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☆ Trump's one-time White House chief of staff says the former president 'is not doing very well' on the midterms, and that Ron DeSantis could beat him in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ron DeSantis defeated Democrat Charlie Crist on Tuesday. Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told CBS News that "DeSantis wins tonight." Ron DeSantis has come out on top. "Between being Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis tonight, you want to be Ron DeSantis," Mulvaney told CBS News, NBC reported. He told CNN in July that Trump is the "only mainstream Republican" who could lose the White House in 2024.

☆ A lawyer for Donald Trump pressured Ron DeSantis not to run for president in 2024: 'Stay in Florida'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alina Habba, a lawyer for Donald Trump, warned Ron DeSantis against a 2024 bid. "DeSantis is DeSantis because of Trump," Habba said, telling him to "stay in Florida." DeSantis is considered Trump's leading rival for the 2024 GOP nomination. He is up for re-election as Florida governor in Tuesday's midterms, and has a significant lead in most polls, per the data website FiveThirtyEight. During his stint as Florida governor he has become the only Republican whose popularity rivaled Trump's.

Companies Trump Organization Inc FollowNEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge's order to install a watchdog at the Trump Organization before a civil fraud case by the state's attorney general goes to trial. Engoron's order bars the defendants from transferring assets without court approval, and requires that the monitor receive a "full and accurate description" of the Trump Organization's structure and assets. In a notice of appeal filed on Monday, Trump's lawyer Alina Habba and lawyers for his children, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr., said the defendants asked the Appellate Division, a mid-level state appeals court, to review Engoron's order, without laying out her legal arguments. Trump, a Republican, last week called Engoron's order "ridiculous," and the Trump Organization called it an "obvious attempt" to influence Tuesday's midterm U.S. elections. The case is among many legal battles Trump faces as he mulls a 2024 bid for the presidency.

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his namesake company have settled a lawsuit by protesters who said his security guards violently attacked them while they were demonstrating outside Trump Tower in September 2015 over his statements about immigration. Trump, the Trump Organization and the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss the seven-year-old lawsuit over the alleged assault in a joint filing on Wednesday with a New York state court in the Bronx. The Sept. 3, 2015, incident at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan occurred 2-1/2 months after Trump, while announcing his first White House run, complained about immigrants being sent to the United States by Mexico. "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists," Trump said. Like some other lawsuits against Trump, the protesters' case was delayed in part because Trump was president.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday reached a settlement with a group of protesters who filed a lawsuit alleging they were assaulted by his security guards outside of Trump Tower in 2015, lawyers for both sides said. We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all.”The suit stems from an incident in September 2015, when a group protesting then-candidate Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants allege Trump’s security guards assaulted them on the sidewalk outside Trump’s Fifth Avenue building. The suit charges that Trump’s head of security punched one of the protesters in the head while trying to wrest away his “Make America racist again” sign. Trump’s testimony that he was in the dark about what his security officers were doing was disputed by his former lawyer Michael Cohen during his own videotaped deposition earlier this year. That testimony was also going to be played for the jury in the now-canceled trial.

Jury selection begins Monday in a civil trial for a group of protesters who are suing former President Donald Trump and his company over allegations that they were assaulted by security personnel outside Trump Tower in New York in 2015. Five protesters filed the suit against Trump, the Trump Organization and his presidential campaign in 2015 after they said they were roughed up outside of Trump Tower while protesting comments then-candidate Trump made about Mexicans. Trump sat for a videotaped deposition in the case in October 2021, which will be played in court and will serve as his trial testimony. That testimony was later refuted by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen during his own videotaped deposition. Like Trump, Cohen will not appear in person at the trial, but lawyers will play his four-hour videotaped deposition for the jury as his trial testimony.

☆ Trump's company: We don't need a monitor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File PhotoNEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's namesake company urged a New York judge to reject a demand by the state's attorney general to appoint a monitor to oversee its financial practices, after she accused it of "staggering" fraud. "What the (attorney general) really seeks is a vague order justifying her assertion of control via a 'monitor' of the business affairs of her political adversary," wrote Alina Habba, a lawyer for the company and Trump. The attorney general has said a monitor would help serve "the substantial public interest in curbing fraudulent and lawful conduct." While the case does not involve criminal charges, James said Trump repeatedly violated several state criminal laws and may have violated federal criminal law. The case is New York v Trump et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.

