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New York attorney general asks judge to fine Trump over ‘frivolous’ arguments

Donald Trump with his son Eric at the Bedminster golf club in New Jersey in April.
Donald Trump with his son Eric at the Bedminster golf club in New Jersey in April. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

The attorney general of New York state is seeking $20,000 in fines against Donald Trump, his adult sons, other defendants and their lawyers, for repeating “frivolous” arguments rejected in court in a $250m civil suit over family business practices.

In a filing on Tuesday, Andrew Amer, an assistant to Letitia James, the attorney general, noted repeated rejections of arguments deemed “borderline frivolous even the first time defendants made them”.

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