New York A.G. James Seeks Dismissal of Trump Suit Over Probe (2)
By Erik Larson
Jan. 26, 2022, 11:20 PM
New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to throw out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking to block her civil investigation into asset valuations by his real-estate business.
James, who has been probing the Manhattan-based Trump Organization for possible fraud since 2019, argued in a federal court filing Wednesday in Albany that a judge overseeing an earlier clash in state court has already cleared the investigation and repeatedly ordered the company to comply.
The fight over the attorney general’s investigation heated up in December after she subpoenaed Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and ...