Ex-US president Donald Trump and his company have been sued by New York's attorney general over alleged business fraud involving some of their most prized assets including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, DC.
Attorney General Letitia James's lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrats' three-year civil investigation into Mr Trump and the Trump Organisation.
Mr Trump's three eldest children - Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump - were also named as defendants, along with two long-time company executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney.