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Letitia James

  1. money trouble
    Ruling Expected In Former President Donald Trump's New York Civil Fraud Trial
    Trump Got His $175 Million Bond. Now What?A billionaire supporter bailed Trump out of a difficult situation in New York, but the ex-president’s finances are still ugly.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. the money game
    The Crypto World Has a New VillainBillionaire Barry Silbert is accused of defrauding thousands of people. Should he get to keep their money anyway?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  3. operators
    What Real Estate Does Trump Own in NYC Anyway?Letitia James says she will seize Trump’s properties if he doesn’t pay his civil fraud penalty. The problem is, he doesn’t own that many.
    By Wilfred Chan
  4. early and often
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    Trump Gets Huge Break, Now Needs $175 Million to Post BondAn appellate court ruled that Trump has ten more days to secure a bond in the business-fraud case and no longer needs to post the full $454 million.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. the money game
    How Screwed Is Trump?Unless he can find a way out of paying Tish James, he will go bust on Monday.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  6. zero bond
    Closing Arguments Delivered In Trump's Civil Fraud Trial In NYC
    Trump Says He Can’t Get a $464 Million Bond. Now What?Trump’s lawyers want some leniency from the appeals court as Attorney General Letitia James gears up to possibly seize assets as early as next week.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. operators
    Former President Trump Struggles To Make Bond On Civil Fraud Case
    It’s Hard to Imagine Who’d Want to Buy Trump’s Seized PropertiesBetween the threat of lawsuits and the taint of Trump’s brand, his real estate seems like it’ll be more trouble than it’s worth.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  8. politics
    2023 New York City Veterans Day Parade
    FDNY Searching for MAGA Firefighters Who Booed Letitia JamesThe attorney general, who recently won a $454 million judgment against Donald Trump, was met with chants of his name at an FDNY ceremony.
    By Nia Prater
  9. close calls
    Court Hearing In Donald Trump's Hush-Money Criminal Case
    Trump Might Not Have to Sell Off His Properties Just YetAn appeals judge ruled that the former president can apply for a bank loan to pay the bond on his $464 million fine.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. politics
    Trump Could Still Lose Trump Tower After AllState attorney general Letitia James said that her office will ask for Trump’s assets to be seized if he can’t pay his $355 million fraud penalty.
    By Nia Prater
  11. the poor house
    The Donald Trump Fire Sale Starts NowHe’s going to have to sell his stuff to pay a half-billion dollars’ worth of legal penalties.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  12. politics
    Trump Banned From His Company, Fined $355 Million for FraudThe Trump Organization won’t have its namesake for three years in just one part of a staggering ruling leveled against the former president.
    By Nia Prater
  13. affordable housing
    The Eco-Yogi Slumlord House Is For SaleBut you’ll have to win the city’s notoriously dysfunctional housing lottery first.
    By Bridget Read
  14. the city politic
    Andrew Cuomo Wants the Kind of Redemption That Comes From Winning an ElectionHe sees the campaign trail as the only way to make the case that he was wrongly hounded from office.
    By Errol Louis
  15. court appearances
    The Fraud That Made President TrumpHe and Letitia James agree, in a way, that the case against him can’t be separated from politics.
    By Andrew Rice
  16. politics
    Trump’s Fraud Trial Testimony Was Mostly About Lashing OutThe former president spent most of his time on the stand attacking the judge and prosecutors.
    By Nia Prater and Chas Danner
  17. neighborhood news
    The Trump Boys Are Back in TownEric and Don Jr. defend their father in court.
    By Nia Prater
  18. the trump show
    Michael Cohen Waited Five Years for ThisIn court, face-to-face with Donald Trump.
    By Gabrielle Bluestone
  19. early and often
    Why Trump Nicknamed Letitia James ‘Peekaboo’: 6 TheoriesThere’s a lot of speculation about what Trump’s lazy nickname for the New York AG really means (but it’s probably just racist).
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. exhibit a
    Will Trump Actually Keep Trump Tower?A recent ruling appeared to spell doom for the former president’s business empire, but don’t celebrate just yet.
    By Ankush Khardori
  21. tremendous content
    Trump Rails Against Forbes for Calling Him Slightly Less RichTrump doesn’t care about falling off the stupid Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans, as he explained in two lengthy Truth Social tirades.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. politics
    Trump and Tish James Face Off in Manhattan CourtroomDonald Trump was back in his hometown as Attorney General Letitia James’s civil-fraud case against the former president got underway on Monday.
    By Victoria Bekiempis and Nia Prater
  23. politics
    Trump Might Lose Trump Tower After Scathing Court RulingA judge found Trump and his two eldest sons liable for widespread business fraud, which could lead to the dissolution of his New York businesses.
    By Nia Prater
  24. the myth of trump
    Trump Doesn’t Own the Most Expensive Apartment That’s Ever Existed in NYCIf a judge’s ruling stands, Trump, who committed fraud by exaggerating the value of his real estate, may even lose control of Trump Tower.
