mr. trump and others, i am announcing that today we are filing a lawsuit against donald trump for violating the law as part of his efforts to generate profits for himself, his family, and his company. the complaint demonstrates that donald trump falsely inflated is net worth by billions of dollars due unjustly enriched himself and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. he did this with the help of the other defendants, is children -- his children, donald trump, jr., if ivanka trump, and eric trump, and the former trump cfo. mr. trump and the trump organization repeatedly and insistently inflated the value of assets to induce banks to lend money to the trump organization on more favorable terms than would have otherwise been available to the company, to pay lower taxes, to satisfy continuing loan agreements and insist insurance companies provide insurance for lower premiums. his conduct was in violation of executive law section 63.12, which gives the attorney general broad and special

. >> mr. trump and the trump organization repeatedly and persistently manipulated the value of assets to induce banks to lend money to the trump oarization on more favorable terms than would otherwise have been available to the company. to pay lower taxes. to satisfy continues loan agreements, and to induce insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for higher elements and at lower premiums. his conduct was all in violation of executive law section 63-12, which gives the attorney general broad special powers to go after persistent and repeated fraud and illegality. as part of demonstrating illegality under that section of law, we show that they violated several state criminal laws, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations. we believe the conduct alleged in this action also violates federal criminal law, including issuing false statements to financial institutions, and b

mr. trump others, i'm announcing that today we're filing a lawsuit against donald trump for violating the law as part of his efforts to generate profits for himself, his family, his company. the complaint demonstrates that donald trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system thereby cheating all of us. he did this with the help of the other defendants and his children, donald trump jr., ivanka trump, and eric trump and former trump organization cfo allen weisselberg. mr. trump and the trump organization repeatedly and persistently manipulated the value of assets to induce banks to lend money to the trump organization on more favorable terms than otherwise would have been available to the company. to pay lower taxes, to satisfy continuing loan agreements and to induce insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for higher limits and at lower premiums. his conduct was all in violation of executive law section 63.12 which gives

mr. trump and the trump organization repeatedly and persistently manipulated the value of assets to induce banks to lend money to the trump organization on more favorable terms than would otherwise have been available to the company. to pay lower taxes to satisfy continuing loan agreements and to induce insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for higher limits and at lower premiums his conduct was all in violation of executive law section 6312. which gives the attorney general broad and special powers to go after persistent and repeated fraud and illegality as part of demonstrating illegality under that section of law 6321 we show they violated several state criminal laws. including falsifying business records. issuing false financial statements insurance fraud. and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations we believe the conduct alleged in this action also violates federal criminal law, including issuing false statements to financial institutions and bank

mr. trump's mar-a-lago office. investigators tonight leaning into the possibility there was obstruction of justice the court filing, a response to mr. trump's request for a court ordered independent review of the items, riling up the former president who mocked the fbi and the photo online posting, "thought they wanted them kept secret lucky i declassified," a claim that has not been established. kelly o'donnell with the latest. >> reporter: this one image revealing distinct color coded markings for top secret and sensitive files. evidence, the government says, seized from a container inside the 45 office. the florida domain of former president trump. where he often receives guests the department of justice in a court filing lays out serious allegations in stark new terms government records were likely concealed and removed. and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation the doj alleges team trump provided inaccurate information when they turned over 38 classified materials at a june

mr. trump and the trump organization from entering into any new york state commercial real estate acquisition or from applying for loans from any financial institution in new york for five years. to pay for the financial benefits obtained as a result of the persistent fraudulent practices at an estimated $250 million. towards the end of my remarks i'll go into the other relief that we're seeking. at the center of this year long financial scheme were the statements of financial condition that were prepared annually by and for mr. trump. specifically from 2011 to 2021 these statements were compiled by the trump offerings executives and issued as a report by mr. trump's accounting firm. statements are explicit that the preparation was the responsibility of mr. trump. starting in 2016 the trustees of his trust, donald trump junior and alan weiselburg for the sole benefit of mr. donald trump. each statement was personally certified as accurate by mr. trump or by one of his trustees as part of the lo

mr. trump's role in inciting the insurrection.what point do the republicans turn around and say there are too many legal cases here, there is too much smoke, go away, deal with all of this and stop trying to be the senior most famous republican on the planet, it is not helping us? >> that is a great question. there is a significant number of republicans that would prefer that someone else runs in 2024. for a number of reasons, one is that the president will be 78 years old on election day. the other is he can only serve one term. i think there is a lot of scar tissue in the party about the special elections in georgia. melanie mentioned the georgia election. that was disappointing to many of us in the party, that the president was too focused on his own ego or looking back at the november 2020 election instead of focusing on the special election which cost republicans the senate. there is some scar tissue there. as i mentioned before, there was a gradual narrowing in the polls between trump and ron desantis, but also trump and oth

and eric trump posting video of james vowing to sue mr. trump, even before she was elected. >> will you sue him? >> we're definitely going to sue him. we're going to be a real pain in the ass. >> reporter: tonight, the trump organization says was no bank harmed, they profited handsomely and saying the loans are either current or have been paid off. >> peter, as we noted, this is a civil lawsuit. james is not charging mr. trump or his children with any crime. >> reporter: that's right. james has sent a referral to the federal prosecutor in manhattan and to the irs. james said, our door is open. >> peter alexander, thank you. for more, i want to bring in legal analyst danny cevallos. this is one of many cases we've seen circling the latest president. how is this one fundamentally different? >> it's fundamentally different because of the extent of the factual allegations, and you could argue, the receipts, the documents that the new york attorney general has obtained, even though we haven't seen them in this complaint, we know they're out there, an

mr. trump in the trump organization for their own financial benefit is astounding. >> the massive trump fraud suit. >> falsifying business records issuing false financial statements. insurance fraud. >> tonight, the evidence gathered against the disgraced ex president and his company. the legal jeopardy for trump and his oldest kids. and what prompted the investigation in the first place. >> the president or his company ever inflate assets or revenue? >> yes. >> trump's former lawyer and fixer joins me live onset. >> there cannot be different rules for different people in this country or this state. former presidents are no different. >> senator elizabeth warren on the depth of the fraud and former u.s. attorney harry lippman on the possible charges facing the trump family and their business. plus, breaking news about trump stash of classified documents, when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. today new york attorney general letitia james filed a lawsuit, a

mr. trump's estate tonight mr. trump is zeroing in on this evidence photo of top-secret documents in the doj filing that he says fbi agents staged in his office to sway public opinion. >> they took documents, and they put them all over the floor. and then they deceptively put out that picture >> reporter: for weeks mr. trump and his allies have argued that he declassified the documents, but his lawyers have not made that argument in court. in a filing last night saying it should have been fully anticipated that the former president would have had sensitive material at his home and that the special master should possess a top-secret security clearance. meanwhile, mr. trump is speaking out about january 6th, saying he's financially supporting some accused rioters. >> it's a disgrace what they've done to them if i decide to run and if i win, i will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. >> amen. >> full pardons. >> reporter: it comes the same day a retired nypd officer received the longest sentence yet, ten year

mr. trump insisting he declassified the records, an argument his lawyers have not made in court. >> it doesn't have to be a process, as i understand it. if our eight president of the united states, you can declassify by saying it is declassified, even by thinking about it. >> but the appeals court brushed off that argument as a red herring saying the documents are still government property whether or not they're declassified and then the new $250 million civil lawsuit against mr. trump as well as ivanka, don jr. and eric trump brought by new york attorney general letitia james mr. trump slamming the suit by james, a democrat, as a politically motivated witch hunt. >> she campaigned on it four years ago, it was vicious campaign and she just talked about trump and we're going to indict him, we're going to get him. >> reporter: james is accusing mr. trump of inflating his assets to get more favorable loans and better tax rates >> pattern of fraud and deception that was used mr. trump and the trump

