Trump sues NY Attorney General Letitia James to halt civil investigation of his business

Trump filed suit in federal court in Albany, New York, seeking a permanent injunction barring Attorney General Letitia James from continuing her civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization misstated the value of real estate assets to obtain favorable loans, insurance, and tax treatment. The suit argued James's investigation was driven by political animus and constituted harassment of a political opponent rather than good-faith law enforcement, coming two weeks after James sought to depose Trump. James's office characterized the suit as an attempted collateral attack on an active investigation, stating that neither Trump nor the Trump Organization gets to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions, and that the probe would continue undeterred because no one is above the law. A federal judge dismissed Trump's suit the following May, finding no evidence to support his claim of political targeting.