On top of the many kinds of legal jeopardy that former President Donald Trump faces, he’s also being sued in several different jurisdictions.
One of those is the New York Attorney General’s office, which sued Trump last September for $250 million, claiming that the ex-president and his family and company committed “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentations” over many years. The suit names Trump, his three oldest children, and the Trump Organization.
“We found that Mr. Trump, his children, and the corporation used more than 200 false asset valuations over a ten-year period,” Attorney General Letitia James said when the suit was first announced.
That suit, unlike the four criminal indictments currently faced by the former president, is not a criminal case. But it is scheduled to go to trial in October, almost certainly prior to any of the criminal cases. Trump is not expected to be required to attend the trial, which was previously the case in the civil trial when he was sued by E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape as well as defamation. However, he was deposed in the case last spring.