mr. trump overnight insisting he declassified the records, an argument his lawyers have not made in court. >> it doesn't have to be a process, as i understand it. if you're the president of the united states you can declassify just by saying it's declassified even by thinking about it. >> reporter: but the appea court brushed off that argument as a red herring, saying the documents are still government property, whether or not they were declassified. then there's the new $250 million civil lawsuit against mn jr., and eric trump brought by letitia james. mr. trump slamming the suit by james, a democrat, as a politically motivated witch hunt >> she campaigned on it four years ago. it was a vicious campaign and she just talked about trump and we're going to thedite him, we're going to get him >> reporter: james is accusing mr. trump of inflating his assets to get more favorable loans and better taxates >> a pattern of fraud an deception used by mr. trump and the trump organization for their own fi

mr. trump took the fifth some 300 jobs. and letitia james was there at that proceeding. and her comments, some of them were personal, for example, she said something to the effect of, this is not the art of the deal, which was the title of one of mr. trump's book, and it is the art of a steal, and she made a point of saying that former presidents are no different, and they're not above the law. so there has been a lot of back and forth, and again, here, as you heard, as you saw in the tweet, president trump has described her as a racist individual, and again, attacks her politically, and trump's sons have also been on social media, and the basis of their attacks is this is all political witch hunt that she works for the democratic national committee and so forth, which is what we would expect. however, this case seems to be based primarily on these documents, these financial statements, that mr. trump, that the trump organization submitted, and that james made a point of saying that mr. trump a

that's where mr. trump is facing liberal legal jeopardy. and of course, don't forget, he also is facing the state investigation in georgia over the calls to brad rapids, burger and the attempt to quote, find votes in and georgia. and then there is also the justice department's january 6 inquiry which remains ongoing as the also the house of representatives is conducting a parallel investigation into january 6. and mister trump's role in inciting the insurrection. greg, at what point to the republicans just turn around and say, you know, there are too many legal cases where there's too much smoke. go a deal with all of this and stop trying to lead and be the senior most famous republican on the planet. it's not helping us. yeah, that's a great question. and ron and there's, there's a significant number of republicans that would prefer that someone else runs in 2024. you know, for a number of reasons. one is that the president will be 78 years old on election day . the other is he can only serve one term, and i think there's a lot of scar tis

mr. trump of $739 million its real value being $75 million. also mentioned, was his own personal residence in trump towers. letitia james said that the size of the unit according to mr. trump was 30,000 square feet when in fact it was barely 11,000 square feet. again underscoring that these are the examples of how he inflated the values of some of his property. letitia james then the news conference that wrapped up just moments ago, went out to explain how specifically by inflating the value of properties mr. trump and his family were able to benefit. listen. >> children, donald trump jr., ivanka trump, and eric trump, a former trump organization cfl alan weiss and burke and trump organization controller jeffrey mcconnell. mr. trump in the trump organization repeatedly and persistently manipulated the value of assets, to induce banks to lend money to the trump organization on more favorable terms than what otherwise have been available to the company. speak up now, i'm on among the remedies tha

mr. trump's claim he had declassified them. the judge saying unless mr. trump's lawyers can show those 100 sensitive documents are not classified that he will treat them like they are he told the trump team today you can't have your cake and eat it the special master today indicated his review may take just four weeks that will be even quicker than federal prosecutors had been hoping for m meanwhile, in separate filing today mr. trump's lawyers called this "a document storage dispute" that spiraled out of control. lester >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> a potentially dramatic escalation in ukraine. russian-held areas now planning to hold referendums to join russia this comes as our richard engel gets a look inside the town where hundreds of mass graves were found. and what one man says russian troops did to him. we have to warn you, the images are disturbing >> reporter: outside kharkiv in eastern ukraine, investigators are still exhuming bodies this is the awful wake russian troops left behind after one of their main front lines collapsed. ukrainians lo

