Re: $464 million, plus interest

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, JAB wrote:

NY AG won't toss multimillion-dollar Trump civil fraud judgment
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The New York attorney general's office said Tuesday it will not drop
its multimillion-dollar civil fraud case against President-elect
Trump, despite his request.
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Deputy Solicitor General Judith Vale wrote in a letter to Trump
attorney D. John Sauer that his call for New York Attorney General
Letitia James (D) to toss the case presented "no basis" for the office
to do so.
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"The ordinary burdens of civil litigation do not impede the
President's official duties in a way that violates the U.S.
Constitution," Vale wrote.
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The deputy attorney general noted the state's midlevel appeals court
already heard Trump's challenge of the judgment and is weighing the
matter, suggesting his official duties would not be impeded by waiting
for that outcome or any further appeals in the matter.
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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5032134-ny-attorney-general-trump-fraud-case/
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Is the logic here that Trump is still on the hook, because the potential crime was committed before he was/is president and that presidential immunity therefore won't shield him from this?