'We have totally proven our innocence': Trump slams 'bloodthirsty' Letitia James in rant
Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Thursday to engage in yet another rant against New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York.
Trump referenced a ruling earlier in the day in which Engoron ruled against James on including specific witnesses — and tried to claim this was evidence the whole case was invalid.
"We have totally proven our innocence in the FAKE A.G. 'case,'" wrote Trump. "We have WON ON EVERY POINT, including the fact that their so-called 'Star' witness is a complete FRAUD, who openly admitted in Court that he lied, and that the information he gave to the bloodthirsty and disgraceful Attorney General was not factual or true. HE MADE IT ALL UP! Then today, Judge Engoron admitted that his original decision on Fraud was incorrect when he said 'I’M NOT HERE TO VALUE THESE PROPERTIES. I’M HERE TO DECIDE WHETHER THESE STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION WERE FRAUDULENT.' Well, the Fraud that he said I committed was based on the values that were set. That’s what the whole case is about!"
He continued:
"He and the Attorney General knowingly put down ridiculously LOW VALUES on assets, like Mar-a-Lago ($18.000.000) so that they could say my Financial Statement numbers were 'INFLATED' when, in fact, they were NOT. Therefore he should immediately REVERSE HIS WRONGFUL AND TOTALLY DISCREDITED SUMMARY JUDGEMENT DECISION."
Trump then added in a subsequent post on social media.
"Judge Engoron just did whatever the Corrupt Attorney General told him to do, a puppet, including using Valuations so LOW that they are Fraudulent. HE & LETITIA JAMES COMMITTED THE FRAUD, I DIDN’T. He Valued Mar-a-Lago at $18,000,000 in order to make me look guilty of Fraud, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount. Now he’s trying to say that he didn’t really say that, but he put it down in writing in his Opinion. Judicial and Prosecutorial Misconduct!"
Engoron has already ruled against Trump on the merits of the civil fraud case, which alleges Trump and his two adult sons fraudulently misstated the value of the Trump Organization's assets to get more favorable loan and tax treatment.
James is seeking hundreds of millions in fines against the Trumps, and the dissolution of their business within the state.