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NYC Judge Rules Trump’s $175 Million Bond From Civil Trial Stands

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 22, 2024 18 Comments

New York Judge Arthur Engoron decided to allow President Donald Trump's $175 million bond to stand that he posted for his civil trial. Knight Specialty Insurance posted the bond. Engoron placed new conditions on Trump and the company, though: These include that Knight Specialty Insurance Company will...

Law Prof Jonathan Turley Suggests Trump Can’t Get a Fair Trial in New York

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 16, 2024 77 Comments

"The most important thing here is to try to isolate the worst of the jurors, those are jurors who just desperately want to be on this jury, many people will want to be and are prepared to lie to do so."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1yj0NKSsuU

“what’s going on in New York State with the weaponization of prosecutors’ offices both criminally and civilly is really troubling”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2024 100 Comments

My appearance on The Legal Lowdown with with Imran H. Ansari, Esq.: "That's the disparity between the Democrats and the Republicans when it comes to abuse of the law. It does set a really bad precedent, but it's not a precedent that Democrats in New...

FDNY Rethinks Plan to Investigate Staffers Who Booed AG Letitia James

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2024 48 Comments

"FDNY leadership is having ongoing conversations with our members about decorum during department events to ensure we are upholding the core values that make the FDNY the greatest fire department in the world"...

FDNY Investigating Staffers Who Booed AG Letitia James at Event Last Week

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2024 117 Comments

“I recommend they come forward. I have been told by the commissioner it will be better for them if they come forward and we don’t have to hunt them down”...

NY AG Letitia James Sues World’s Largest Meatpacker For Supposedly Overstating Commitment to Climate “Net Zero”

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 01, 2024 67 Comments

The proof? James doesn't believe JBS can stick to its promise of net zero emissions by 2040. Maybe, just maybe, you don't cave to the climate change loudmouths....

Kevin O’Leary of ‘Shark Tank’ Blasts New York Ruling on Trump: ‘I Would Never Invest in New York Now’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 20, 2024 117 Comments

"I’m not different than any other investor. I’m shocked at this. I can’t even understand or fathom the decision at all."...

Get Out of New York, If You Can

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2024 184 Comments

Rough politics has given way to the political weaponization of prosecutors' offices. The price of living in and doing business in New York should not be that you have to be politically obedient....

“the notion that Donald Trump puts a number on a piece of paper and some big bank just says, oh, okay, that’s what it’s worth. That’s not how it works.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2023 81 Comments

My appearance on Fox Live Now about the real estate trial that started today: "If they wanted to charge him with fraud and penalize him for these appraisals, fine, but to then try to put him out of business, I think shows how political and...

Trump on New York Civil Fraud Trial: ‘The Crime is Against Me Because We have a Corrupt’ DA and Attorney General

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 02, 2023 34 Comments

"We have a racist attorney general who's a horror show who ran on the basis that she was going to get Trump before she even knew anything about me."...

NY State Judge Finds Trump Organizations Repeatedly Provided Fraudulent Valuations To Lenders and Insurers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2023 118 Comments

Orders "certificates" enabling numerous Trump entities to operate in NY State cancelled - not clear what this means in terms of survival of Trump organization as a whole....

Court: NY Attorney General Attempt to Force Section 8 on Landlords Unconstitutional

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 27, 2023 53 Comments

The challenged law forced landlords to consent to warrantless government searches of their property and business records. Ithaca's Jason Fane prevails, calls ruling "a victory for the rights of small business owners and the civil liberties of every citizen."...

https://www.youtube.com/live/VR09DG47rU8?feature=share

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Announces Anti-Shoplifting Plan: Social Services Kiosks in Stores and “Second Chance” Program

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 21, 2023 40 Comments

Sounds like a plan. A bad plan: "allow non-violent offenders to avoid prosecution or incarceration by meaningfully engaging with services to help address underlying factors that lead to shoplifting."...

Judge Throws Out NY Online “Hate Speech” Law That Would Have Led To Closure Of Most Comment Sections

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2023 60 Comments

The law would have turned websites into speech police enforcing government views of "hate speech." Jonathan Turley: "Albany has become a type of perpetual motion machine of unconstitutional excesses."...

Trump Drops $250 Million Fraud Case Against New York AG Letitia James

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 20, 2023 14 Comments

On Thursday, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Donald Middlebrooks warned Trump "that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous."...

NY Attorney General Letitia James’ War On Trump Is Disgracing The Office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 23, 2022 70 Comments

My Op-ed in The Daily Caller: "Tish James campaigned on and conducted her office for the purpose of investigating a political opponent and those around him trying to find a crime. That is Soviet-level prosecutorial abuse where individuals are targeted not to prosecute a crime,...

NY AG Letitia James Sues Trump Over Supposed ‘Staggering’ Fraud in Real Estate Business

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 21, 2022 91 Comments

They are so obsessed with Trump that it's disturbing....

Read Letter From NY Attorney General Letitia James Threatening Church Hosting Trump-Friendly Event

Posted by Ilana Cutler on August 17, 2022 72 Comments

Pastor Paul Doyle: “It feels like she’s trying to intimidate me."...

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