Former US president Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on April 12, 2023.
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Donald Trump said he will be removed from office on Thursday in New York City as part of the state attorney general Civil lawsuit worth $250 million rampant fraud allegations by the former president and his company.
Trump announced on social media overnight that he “just arrived in Manhattan to testify before” New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of a sweeping lawsuit.
In another post on Thursday morning, Trump said he was “going downtown” to be removed from office. He alleges James disclosed that the appointment was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET.
Trump’s trip marks the second time in less than two weeks that he has traveled to the Empire State to answer court cases against him. former president faced numerous criminal and civil proceedings when he bid for the third time for the Republican presidential nomination.
Trump had previously flown from his home state of Florida to New York to turn himself in to authorities following his indictment in a separate criminal case. focus on gag payments taken before the 2016 presidential election. The former president pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in a case being prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Neither James’s office nor Trump’s attorney immediately responded to requests for comment on the impeachment.
James filed a civil fraud lawsuit last September against Trump, his three adult children, the Trump Organization and others. The lawsuit alleges Trump repeatedly overstated the value of his assets in statements to banks, insurance companies and the IRS to get better loan and tax terms.
In addition to the hefty financial penalty, James wants to ban Trump’s companies from doing business in New York. She also wants to permanently ban Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump from being employees of a company in the state.
Last August, before James filed the fraud lawsuit, Trump sat down to deposit at James’s office and invoked his Fifth Amendment right to self-incrimination. more than 400 times.
Trump’s social media posts ahead of the latest hearing have railed against James, the first black woman to hold her title, as a “racist” and “lower” prejudiced person. with him.
