Donald Trump's request to dismiss New York's fraud lawsuit, which seeks to run his business empire out of the state, was rejected by a Manhattan judge.
The attorney general's lawsuit was kept on track for an early October trial by a nine-page decision from the New York Supreme Court.
He stopped short of sanctioning Trump's lawyers, as he had threatened earlier in the week, for filing what he called repeatedly rejected legal arguments, including the claim that James' three-year probe of his business is a "witch hunt."
As a candidate for attorney general, James made it clear that she disagreed with the policies of the president and promised to investigate and pursue fraud charges against him.
The latest "witch hunt'' argument, raised as part of a motion seeking the lawsuit's dismissal, is invalid because it has already failed before his court, in state appellate court, and as the former president.
The attorney general's allegations are too old to pursue, and Trump's claims that James doesn't have the legal standing to file a lawsuit were rejected by the judge.
The judge said that he was inspired by the quote from the baseball player Yogi Berra.
The judge rejected Trump's argument that the warnings attached to the financial statements were not evidence of fraud.
The judge took a shot at Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law, as well as her brothers Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who are both current vice presidents at their father's company.
In rejecting the separate motion to dismiss the lawsuit, Engoron suggested that she had been less than forthcoming in her deposition.
She had claimed that she should be removed from the lawsuit because she had stopped working for her father's business, but was not accused of knowing about the false records.
The attorney general's evidence links Donald Trump's daughter to her father's favorite lender for a long time. The financing and loan compliance for the Trump National Doral golf course in Miami and the Old Post Office in Washington, DC are some of the interactions that took place.
The record shows that Ms. Trump was involved in securing the loans.
According to the judge, Ms. Trump testified in her deposition that she doesn't know if statements of financial condition include all assets and liabilities.
He wrote that this was despite her communication withDeutsche Bank.
She claimed she couldn't be held legally liable in the lawsuit, but that's not true.
The record shows that Ms. Trump made $10 million from the sale of the Old Post Office.
If the request for proposal was based on fraudulent statements of Trump's worth, the lawsuit could result in her having to give up some of her profits.
James said that Donald Trump's attempts to avoid the law have been rejected.
Donald Trump is not above the law, and must answer for his actions in court.
"We are looking forward to getting a full and proper review of our arguments," said Habba. The Trump family didn't reply to the request for comment.
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