and to -- mr. trump, the trump organization as well as his family will still have to deal with this complaint. they will still have to respond. they will still have to respond to the allegations therein. so if in fact he decided to move to florida, the reality is he still has to deal with the great state of new york and respond to the complaint. >> he cannot establish another corporation, put these properties that he incorporates in another state? >> no. these corporations are currently incorporated in the state of new york. some are incorporated in delaware but do business in the state of new york and you cannot just pick up and those same corporations be moved to florida, no. and again, marsha, just to put a finer point on that, we are at attempting as part of our relief to dissolve these corporations. former president trump's biggest money generating properties are in manhattan in new york state. would he, if this relief is granted by the judge down the road, would he be able to collect rents, to obta

two, mr. trump, the trump organization as well as his family will still have to deal with this complaint. they will have to respond. they will have to respond to the allegations therein. if he decided to move to florida, the reality is, he still has to deal with the great state of new york and respond to the complaint. >> put these properties in a corporation that -- >> he cannot. these corporations are currently incorporated in the state of new york. some are incorporated in delaware. but they do business in the state of new york. he cannot just pick up and those same corporations moved to florida, no. again, just to put a finer point on that, we are attempting as part of our relief to dissolve these corporations. >> in practical former president trump's biggest money generating properties are in manhattan, in new york state. if this relief is granted by the judge down the road, would he be able to collect rents, to obtain loans on the properties? what practical implications to sell the properties

mr. trump's claim he declassified them attorneys for mr. trump argued they didn't want to disclose the information yet because to could be part of an eventual defense the judge says unless mr. trump's lawyers can show 100 sensitive documents are not classified he will treat them like they are. the said you can't have your cake and eat it. in a separate filing, mr. trump's lawyers called this case a document storage dispute that spiraled out of control. >>> the annual high-stakes meeting of global leaders in new yo city. president biden will deliver thinks address to the united nations general assembly he is expected to lay out his plans for american foreign policy with a major focus on the war raging in ukraine. nbc's drew petri mow from washington, d.c. what can we expect to hear today? >> reporter: good morning. the white house says president biden will detail how the country has worked to restore its global leadership showing how the u.s. has delivered on promises involving global health, climate and emerging technologies the president is

become vicious monsters >> reporter: mr. trump said he is being targeted politically >> the mar-a-lago raid was a desperate effort to distract from joe biden's record of misery and failure >> reporter: today in milwaukee president biden urged voters to reject trump's allies as dangerous to democracy. >> the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate and division. >> all right kelly joins us now live from the white house. kelly, let's go back to that court ruling we know the doj's considering its next steps. at the same time the judge who ruled on this will name that special master >> reporter: tom, the judge set a friday deadline for both sides to submit recommendations for who should serve as that special master. she's also allowing the intelligence community to continue with its national security assessment. tom? >> all right kelly o'donnell leading us off tonight. kelly, we thank you for that >>> another major story on this labor day, severe weather on the move flood watches

mr. trump's private club and home in palm beach. mr. trump's lawyers are asking the trump appointed judge to appoint a so-called special master to go through all the documents to decide whether any of them are privileged and therefore off-limits to investigators. the judge says she will issue a written ruling on that, but didn't say when. the justice department argued that the appointment of a special master would be unprecedented, inappropriate, and delay their investigation into mr. trump's possession of highly sensitive documents that may have put national security at risk. the doj argues that these documents did not belong to the former president, and an evidence photo of documents found in mr. trump's office show top-secret and secret s ci markings. those of the highest levels of classification possible. it means they are related to some of america's most closely guarded secrets and intelligence operations. according to mr. trump's lawyer, the whole situation is compared to an overdue library book scenario. on a radio show today, mr