☆ Trump should testify to the Jan. 6 committee because he has 'nothing to hide,' his lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump lawyer Alina Habba said he should have "no problem" testifying to the January 6 committee. The committee's subpoena demanded a wide range of Trump's communication records that would cover any exchanges he had while the Capitol was under attack. It asks Trump to submit documents by November 4 and then sit to testify around the middle of the month. On Newsmax — where chyrons echoed Trump by calling it a "political witch hunt" — Bolling outlined how Trump might respond. Former White House strategist Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after he refused the committee's subpoena.

☆ The Trumps really, really, wanted a new judge in NY's $250M fraud lawsuit. But that judge's boss just said no.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump and his sons had repeatedly asked for a new judge in NY's $250 million fraud lawsuit. The current judge, state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, once held Trump in contempt of court. James is especially concerned that Trump may try to move assets from the Trump Organization to a new entity he created, the Trump Organization II. Trump's lawyer in the matter, Habba, called James' latest demands a "stunt." In a press statement Thursday she said, "We have repeatedly provided assurance, in writing, that the Trump Organization has no intention of doing anything improper."

Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, sued Trump in Manhattan federal court in November 2019, five months after he denied raping her in the mid-1990s. His lawyers have argued that Trump was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law providing immunity to government employees from defamation claims. Carroll has said she also plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting emotional distress. Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in late 1995 or early 1996 in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Trump has accused her of concocting the rape claim to sell her book.

Trump has accused Carroll of making up the original accusation and said the courts should have thrown out the lawsuit. His lawyers have argued that Trump was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law providing immunity to government employees from defamation claims. Carroll has said she also plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting emotional distress. Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in late 1995 or early 1996 in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Trump has accused her of concocting the rape claim to sell her book.

☆ Trump deposed in rape-defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump was deposed Wednesday for a civil lawsuit accusing him of defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of raping her, her representation confirmed. The timing of Trump's deposition and its location were not immediately available Wednesday. James last month sued Trump, his company, three of his adult children and others, alleging widespread fraud involving allegedly false financial statements related to the company's business. Trump, who was president at the time the article appeared, responded that Carroll was lying and motivated by money and political considerations to concoct the account. Carroll then sued Trump for defamation in New York state court.

☆ Donald Trump finally gets served $250 million NY fraud lawsuit after 3 weeks — and a court order
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NY's attorney general, Letitia James, sued the Trump Organization back on September 21. Reps for Donald Trump and Eric Trump finally got served, the AG said Thursday. Service took three weeks — and a judge's order — with the AG accusing Trump of 'gamesmanship.' Lawyers for all of the suit's other defendants, including Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., had meanwhile quickly accepted service. Habba and Robert have not responded to Insider's requests for comment on the delay in service of the lawsuit.

☆ Donald Trump may learn on Halloween if a court-imposed monitor will oversee his real-estate and golf empire
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York's attorney general has asked a Manhattan judge for a quick ruling in her Trump fraud case. The AG, Letitia James, wants the judge to immediately order Trump to submit to financial monitoring. James' office is hoping for a Halloween order barring the Trump Organization "from engaging in any fraudulent or illegal acts," according to court papers filed earlier Thursday. She has also asked the judge to appoint an independent monitor "to oversee compliance" with whatever ban on fraud or asset-shifting the judge imposes. Engoron repeatedly made same-day rulings after prior oral arguments involving James' probe of alleged financial wrongdoings at the former president's business.

☆ Trump's company seeks to avoid consequences from lawsuit, NY prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's family company is trying to restructure itself to avoid potential consequences from a lawsuit accusing the Trump Organization, Trump and three of his adult children of fraud, New York state Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday. James said the Trump Organization on the date of the lawsuit registered a new Delaware-incorporated company named "Trump Organization II" with New York authorities. She said the Trump Organization has not provided assurances it will not seek to move assets out of New York. Lawyers for Trump's children and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has separately charged the Trump Organization with criminal tax fraud, and is preparing for an Oct. 24 trial.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said that, contrary to his claims in legal filings, subjecting Trump to a deposition in the case would not impose an "undue burden" on him. Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, five months after he denied raping her in the mid-1990s. "We are pleased that Judge Kaplan agreed with our position not to stay discovery in this case." Trump accused Carroll of making up the original accusation and said the courts should have thrown out the lawsuit. Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, has said she also plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting emotional distress.

