(FixThisNation.com) – On Monday, former President Donald Trump’s legal team called for a New York appeals court to dismiss the nearly half-billion-dollar judgment that is the result of Trump’s New York civil fraud case. In the paperwork, Trump’s lawyers argue that this case is an “unprecedented power-grab” by the state’s attorney general and that they lacked the authority to bring this case forward.
A state judge determined in this case that Trump should be required to pay $454 million for having altered his net worth in financial statements to receive better insurance and tax benefits. This was a big blow to Trump’s business empire and is going to be draining his personal funds during his third presidential campaign.
In the paperwork filed, Trump’s attorneys argued that based on the case ruling no company would want to start doing business in New York and that many businesses are actually fleeing. They added that this decision was going to be disastrous for the state as the attorney general had prosecuted this case by using a statute that had never before been used.
The appeal of the former President echoed those that he had made during his trial, including the claim that the banks had wanted to work with the Trump Organization and that during their due diligence, no fraud had been detected. Trump’s legal team further argued that the company’s business deals had not resulted in any losses or victims and argued that Trump is one of the most “iconic real estate developers” in US history.
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