New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking more than $370 million from Donald Trump and his co-defendants, arguing that their intent to defraud while preparing the former president’s financial statements was “inescapable,” according to CNN, whose reporting highlights that the hefty payment in disgorgement, or “ill-gotten gains,” is a considerable increase in the original $250 million tied to this civil case.
“The myriad deceptive schemes they employed to inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous that they belie innocent explanation,” the attorney general wrote in a post-trial brief filed Friday, including along with the payment request an ask for a five-year state business ban for Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
