Some of President Donald Trump’s critics have endorsed everything from prison to assassination in their effort to derail his political movement.
Then there was the New York case that sought to target Trump’s millions. His team of attorneys have been fighting the judgment handed down by Judge Arthur Engoron, and seemed to make a compelling case in appeals court recently.
As Fox News reported:
Engoron ruled that Trump and other defendants were liable for persistent and repeated fraud, falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, conspiracy to falsify false financial statements, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.
A five-judge panel on a New York appeals court in Manhattan heard oral arguments on the appeal on Thursday.
The former president did not attend the oral arguments but was instead represented by his legal team.
Trump attorney D. John Sauer argued that James’ lawsuit stretched New York consumer protection laws and said there were “no victims” and “no complaints” of Trump’s business from lenders and insurers.
Sauer said the cause “involves a clear-cut violation of the statute of limitations,” pointing to transactions used in the non-jury civil fraud trial that dated back more than a decade.
The appeals process has