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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