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- Former President Donald Trump criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday.
- James’ office asked a New York judge to fine Trump $10,000 a day for refusing to comply with subpoenas.
- Trump said he’s been investigated ‘more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Al Capone, combined.'”
Former President Donald Trump slammed New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday over her office’s request to fine him $10,000 per day because he has yet to turn over documents that a judge had ordered him to by the end of March.
On Thursday, James asked New York state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron to fine the former president for his lack of cooperation in the AG’s three-year long civil investigation into the Trump Organization, which is zeroing in on whether it broke insurance, tax and banking laws, according to new court filings.
James also asked for Trump to be held in contempt of court.
In a statement, Trump called James an “operative for the Democratic Party in a political persecution” and said he had been investigated “more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Al Capone, combined” by Democrat politicians and lawmakers.
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“After having survived so many investigations, numerous people have said to me, ‘You must be the cleanest person alive. Nobody else could have survived this,'” Trump said in a statement.
Last week, James’ office claimed that, out of 900,000 documents from the Trump Organization received by her office, only 10 were from personal files belonging to Trump. In another filing, James claimed that Trump’s lawyers have said they “could not find any such documents,” as requested in James’ subpoenas.
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