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New York attorney general sues Donald Trump for fraud

The New York state lawsuit marks one of the biggest legal blows for former US President Donald Trump since he left office in early 2021 [File: Gaelen Morse/Reuters]

The attorney general for the US state of New York has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing the former United States president of unlawfully inflating his net worth to obtain millions of dollars in loans and other benefits.

The lawsuit, filed in a New York state court in Manhattan on Wednesday, accused the Trump Organization of engaging in “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” in preparing Trump’s annual statements of financial condition from 2011 to 2021.

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