mr. trump's team offering two different candidates, one a reagan nominee, and the other a former florida puty attorney general trump's team arguing that the review should include all the documents seized by the fbi, while the justice department insists it could cover only unclassified documents. the special master will decide whether any of the documents are privileged and must be excluded from the federal criminal investigations into mr. trump's handling of classified information. >> we're on new ground here, because historically, special masters, when they're appointed in situations like this, are appointed to review attorneys' office search warrant executions, not the review of potentially executive privileged documents in a former president's home and office >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with chuck todd for "meet the press," vice president kamala harris saying the white house won't weigh in on whether mr. trump should be charged, but adding -- >> people are going to demand justice and they rightly do. >> josh letterman joins us now from washington and josh, ultimately, it's t

what about the | special master that mr trump mar-a-lago.that? ~ ., ., asking for? can you explain that? . ., ., ., asking for? can you explain that? ~ ., ., ., , that? well, a lot of documents were seized — that? well, a lot of documents were seized on _ that? well, a lot of documents were seized on august - that? well, a lot of documents were seized on august the - that? well, a lot of documents| were seized on august the 8th, perhaps not all of them were directly relevant to the search. and so it's not particularly unusual for someone who has been subjected to a search warrant, like former president tom, where a lot of documents are taken, instead of leaving it to the fbi to sort through those documents to sort through them —— former president trump, you can appoint a special master, a former independentjudicial officer which is what former president trump has asked for, and there will be a hearing tomorrow in federal court in florida on that request. let's see where — florida on that request. let's see where it _ florida on that request.

laura: what is mr. trump saying? >> he is not a happy man.id the department of justice effectively chucked these papers on the floor and are trying to blame him. he said they tried to keep this quiet and now they are not. he is not happy about this, even though he has been calling for transparency since this begin. -- this began. laura: russia h stopped all gas supplies through a major pipeline to europe. moscow claims maintenance work means no gas can flow through nord stream one until saturday. germany's gas regulator says no one can be sure when supplies resume. moscow denies weaponizing energy supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. life expectancy in the united states has fallen to its lowest level since 1996, driven largely by the covid-19 pandemic. government data shows the average american is now expected to live just over 76 years compared to 79 a few years ago. falling life expectancy is pronounced among native americans and alaskan natives. global aid has begun arriving in pakistan as the skill of the devastation caused by m

mr. trump's direction. rump knew his acts were improper, personally employing deceptive schemes, personally pushing to increase the value of things. other examples you see on the screen. now, it's not personal, and the law's not supposed to be, but james is saying she has the receipts that trump personally pushed and directed, which she calls a fraud. so, that is a lot tonight. now, is there a "but"? yes. in fairness to trump, the legal history of how we got here also includes another probe into the same stuff which did not determine that it had enough evidence to charge him. that was actually a super interesting part of today's presentation, if you were watching closely. for years, the a.g.'s office and the manhattan d.a. have been talking up their joint probe into these same activities, this alleged fraud. and we know they worked together. today, james largely focused on her findings and her referral to the feds. she almost completely elided any reference to the open manhattan d.a. probe led by alvin brack

mr. trump's mar-a-lago home. the judge saying she'll rule on that request at a later date mr. trump's arguing the judge needed to ep had restore public confidence by allowing more transparency into the government's actions and dismissing the allegations about him keeping documents, comparing them to an overdue library book. the justice department says the master isn't needed because they've. >> reporte already gone through them they say because he is no longer president he had no right to take those documents the judge says she'll make a more detailed list of what was take taken by the fbi mr. trump is weighing in on the documents that were photographed >> they took documents and put them all over the floor and deceptively put them all over the floor. >> reporter: in a filing, saying it should have been fully spasp anticipated that the former president would have had sensitive information in his home moon meanwhile, mr. trump is speaking out about january 6, saying he's financially supporting some accused rioters. >> it's a disgrace what they've done to them if i decide to run

