Donald Jr. and Eric have testified since last year. October.

The 77-year-old former president and his co-defendants are accused of inflating the value of skyscrapers, luxury hotels or golf courses in the heart of Trump's empire during the 2000s, to obtain more favorable bank loans and better insurance terms. Since the start of the trial on October 2, the Republican billionaire has objected to justice every time he comes to court, denouncing… “witch hunting” Or one “A trial worthy of a banana republic”. After the attacks on his clerk, a judge banned Donald Trump from speaking about his team and imposed two fines totaling $15,000 on him for violating the order.

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