Trump’s New York fraud fight turns into a full-on legal war
Trump and the Trump Organization were in court again trying to stop Letitia James’s investigation, a sign the probe had become a sustained legal threat rather than a background annoyance.
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The through-line on January 11 was not mystery; it was attrition. Trump’s legal strategy in early 2022 increasingly looked like a long bet that delay, privilege claims, and political outrage might outrun the facts. On this day, the facts were still winning the paperwork race.
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Trump and the Trump Organization were in court again trying to stop Letitia James’s investigation, a sign the probe had become a sustained legal threat rather than a background annoyance.
On Jan. 11, 2022, the House Jan. 6 committee’s records request was still in motion, but Trump had not yet filed his Jan. 18 executive-privilege letter and the Supreme Court had not yet acted.