everything except for tonight, mr. trump trump got a new game. >> trump's got a new deal. >> heard about trump's new deal? >> trump got a new game, what is it. >> mr. trump! >> mr. trump, please! >> my new game is trump, the game. >> trump, the game, were you deal for everything you've always wanted at home. because it's not whether you win or lose, it's whether you win. >> yes! >> play trump the game, from milton bradley. >> i think you'll like it. >> mr. trump's proceeds from trump, the game will be donated to charity. >> trump, the game, it's not whether you win or lose, it's whether you win. that was a tagline for donald trump's board game in the late 19 80s. at the time, trump was just beginning his journey from new york celebrity to nationally recognized figure. played out basically the same way everything else plays out when it comes to donald trump. you caught what they're saying at the end there? mr. trump's proceeds from trump the game will be donated to charity. trump claimed to have donated 1 million dollars in p

mr. trump's counsel as to whether mr. trump declassified anything. it's a completely rational way to begin this process and may help to expedite his position of this issue because all the stuff as we know is a fabrication with respect to declassification. then i think he'll give more deference to the government's representations supported by a declaration by the fbi's assistant director for counterintelligence. that are classified at the highest levels. top secret code word and this judge, he's not going to be a rubber stamp for the government. he's likely to give the benefit of the doubt to the government. >> this issue of declassification, lisa, help us understand the relevance from the criminal perspective here because the documents that we have seen so far related to the search warrant affidavit for the initial visit, if you will, the initial search of mar-a-lago where many of these documents were found, of the potential statutes at play here, how important is it whether or not donald trump declassified these documents or not before he left offic

mr. trump has denied any wrongdoing. netta, what exactly has mr. said to have done to the value of his tower and other marquee properties and why? >> well, laura, the new york state attorney general says that between 2011 and 2021, the trump organization and he himself lied, making at least 200 misleading statements latently trying to mislead to get those assets overvalued for favorable bank loans and better insurance coverage. i will give you one of the many examples listed in this 200 page civil complaint right behind me in trump tower where he holds a triplex apartment. he was putting the square footage of the apartment down as 30,000 square feet when in reality it is just under 11,000, allowing him to appraise the apartment at $327 million. the attorney general says no apartment in new york has ever sold for that much and she listed many other examples, from his estate and mar-a-lago to his golf courses. she said that this was not just a mischaracterization in good faith. she called it fraudulent activity. laura: the state attorney general of ne

. >> mr. trump represented that his apartment spanned more than 30,000 square feet, which was the basis for valuing the apartment. in reality, the apartment had an area of less than 11,000 square feet, something that mr. trump was well aware of. and based on that inflated square footage, the value of the apartment in 2015 and 2016 was $327 million. to this date, no apartment in new york city has ever sold for close to that amount. >> reporter: that was just one of the examples that she gave. another one looking at the property that the trumps own on park avenue here in manhattan, that property she says that trump claimed was worth on these financial statements anywhere from $91 million to $350 million. the reality, she said, was $84.5 million. another example the former president's home in florida at mar-a-lago, trump's claim that was worth $739 million. leticia tia james' lawsuit saidt it was worth $75 million. she said the former president inflated the value on claims that they could redevelop and

mr. trump's personal records mr. wyers insist the 11,000-plus records seized should be shielded from investigators because some are privileged. in an exclusive interview for "meet the press," nbc's chuck todd asked vice president harris about the investigation. >> what do you say to the argument that it would be too divisive for the country to prosecute a former president? >> i think that our country is the country that has gone through different periods of time where the unthinkable has happened and where there has been a call for justice. and justice has been served >> reporter: that investigation the backdrop ahead of the november midterms now less than two months away president biden today in battleground ohio with a competitive senate race this fall touting the $280 billion bipartisan package he recently signed to transform the u.s. semiconductor industry >> the industrial midwest is back. >> reporter: still top republicans blame president biden for record high inflation. >> have the democrats stopped spending no

