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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump’s ‘nauseating’ last-ditch attempt to toss his fraud case mentions Washington and Lincoln

After successfully delaying Donald Trump’s chances of facing criminal consequences before he returns to the White House, his legal team is making another last-ditch effort to block a massive civil fraud judgment against him.

Trump has appealed that judgment, but his attorney D. John Sauer — the man Trump has nominated for the next solicitor general of the United States — is urging the state of New York to drop the case entirely as “necessary for the health of our Republic.”

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