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On January 31, 2023, New York’s attorney general moved to punish Trump and his co-defendants for what her office called false denials in the civil fraud case, turning a bad legal posture into an even uglier one.
The biggest Trump-world screwup on January 31, 2023 was in New York, where the attorney general asked a judge to sanction Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and several family members over what her office said were demonstrably false denials in the civil fraud case. That move raised the stakes in a lawsuit already accusing Trump of inflating asset values and abusing the financial system for years. The response from the defense only underscored the problem: they were no longer just fighting the merits, they were now fighting the court’s patience.
In Trump-world, the usual move is to call every case a witch hunt and hope the noise drowns out the paper trail. On January 31, the paper trail pushed back.
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Letitia James’ office asked a judge to sanction Trump, his adult children, the Trump Organization, and their lawyers, saying their answer contained false denials and repeated arguments the court had already rejected in prior rulings.