Donald Trump withdraws lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James

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Source: ABC News

Less than a day after receiving a warning from a federal judge, former President Donald Trump has withdrawn his lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who late Thursday warned Trump's legal team that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous.

"Plaintiff, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, by and through his undersigned counsel and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), hereby voluntarily dismisses his claims in this action against Defendant, LETITIA JAMES, without prejudice," the letter said.

Trump's lawsuit against the AG had sought to shield Trump's revocable trust from James, who has an ongoing $250 million civil suit that alleges fraudulent conduct at the Trump Organization. James has accused Trump and his family members of "grossly" inflating the former president's net worth by billions of dollars and of cheating lenders and others with false and misleading financial statements.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-withdraws-lawsuit-new-york-attorney-general/story?id=96562382

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Less than a day after receiving a warning from a federal judge, former President Donald Trump has withdrawn his $250 million lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who Thursday night warned Trump's legal team that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous.

"Plaintiff, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, by and through his undersigned counsel and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), hereby voluntarily dismisses his claims in this action against Defendant, LETITIA JAMES, without prejudice," the letter said.

Trump's lawsuit against the AG had sought to shield Trump's revocable trust from James, who has an ongoing $250 million civil suit that alleged fraudulent conduct at the Trump Organization.


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Former President Donald Trump withdrew his lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday.

The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who had warned Trump's legal team the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous.

"Plaintiff, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, by and through his undersigned counsel and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), hereby voluntarily dismisses his claims in this action against Defendant, LETITIA JAMES, without prejudice," the letter said.

The lawsuit sought to shield Trump's revocable trust from James, who has an ongoing $250 million civil suit that alleged fraudulent conduct at the Trump Organization.



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[Yonnie3]

1. I guess the fund raising isn't going well enough for another round of sanctions. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I was thinking similar but due to

a lack of $$$ to sustain a case.

[Yonnie3]

8. Perhaps we are both correct.

I suspect the ordinary rubes are getting weary and mainly the cult members continue to chip in.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. The "show" must go on

and the grifters are gonna grift those suckers that are born every day.

[Yonnie3]

10. I read the whole ruling yesterday about the sanctions

The judge noted more than once the fundraising activities associated with the cases.

I didn't save the PDF or I'd do some quotes.

[getagrip_already]

2. the last slapdown must have left a mark....

He is _this close to becoming a vexatious litigant. His lawyers are likely going to lose law licenses.

And the multi-million dollar fines got his attention also....

[GenXer47]

5. thank you for "vexatious litigant"

I'm gonna use that on my dog when he's becoming too needy!

[BumRushDaShow]

7. You could also add

Mysterian "pecuniary pain" to your options too - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3021597

[maxsolomon]

12. He's been that for decades.

It's worked so far - he just steps back from the line whenever he needs to.

[moniss]

21. I can easily

see an announcement made in the future that he has retained the esteemed legal services of Orley Taitz and will be filing suit against every citizen in the country.

[getagrip_already]

22. well, at least every registered democrat.......

He wants to grift the rest.

[Mysterian]

4. It seems Trump's lawyers are feeling the pecuniary pain

of filing frivolous lawsuits.

[SouthernDem4ever]

6. I hope this pattern continues

Judges need to disregard nonsense.

[Lonestarblue]

11. They also need to sanction lawyers for frivolous lawsuits.

They are wasting court time, which costs taxpayers money. Trump lawyers brought more than 60 frivolous lawsuits over the 2020 election, knowing they had no credible evidence to support their claims of election fraud. Everyone of them should have been disbarred by now.

[agingdem]

14. I think it's the lawyers saying ENOUGH...

the lawyers are taking the hits..Jack Smith is going after the lawyers, judges are sanctioning the them and their firms, grievances are being filed with the various state bar associations, law licenses are suspended or revoked..Trump is running out of lawyers willing to put their reputations and law licenses on the line for a client they can't control...

[rsdsharp]

29. The sanction, in excess of $900,000, was against Trump

AND her lead attorney, jointly and severally, meaning they both have liability for the whole amount.

[Bayard]

13. I see he's still calling himself, "President"

[louis-t]

15. His days of intimidation by lawsuit are coming to an end.

[Raven123]

16. Probably a million reasons why he withdrew the lawsuit

[live love laugh]

17. Guess he found out NY is not to be fucked with.

[Escurumbele]

20. What a great quote...about the mosquito...I am sending it to my quote-of-the-day list.

[live love laugh]

27. Yes I love that quote too. It inspires me.

[republianmushroom]

18. you mean we attorneys could be held accountable. Damn can't have that.

Dismiss the complaint. Forget it Donald, and how bout the fees ?

[W T F]

19. I guess his lawyers wanted the $1 million sanction fine up front.

[Warpy]

23. Frivolous lawsuits might start to cost him some real money

so a lot of his suits against anyone he holds a grudge against are not going to happen. He's going to have to retrench, go back to playing the delay game on all the legal troubles coming his way.

Sanctions. A million here, a million there, it can add up to real money!

[no_hypocrisy]

24. + 1 million percent

[ZonkerHarris]

25. Frivolous lawsuits might start to cost (his donors) some real money. FIXED IT

[vlyons]

26. Gee gosh golly! Did Loser finally learn a hard and expensive lesson?

The recent $1million fine for he and his lawyers filing a frivolous law suit must have got his attention, and made a little neon warning sign go off in his head, "Best not do that again."

Did Loser actually learn something from a previous mistake? Who knew?

[Coventina]

28. Possibly the smartest thing he's ever done.

[igorman]

30. he knew it was a frivolous lawsuit

He already was fined 1 million for the frivolous lawsuit against Hilary.