Wealth, sometimes by billions of dollars, to get cheaper loans and insurance. He cancelled some of the licences which allow mr trumps businesses to operate in new york. Mr trump issued a Statement Denouncing Thejudge as deranged and the states Attorney General as corrupt. 0ur North America correspondent peter bowes reports another legal blow for the former president. In a civil lawsuit, he and his two sons, along with the trump organisation, have been accused of staggering levels of fraud. 0ne claim is that mr trump inflated the value of his properties hotels, golf clubs and Apartment Buildings and exaggerated the size of his luxury flat in trump tower. The case is due to go to trial next week, but the judge has already ruled on part of it, and determined that the former president repeatedly lied about his financial affairs. In a post on his Social Media Platform Truth social, donald trump called the judge deranged and said the claim he committed fraud was both ridiculous and untrue. I
Loans from lenders. Trumps legal team has responded to the ruilng. The deicision comes ahead of the start of a civil trial against mr trump that begins on monday. Earlier, i spoke with bbc correspondent peter bowes about the ruling. Tell us what the judge said if this ruling. The judge essentially agreed with the Attorney General in new york that has brought this civil case against the former president. Its been a long running investigation into the Business Affairs of mrtrump, his organisation and members of his family. The allegation was that, as the judge has now agreed, the former president acted fraudulently in exaggerating his assets, the value of his golf courses, his apartments, including exaggerating the size of his own apartment in the Trump Building in new york. The reason was to get preferential treatment for loans to impress insurers, to impress banks, to further the cause of his business in the Property Sphere in new york. The net result of this, at this stage, and this m
Welcome to the programme. A Refugee Crisis is developing in armenia, with more than 28,000 people fleeing the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karabakh. It follows a Military Operation Last week by azerbaijan to retake the region, following months of tension. Internationally, Nagorno Kara Bakh is recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for decades, Ethnic Armenians have controlled large parts of the territory. 0ur correspondent Sarah Rainsford has more from The Border Town of goris. The slow roll out of their homeland. This is a journey no one squeezed into these vehicles ever imagined they would make. Ethnic armenians fleeing Nagorno Karabakh on whatever transport they could find. Its a week since azerbaijan seized back the enclave. It did promise to protect the armenian majority there, but no one we found dared believe that. Instead, they flooded here, to armenia. We met this family of seven who had crammed their whole lives into a few cases. Hungry and exhausted after more than a day crush
With new York Attorney general Letitia James that trump fraudulently inflated his wealth by up to 3. 6 billion to get more favourable loans from lenders. In the ruling, judge engoron writes trumps legal team has responded to the ruling. In a statement, the former president s attorney said the decision comes ahead of the start of a civil trial against mr trump that begins on monday. I spoke about all this earlier with our correspondent peter bowes. Tell us what thejudge said in this ruling. The judge essentially agreed with the Attorney General in new york that has brought this civil case against the former president. Its been a long running investigation into the Business Affairs of mrtrump, his organisation and members of his family. The allegation was that, as the judge has now agreed, the former president acted fraudulently in exaggerating his assets, the value of his golf courses, his apartments, including exaggerating the size of his own apartment in the Trump Building in new york
Its newsday. Welcome to the programme. A Refugee Crisis is developing in armenia, with more than 28,000 people fleeing the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karabakh. It follows a Military Operation Last week by azerbaijan to retake the region, following months of tension. Internationally, Nagorno Kara Bakh is recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for decades, Ethnic Armenians have controlled large parts of the territory. 0ur correspondent Sarah Rainsford has more from The Border Town of goris. The slow roll out of their homeland. This is a journey no one squeezed into these vehicles ever imagined they would make. Ethnic armenians fleeing Nagorno Karabakh on whatever transport they could find. Its a week since azerbaijan seized back the enclave. It did promise to protect the armenian majority there, but no one we found dared believe that. Instead, they flooded here, to armenia. We met this family of seven who had crammed their whole lives into a few cases. Hungry and exhausted after more tha