“The Trump empire … will fold like a stack of cards,” says former prosecutor

Photo caption: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the start of his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 02, 2023 in New York City. Seth Wenig-Pool / Getty Images. Article by Chauncey DeVega. Salon – October 3, 2023.

Republican frontrunner and presumptive 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump faces as many as four upcoming criminal trials — but a civil case that could destroy his business in New York has leapt to the forefront this week. To some degree, the lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleging decades of fraudulent business practices has flown under the radar, perhaps because — unlike in the criminal cases Trump must face in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C. — there is no possibility of criminal convictions or a prison sentence. […]

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