☆ Donald Trump must be deposed in columnist E. Jean Carroll's rape defamation case, a federal judge ruled Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump must be deposed in the E. Jean Carroll rape defamation case, a judge ruled Wednesday. Trump denies the rape and had asked that the deposition be delayed pending an appeal. Trump, 76, and Carroll, 78, and other witnesses as well "already are of advanced age," Kaplan wrote. The Court of Appeals is weighing whether Trump was acting in his official capacity as president when he publicly denied Carroll's rape accusation in 2019. If they find that he was — and is therefore immune from defamation — Carroll's case would fail.

☆ Trump loses bid to delay rape accuser's lawsuit ahead of deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to delay a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her, ahead of a deposition of the former U.S. president scheduled for Oct. 19. Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, five months after he denied raping her in the mid-1990s in a Manhattan department store dressing room. More recently, Trump also claimed that he was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government employees from defamation claims. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan left it to a Washington, D.C., appeals court to decide whether Trump acted as president when he branded Carroll a liar in 2019. Separate from the defamation lawsuit, Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting emotional distress.

☆ Donald Trump seeks end to rape accuser's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is seeking a quick end to the defamation lawsuit by an author who claims he raped her more than a quarter century ago. Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, said "nothing has changed" and the case should proceed. The former Elle magazine columnist still plans to sue Trump for battery and inflicting emotional distress in a separate lawsuit in November. Tuesday's decision set aside Kaplan's ruling that Trump was neither acting as president when discussing Carroll, nor a federal employee for purposes of her case. The case is Carroll v Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

☆ Donald Trump wins ruling in rape accuser Carroll's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan asked an appeals court in Washington to weigh in on whether the laws of that district shielded Trump from liability. Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, and had been hoping to go to trial as soon as next February. On Sept. 20, Kaplan said Carroll planned to sue Trump for battery and inflicting emotional distress even if the defamation claims were thrown out. 'WE DO NOT PASS JUDGMENT'Trump claimed he was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government employees from defamation claims. That would have ended Carroll's case, because the United States had not waived its immunity from defamation claims.

☆ Appeals court stops short of declaring Donald Trump immune from rape accuser claim
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with his supporters at Wilmington International Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoNEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday stopped short of declaring Donald Trump immune from author E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit, saying it needed guidance on whether Trump was acting as U.S. president when he denied raping her. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan asked an appeals court in Washington to weigh in on whether the laws of that district shielded Trump from liability. The Manhattan court also handed Trump a victory in declaring he was a U.S. government "employee" when he allegedly defamed Carroll, a condition underlying his immunity claim. Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, said in a statement she was "confident" the District of Columbia court would let the case proceed.

"One of the best defenses to this matter is to delay, delay, delay." New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference in New York on Sept. 21, 2022. "The core of that argument is the financial statements that were relied upon by these banks were marked as non-audited financials," Levin said. They know how to read these financial statements." "It's going to be very difficult to overcome some of that," Levin said of the inflated financial statements.

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference regarding former US President Donald Trump and his family's financial fraud case on September 21, 2022 in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday her office believes it has uncovered federal crimes by former President Donald Trump and others, including bank fraud and lying to financial institutions. James said her office has sent a criminal referral to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the IRS. "We are aware of the New York Attorney General's referral, and beyond that decline to comment further," a spokesman for the Manhattan federal prosecutors' office told NBC News. Alina Habba, an attorney for Trump, in a statement Wednesday accused James of filing the civil lawsuit to advance her "political agenda."

(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. It also named as defendants the Trump Organization - a family company that manages hotels, golf courses and other real estate around the world - as well as the former president's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump. But James said she was referring allegations of criminal wrongdoing to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Internal Revenue Service for investigation. "The pattern of fraud and deception that was used by Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization for their own financial benefit is astounding," James said at a news conference. James' civil probe is separate from a criminal tax fraud probe against the Trump Organization by Manhattan's district attorney, Alvin Bragg.

She called the "pattern of fraud and deception" used by Trump and the Trump Organization "astounding." 'DISASTERS OF THE WORLD'(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. Donald Trump Jr tweeted that James was "weaponizing her office to go after her political opponents!" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has separately charged the Trump Organization with criminal tax fraud, and is preparing for an Oct. 24 trial. read more"Our criminal investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is active and ongoing," Bragg said in a statement.

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