Donald Trump scored a victory on Wednesday in New York against Letitia James’ witch-hunt “investigation” into the former president’s business dealings. A judge in the case held Trump in contempt for not turning over documents requested in April.
According to CBS News, the ruling was lifted.
NEWS: Donald Trump was found not in contempt by a New York judge for his failure to submit documents requested in a subpoena issued by the attorney general of the state. https://t.co/RyuadDtWaj
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 29, 2022
A New York judge ruled Wednesday that Donald Trump is no longer in contempt for failing to turn over documents demanded in a subpoena by the state’s attorney general.
The former president’s April 25 contempt finding came after he contested a December subpoena seeking records related to his personal finances and the financing of several properties. Trump said he did not have any material responsive to subpoena. The judge and office of New York Attorney general Letitia James demanded that Trump’s attorneys give detailed explanations about how they searched.
“Although we are pleased that the court has lifted the contempt finding, we maintain that it was wholly unwarranted and improper in the first place,” Alina Habba, an attorney for Trump, said in a text message. “We will push ahead with our appeal to secure justice for our client.”
Apparently, the judge was satisfied with Trump’s assertion (and the assertions of his associates) that he simply doesn’t have the documents James wants. Multiple members of the president’s organization filed affidavits explaining a lack of centralized organization for records. Trump submitted one stating that Trump often delegated this work to subordinates. That makes sense.
That doesn’t mean Trump’s organization doesn’t keep any financial records, but it does mean they don’t have any specific policy to keep random documents related directly to Trump. James, like the leftwing hack that she is, clearly seeks dirt on former President Trump and, according to the report is not too pleased with this development.
Trump’s lawyers seemed to troll James a bit in turning over some handwritten notes from Trump, though.
Trump attorney Alina Habba noted in a June 8 letter to the court that “a vast number” of documents showing Trump’s “handwritten notes”Trump Organization turned the letter over. Habba’s letter was accompanied by eight exhibits that include several photos of the golf legend Gary Player, on which Trump had written “Great,” as well as several legal and design documents in which he wrote “OK.” There was also a note from his daughter on a planning document related to a Trump property in Doral, Florida.
I’m sure writing “great” on the picture of a golf player will serve as damning evidence for James’ pursuits. Conversely, there’s just nothing really here to find, and that’s the problem with witch-hunts. The investigation begins with a conclusion, and then the bad actors must try to support that conclusion. There was never any basis for James to investigate Trump’s business dealings. Instead, she continued the partisan pursuit that she began while running for attorney general. Trump was the one she promised, but this is how she tried to get him out of office.
I won’t claim to know how exactly this is going to turn out, but I suspect it won’t amount to much. I guess we’ll find out, but it doesn’t seem as if Trump is too worried about it.
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