


Former President Donald Trump is calling for New York Attorney General Letitia James to “show real strength and courage” — and drop her civil fraud case against him following his marathon deposition with her office Thursday.
The 45th president, 76, was questioned for seven hours Thursday during his second deposition with James’ office as part of her ongoing $250 million civil fraud suit alleging he inflated Trump Organization for years for loan and insurance benefits.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform Friday morning saying the case against him, the company, his kids Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr., and others should be dropped.
“An interesting day spent with the Attorney General and her representatives,” he said in the post. “I strongly made my ‘points,’ they are IRREFUTABLE, and it is a case that should not go forward.”
James’ case claims that Trump submitted false or misleading statements of financial condition from at least 2011 through 2021.
Trump said in the post that his company assets are “actually far stronger and higher than shown in the so-called Financial Statement.”
“The honorable thing to do would be ‘DROP IT,’ and spend all of this time, money, and energy on fighting Violent Crime in New York,” the post continued. “It would make a big difference, and show real strength and courage by the A.G.!”
When Trump was deposed the first time by James’ office last year, he invoked the Fifth Amendment – or his right to not self-incriminate – more than 400 times.
But he decided to take a different tack Thursday, according to his lawyer Alina Habba, who said her client was “eager to testify” and “had nothing to conceal.”
Trump flew back to New York City on Wednesday night, just eight days after he was arraigned in the Big Apple in a separate criminal case charging him with 34 felonies in connection to hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels and to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
He pleaded not guilty in that case and has repeatedly accused both Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg – who’s handling the criminal case – and James of carrying out a “witch hunt” against him for political reasons.
James’ case is slated for trial in October after a judge previously denied his bid to get the case tossed out and separately fined him $110,000, finding he was in contempt of court for not complying with AG subpoenas. The judge has also repeatedly denied bids by Trump’s camp to delay trial.
Trump is not due back in court for the criminal case until December.
James’ office declined to comment Friday. Trump’s lawyers didn’t immediately return a request for comment.