    By Kim Velsey
  25. politics
    It Turns Out Trump Probably Didn’t Get $2.2 Billion Richer in 2014In a new court filing, Attorney General Letitia James alleges that the former president fraudulently inflated his wealth ten years in a row.
    By Nia Prater
  26. early and often
    The Case(s) Against Donald TrumpIt’s hard to keep track, so we made a guide.
    By Nia Prater
  27. early and often
    Trump to Give Deposition in Tish James’s Fraud CaseWhat we know about the attorney general’s ongoing fraud case against Donald Trump and his children.
    By Nia Prater
  28. worst landlords
    Tenants of New York’s Worst Landlords Already Knew Signature Bank Would FailThe bank’s model incentivized eviction and neglect. Something had to give.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  29. tremendous content
    Watch Trump Repeatedly Plead the Fifth, Like a MobsterNew deposition video shows Trump, who once said only criminals and “the mob” take the Fifth, asserting his constitutional right more than 400 times.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. early and often
    Did $1 Million Fine Teach Trump a Lesson About ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuits?Probably not! But after being ordered to pay sanctions to Hillary Clinton and others, he did withdraw a vengeance-based suit against Letitia James.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. early and often
    Letitia James’s Office Is Facing Its Own Sexual-Harassment ScandalThe New York attorney general has been accused of handling sexual-harassment claims against her chief of staff differently than those against Cuomo.
    By Nia Prater
  32. exhibit a
    It’s Blindingly Clear the Feds Failed to Investigate Trump’s FinancesLetitia James’s fraud lawsuit is also an indictment of the Justice Department.
    By Ankush Khardori
  33. early and often
    Trump and His Children Committed ‘Staggering’ Fraud, According to Letitia JamesThe attorney general is seeking a $250 million penalty and to bar Trump from serving as an executive in a business in New York ever again.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. politics
    Trump Says He Can’t Comply With Subpoena Because He Can’t Find His PhoneIn an attempt to end a $10,000-a-day fine, he claimed he could not provide documents from his old devices because they’re lost to time.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. life after roe
    Letitia James Announces Legislation to Fund Abortion ProvidersThe bill would create a New York State fund to support abortion providers and nonprofit organizations, as well as help out-of-state abortion seekers.
    By Nia Prater
  36. politics
    Trump Held in Contempt of CourtHe will have to pay $10,000 every day he does not hand over subpoenaed documents to Letitia James’s fraud probe of the Trump Organization.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. politics
    Alvin Bragg Insists His Criminal Probe of Trump Isn’t OverThe state of the investigation from the Manhattan DA’s office was uncertain following the recent resignations of the probe’s top prosecutors.
    By Nia Prater
  38. stop asian hate
    Another Asian Woman Has Died After a Brutal AttackA man threw a rock at GuiYing Ma while she was sweeping a sidewalk in Queens last fall.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  39. power
    Justice According to Letitia JamesShe’s earned the wrath of Andrew Cuomo. She’s investigating Donald Trump. Can she beat the two meanest men in politics?
    By Rebecca Traister
  40. politics
    Trump Ordered to Testify in New York Fraud InquiryThe former president, Ivanka, and Donald Trump Jr. must sit for depositions in the next three weeks, a judge ruled.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. politics
    Trump’s Accounting Firm Says His Financial Statements Can’t Be TrustedThanks in part to the fraud investigation, Mazars USA cuts ties and says documents it prepared “should no longer be relied upon.”
    By Matt Stieb
  42. too soon
    Andrew Cuomo Is on the WarpathThe disgraced ex-governor said he feels “vindicated” as aides reportedly plan his return to public life.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. the national interest
    Trump: It’s Unfair for Black Prosecutors to Charge My CrimesCrooked family plays race card.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. politics
    Letitia James Details Fraud Claims Against Trump OrganizationThe state attorney general’s office says the former president’s company illegally inflated asset prices.
    By Nia Prater
  45. politics
    Tish James Wants to Speak to the Trump KidsDon Jr. and Ivanka have been subpoenaed as part of the ongoing civil investigation into the Trump Organization.
    By Nia Prater
  46. politics
    Feeling the Heat, Trump Sues to Block Fraud InquiryHe accuses Tish James of violating his rights by looking into the business practices of the Trump Organization.
    By Nia Prater
  47. politics
    Zephyr Teachout Drops Out of New York Attorney General RaceThe progressive’s campaign suspension effectively cleared the primary for the current attorney general, Letitia James, whom Teachout endorsed.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. the city politic
    Is Tish James Aiming Higher Than Governor? Stay Tuned.James dropped out of a winnable race, suggesting her high-stakes inquiry into the Trump Organization could be a national launching pad.
    By Errol Louis
  49. politics
    Letitia James Is No Longer Running for GovernorNew York’s attorney general said she needed to focus on the “important investigations and cases that are underway.”
    By Claire Lampen
  50. politics
    Tishquake: Letitia James Drops Out of Governor’s RaceThe attorney general says she’s choosing to run for another term in her current office, in a major relief to Kathy Hochul.
    By Nia Prater
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