same misconduct. this investigation revealed that donald trump engaged in years of illegal conduct to inflate his net worth to achieve to deceive banks and the people of the great state of new york. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there cannot be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. on that promise, on our commitment, because no one, no one is above the law. and i would like for them to stand. this investigation was led by senior enforcement counsel kevin wallace, senior council andrew amar. assistant attorney general colleen fair feherty. assistant attorney general will handily, assistant attorney general stephanie toure, assistant attorney general austin thompson. eric herron, enforcement section chief louis solomon, legal support analyst samantha stern, additional support was provided by a data analyst, senior data analyst, akram, ashanauf, deputy director
james says the investigation uncovered some 200 examples of false valuations of trump s assets. she thinks this civil case will have serious criminal fallout. we show that they violated several state criminal laws, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations. we believe the conduct alleged in this action also violates federal criminal law. cnn s kara scannell was at that press conference and joins us now. lay out the key pieces of this suit, some 280 pages long. reporter: yeah, ana. the new york attorney general, letitia james, just completed her press conference a short time ago. she described a sweeping scheme. she says that the trump organization, including former president donald trump, his adult children donald trump jr., ivanka trump and eric trump were all engaged in this. she said that they helped the former president enrich his personal net
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. today the attorney general accused donald trump, his family and organization of a pattern of fraud and deception that was, her word, astounding. letitia james is suing the former president for $250 million, alleging fraud that spanned years before he entered the white house. also named in the suit, three of trump s adult children and two executives of the trump organization. they re all accused of inflating or deflating assets for their gain. over the course of our investigation we found that mr. trump, his children, the trump organization, created and used more than 200 false and misleading asset valuations on a statement of financial condition over that ten-year period. here s just one case cited in the 200 plus page lawsuit. ag james said trump claimed his florida estate was worth $739 million, when it was only worth $75 million. now she is not only demanding a quarter billion doll
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