Trump of committing fraud, saying instead that his actions were either “fraudulent or misleading” and that the evidence she had uncovered “suggests” that the company misrepresented the value of its assets. James did not go quite so far as to accuse Mr. James’s repeated threats to target the Trump family,” the statement said. “In 160 pages of legal briefing, the attorney general’s office deliberately fails to address Ms. James saying publicly that she would use her office to pursue a case against Mr. Trump, said in a statement that the attorney general’s court papers did not address the central arguments the family raised in their effort to block the questioning, which included several examples of Ms. and Ivanka Trump, as part of her civil inquiry. Trump and two of his adult children, Donald Trump Jr. James is attempting to sidestep the grand jury process in the criminal investigation by questioning Mr. Lawyers for the Trump family have argued that Ms. In July, the district attorney’s office indicted the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer on unrelated tax charges, and its investigation into Mr. Trump that is led by the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, and focuses on some of the same conduct, including inflated values that may have appeared on the company’s annual financial statements. James’s office is also participating in the criminal investigation into Mr. The attorney general responded by saying that while her office had compiled reams of evidence, she needed to interview the Trump family members to determine who was responsible for the misrepresentations, and whether they were intentional. Trump’s lawyers seeking to block her from questioning him and two of his adult children under oath. James’s filings came in response to a motion by Mr. “It’s unlikely that the attorney general would in fact shut down the business,” he said. James powers to conduct a civil investigation into fraud made it much easier for her to bring a case than it would be for law enforcement authorities pursuing criminal charges.īut he said that the repercussions, while significant, might only go so far. He said that the New York law granting Ms. “The question here is whether there is repeated fraud or repeated illegal acts,” said Harlan Levy, a former chief deputy attorney general in New York and a partner at Foley Hoag, a Boston-based law firm. James, a Democrat who is running for re-election, of leading a politically motivated inquiry, after she ran for office promising to target Mr. On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the Trump Organization called the allegations baseless and accused Ms. Trump’s accountants had not audited or authenticated the claims. James’s case, including acknowledgments that Mr. Trump provided to his lenders and others, allowing him to paint a rosy picture of his overall financial health and to receive more favorable loan terms, the filings said.Īt the same time, the financial statements contained a number of disclaimers that could undercut Ms. The inflation - some of it minor, some significant - was incorporated into annual financial statements that Mr. Trump used outright falsehoods to inflate his net worth, such as claiming $150,000 golf club initiation fees that he never had collected or seven mansions he never had built but said were worth $161 million. James’s filings often involved accusations that Mr. Trump’s misrepresenting the value of his assets, allowing him to secure financial benefits from lenders, insurers and the Internal Revenue Service. Monthly Photo Challenge: Texture (Pt.On Tuesday, the attorney general, Letitia James, filed court documents that listed what she said were more than a dozen instances of Mr.Musical Interlude: Come, People of the Risen King.Musical Interlude: Umbrella/Singin' in the Rain.
K, mosquitoes here only get as big as bees." "Here's another example." I wrote "mosquitoes as big as dogs" on the board. How can you type and roll on the floor at the same time?" Laughing ensues.
"When you're typing, do you roll on the floor?" Or, the examples I wrote on the chalkboard to help my students understand the concept:
Phrases such as "ice cream cone a mile high" or "this book weighs a ton".
Hyperbole is a statement or figure of speech used to exaggerate for effect, most often in humourous stories. "No, it's pronounced hahy- pur-b uh-lee." This week's poem, " I Can't Forget You." has a line where a graffiti artist resists using hyperbole. "It was good," I replied, continuing with, "It showed great use of hyperbole." She arched an eyebrow, so I added, "We learned about hyperbole today in class." She smiled knowingly (yes, I like teaching more than I admit) and went back to reading a book on her Kindle. "So, how was the movie?" my spouse asked.
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