welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, april 28th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. and vladimir putin is warning the west that his bloody war against ukraine will expand, if anyone tries to interfere. and that rhetoric is coming as the u.n. secretary-general who just came face to face with putin tells cnn this war will not end until russia decides it will. translator: if someone intends to intervene in what is happening from the outside, and creates unacceptable strategic threats for us, then they should know that our response to oncoming strikes will be swift, lightning fast. we have all the tools for this. ones that no one can brag about. and we won t brag. we will use them if needed. the war will end when the russian federation decides to end it, and when there is after the cease-fire, the possibility of a serious political agreement. we can have all meetings, but that is not what will end the war. overnight, the
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
street, new york city, that calculated the value of the property at $200 million as of august 2010. and $220 million as of november 2012. yet, in his 2011 statement, mr. trump listed 40 wall street with a value of $524 million. which increased to $530 million over the next two years. more than twice the value calculated by the professionals. so the case is a civil suit, important to note that, and meaning there is no potential for jail time and more for the potential of criminal hot water, and we will talk about that in a moment. but the penalties, they could be amount to a whopping $250 million. trump and his kids, they could be barred from doing business at any new york-based office for five years, and the family and the organization could be barred from borrowing funds from any new york state registered financial institution, and here is where it could get even bigger. for the family and for the former president. james said her office has referred the former president an
family and the trump business, the trump org of engaging in systemic bank, tax, and insurance fraud for decades. of manipulating the worth of their properties to deceive lenders, insurance companies, and government authorities, though reap billions of dollars of financial gain. here s some what she said. the pattern of fraud and deception that was used for their own financial benefit is astounding. inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary. to increase mr. trump s purported net worth. and then that net worth was used to further enhance his financial standing, intentionally misstating his financials to obtain incredible economic benefit. it was a scheme that by its very nature became more profitable over time. it is all in stark violation of the law. the lawsuit, which seeks to bar the trumps from doing business in new york, as well as to fine them to the tune of $250 million reads, in part, quote, the number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering.
on the saturday afternoon. i m yasmin vossoughian. boy, we have a lot to cover over the next couple of hours. spewing qanon conspiracies, the former president, once again, using these blatant lies at a political rally last night. plus, what his lawyers are doing to stop the federal grand jury that is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. plus, the fate of the former president and his organization. i m going to ask michael cohen, you see him right there, what he thinks is going to happen to his former boss after that fraud lawsuit was filed against him and his family by new york s attorney general. and then his reaction to laetitia james s shout out and the inside information he gave during a congressional hearing. tracking 20 storms, everybody. right now, more than half 1 million canadians without power, as the nation s east coast takes the brunt of what was hurricane fiona. the dangerous problems residents are facing their and separate from that, by the way,