Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday appealed a civil fraud judgment from February that found the former president and his company liable for business fraud. The 95-page appeal, filed in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, accuses state Attorney General Letitia James of an “unauthorized, unprecedented power-grab” and says several loans cited by prosecutors should not have been considered in the case.
Every loan payment was made on time, and all the loans were repaid in full—some before they came due,' Trump's lawyers wrote. Trump’s lawyers further argued that under a proper application of the statute of limitations, seven of the 10 loan transactions should not have been allowed in the case, because the closing dates for those deals were too old.