Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Black state Attorney General Letitia James as a “racist” and claimed she leaked details of when he was due to file him in her $250 million lawsuit against his business empire.
“I’m going downtown to meet a racist who leaked me I’d be there at 9:30,” he wrote on the Truth Social on his platform.
The leak makes it more difficult for the police and the Secret Service to do their job. This civil case is ridiculous, just like all the other electoral interference cases against me. If I had a just judge, this case would never have happened. Maja!
Trump waved to the crowd and raised his fist in the air as he left Trump Tower Thursday morning for James’s office downtown.
Donald Trump raises his fist in front of the crowd outside Trump Tower
James alleges that several members of the Trump family misled banks and others by providing financial statements that knowingly misjudged the value of his assets, including golf clubs and hotels bearing his name.
Her office is seeking $250 million in damages, and a ban on Trump and three of his adult children — Ivanka, Don, Jr. and Eric — from ever doing business in the state again.
Trump arrived in New York City on Wednesday night from his home in Palm Beach, Florida, and repeatedly attacked James over the case against him and his family.
“Just arrived in Manhattan to deposit testimony before the New York State Attorney General, Trump Hater, Letitia ‘Pekkaboo’ James, in yet another unjust and cynical persecution of the 45th President of the United States,” Trump wrote on his social network. .
Donald Trump will be impeached Thursday morning in a trade case
Last week, Trump referred to Letitia James (pictured) as a “racist in reverse” because she filed a civil suit against his businesses. He is now set to be deposed by her for the second time in connection with a $250 million business fraud case.
Officers from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stand near the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James
Describing James as a “low life”, he said the case was politically motivated.
He also said he was looking forward to showing how he set up his company.
You’ve built a big, thriving company, employed thousands of people, built amazing buildings all over the world, but especially in New York, and now we’ve got to prove it to LOWLIFE who’s been campaigning on an “I’m going to get Trump” platform, before you even know anything. About Me!
“The good thing about ‘persecuting’ AG Peekaboo James is that I will finally be able to show what a great, profitable and valuable company I have built, in fact some of the greatest real estate assets anywhere in the world.
Trump also attacked the judge overseeing the case, Arthur Engoron, calling him “the very partisan, Trump-hate judge that Peekaboo James sought, or ‘shopped’.”
Trump added: ‘Very unfair. New York State should be ashamed of this injustice!
Donald Trump waves Wednesday night as he returns to Manhattan for the first time since his arrest last week
Donald Trump was seen Wednesday night aboard his plane in West Palm Beach heading to New York City
Trump was seen arriving at the airport on his plane
The trip marks Trump’s first time back in New York City since his arrest and trial for making hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Stormy Daniels’ case and James’ case are not connected.
But Trump also attacked the judge in the Daniels case, calling him a “Trump hater” and unqualified to oversee the proceedings.
Trump and his lawyers have tried to dismiss James’ case, arguing that, as a Republican, James was “targeted and subjected to selective treatment.”
Engorun denied the former president’s move and ordered his trial.
Engoron also rejected a separate attempt by Ivanka Trump, named in the lawsuit, to have the charges against her dismissed.
Trump had previously sat for deposition in James’ office last August, just weeks before she filed her lawsuit.
At the time, he refused to answer questions and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
Members of the NYPD on Wednesday put up barricades around Trump Tower ahead of the former president’s arrival
Angoron set a trial date for October 2 — just before the start of the Republican presidential election.
He agreed to allow more time for lawyers to review evidence, interview witnesses and file motions.
Trump’s candidacy is part of that process.
Prior to his arrival in New York City, police were seen setting up barricades around Trump Tower.
His return to New York last week created chaos around the criminal court, with both pro- and anti-Trump factions represented.
In addition to James and the silent money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Trump faces a third legal case in New York: a civil lawsuit stemming from allegations by columnist Jean Carroll that he raped her in a dressing room in a New York department store. The nineties. Trump denied the charge.
The trial is scheduled to begin April 25 in Manhattan federal court.