mr. trump's defeat was fraudulent, access to a georgia elections office by a local republican official. that same day the voting system there was allegedly breached the republican official, kathy latham, is now under investigation by federal and state prosecutors and part of a fake electors scheme latham's lawyer did not respond to nbc but has previously denied trump supporters were given access to election equipment president biden is again defending his earlier attyon mr. trum and supporters who believes last week he compared to semi fascism. >> we understand tomorrow we will see former president obama back at the white house again. >> that's right. mr. obama and the former first lady michelle obama will both return for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. former president trump declined to hold that ceremony for his predecessor. >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> this was the first day of school day for so many families and in uvalde, texas, as you might imagine it was a difficult and emotional one as children returned after shooting that killed 21 students and teac

today on the radio show, mr. trump warned that would be "big problems" if he is indicted in the documents case. >> if it happened, i think you would have problems in this country, the likes of which we have never seen before but i don't think the people of the united states would stand for

the doj argues the classified documents belong to the u.s., not to mr. trump. quote, because he is no longer the president, he had no right to take those documents. the judge today also saying that she will make public a more detailed list of what the fbi seized at mr. trump's estate. >> the jet is expected to roll on the special master request in the days ahead. and tonight, we learned one of trump's allies, former white house speaker newt gingrich has been invited to speak to the january six committee. they want to ask him about emails he sent to trump advisers concerning misleading tv ads about the 2020 election. and nbc news has confirmed former white house counsel, pat cipollone, and his deputy, pat philbin, are testifying tomorrow before a federal grand jury investigating the insurrection. today, a retired nypd officer received the longest sentence yet in a case related to the capitol riot. thomas webster, he now faces ten years in prison for attacking a d. c. police officer with a metal flagpole. today, donald trump said, he is offering financial support

today, attorney general letitia james filed a massive civil lawsuit against mr. trump, his three eldest chirp, and his company, the trump organization. the ag accuses them all of committing staggering fraud for more than a decade sprawling scheme, one that allegedly manipulated the values of properties to dodge taxes and fraudulently obtain bank loans. >> donald trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system thereby cheating all of us the pattern of fraud and deception that was used by mr. trump and the trump organization for their own benefit is astounding. >> she brought receipts. her investigators say he valued his mar-a-lago estate as high as $739 million the lawsuit also alleges the former president flat-out lied about the size of his apartment in trump tower it's less than 11,000 square feet large, but he claimed it was 30,000 square feet the ag case mr. trump used that bogus square footage to inflate the value of his home to nearly $330 million a value she called absurd. >> to this date, no apartmen

. >> mr. trump wilmington, north carolina, today, holding a rally a republican congressman running for the u.s. senate. our lisa desjardins is there and joins us now. we see those crowds behind you. i know you have been out talking to some of the attendees. give us a sense of who is there and what they are telling you. >> i will tell you, this crowd, when you ask them why they're here, one of the first think they will tell you is because they love this country. the next thing they will tell you, of course, they are devoted to former president trump. in fact, more devoted to him than the republican party. indeed, this is not the stadium-sized draw that mr. trump had when he was running for president or was president, but it is still a few thousand people, one of the larger types of crowds we will see in this midterm election cycle. we ask people here why they support preside trump and what they make of the investigations underway and how president biden sees the. >> he is calling us all extreme radic

mr. trump and his businesses to pay back $250 million, that they say he got illegally by inflating his assets. assets like mar-a-lago, which they say was valued at more than $700 million more than they think it is actually worth. ten times more. as far as value. his building on park avenue. 50 million more. his seven springs property in westminster, the list goes on. including valuing his trump tower apartment at more than any apartment in new york has ever sold for. the attorney general says that could have broken federal law, which is why she made those referrals to sdny and the irs. mr. trump on truth social is calling the attorney general racist and casting it as a witch hunt with serious penalties now for the former president and ivanka, eric and don jr. let me start with the penalties. james is not formally asking to have the trump empire dissolved but could they don't facto be the end of the trump org as we know it? >> i think so, halle, potentially because the consequences are very stee