Letitia James 'fearlessly' exposes longstanding myths about Trump in fraud case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The idea that Trump is a successful businessman is one of his "strongest narratives," she said.
55% : That's why people feel like they did better under Trump."
48% : That's why she got this massive victory."Though Trump has an additional 10 days to pay $175 million, James made clear it holds no consequence to her historic win against a former U.S. president.
46% : "For many people, they think about Trump from 'The Apprentice,'" he said.
42% : "She really fearlessly went after Donald Trump, and she did it methodically, and she did it in a way that made her case unimpeachable.
41% : "If the reason you thought Trump was successful, and think, 'Well, this is the man who got me a COVID check,'" said Blake, "what you now have to envision is he is the man who has to now write a half-a-billion-dollar check because of the fraud he actually committed.
36% : Though Donald Trump saw a major victory on Monday when a New York appellate court reduced his nearly half-billion-dollar appeals bond, political and legal experts made clear that Attorney General Letitia James is the real winner in the civil fraud case."There's a certain poetic justice to a Black woman exposing a criminal degenerate former president as being a complete fraud," political strategist Reecie Colbert said of James, who made history as New York's first Black female attorney general.
34% : "The fact that Trump moved to appeal the $454 million liability and extend the deadline for him to issue a lesser $175 million payment shows that James may have also exposed the so-called billionaire isn't as wealthy as he claimed to be.
34% : "The successful prosecution of Trump could also have a political impact on Letitia James, who briefly launched a campaign to be the governor of New York before dropping out to "finish the job" of attorney general.
28% : Regardless, she said, James' prosecution of Trump will "go down in history as one of the most consequential civil judgments of all time.
23% : Blake noted that Trump issued a call for the death penalty against five Black and brown teens, known as the Central Park Five, for an assault and rape they did not commit.
20% : "The $464 million judgment - plus interest - against Donald Trump and the other defendants still stands.
17% : "Colbert said that if the Biden-Harris reelection campaign and Democrats are savvy enough, a political prosecution of Trump is theirs for the taking.
12% : "If you're assessing that you believe Trump was a successful businessman, it's becoming very clear to you that he's a fraud," said Blake, who worked for the Obama White House and presidential campaigns.
8% : "Donald Trump is still facing accountability for his staggering fraud," the Howard Law School graduate said in a statement issued Monday after Trump's $454 million appeals bond was narrowed on the day he was due to pay it.

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