New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a Manhattan judge to force Donald Trump's former appraisal company to turn over thousands of documents that she wants for her investigation of the Trump Organization.
The company asked for more time, until July 15, to finish complying with a subpoena from James' office.
Both sides agree that two categories of documents from the subpoena have not been turned over.
"All documents and communications relating to any work done for Donald J. Trump or the Trump Organization" is the first category.
"All documents and communications concerning property or assets owned by Donald J. Trump or the Trump Organization"
Lawyers for the AG counter that the firm is dragging its heels because of the enormous task of sifting through 72 million pages of emails.
"Cushman has offered no real reason for the proposed delay aside from the size of the documents at issue," Austin Thompson wrote in the court filing.
"Cushman knew that it would have to collect the documents it blamed for its current delay since the Court's April 26, 2022, order," Thompson wrote.
He wrote that it should have foreseen compliance efforts before the order was issued.
Thompson said that the serial requests for extensions did not suggest that it could credibly commit to a production deadline.
The AG may want the New York Supreme Court Justice who is presiding over the investigation to threaten Cushman with contempt of court if he misses the deadline.
In papers filed Friday night, Scott O'Connell, a lawyer for Cushman, complained that in fighting its delay request, the AG has left the firm blind; the lawyer promised the judge a longer response on Tuesday.
The judge used the contempt cudgel to get Trump to comply with James' document subpoenas.
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