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Trump has a license to engage in business in NY. That license comes with specific reporting requirements as it relates to financial documents. He repeated violated those requirements. That part of it is undeniable. Even the banks that testified on his behalf acknowledged that he was lying on the docs. There's really no debate about whether or not the violations were happening.
The only debate is about whether or not punishment was deserved for what some term a "victimless crime". I read a really good legal analogy here, that I'm sure you won't really care about.
This is akin to a drunk driver. A driver has a license that allows him to operate a vehicle on publicly owned roads. It comes with certain restrictions. One of those restrictions being that you don't drive drunk. Drunk driving is actionable even if the driver gets home safely. Every time that a drunk driver gets from Point A to Point B without hitting anyone or creating a moving violation, he has engaged in a "victimless crime". That doesn't change the fact that if a cop finds a driver who is actively driving drunk, he can arrest and fine him. It's why they set up checkpoints to catch drunk drivers, even though the drivers haven't hit anyone yet.
Same core concept. The license comes with restrictions, if the state finds that you are violating the restrictions, punishment should and does follow.
For people who spend so much time arguing about law and order, I'm always amazed at how much they don't care about those things.
you're smart, savvy, and a lawyer, so why are you making these empty analogies? your drunk driver comparison makes sense in the real world but it doesn't apply here because trump is the "only drunk driver" they pull over, charge, and apply the law to.
"An Associated Press analysis of nearly 70 years of civil cases under the law showed that such a penalty has only been imposed a dozen previous times, and Trump’s case stands apart in a significant way: It’s the only big business found that was threatened with a shutdown without a showing of obvious victims and major losses.
And some legal experts worry that if the judge goes out of his way to punish the former president with that worst-case scenario, it could make it easier for courts to wipe out companies in the future.
“This is a basically a death penalty for a business,” said Columbia University law professor Eric Talley. “Is he getting his just desserts because of the fraud, or because people don’t like him?”"
Dissolving Trump's business empire would stand apart in history of NY fraud law
AP’s review of nearly 150 cases since New York’s “repeated fraud” statute was passed showed that nearly every previous time a company was taken away, victims and losses were key factors.
apnews.com
trump is the only big business they went after with no victims and a DA who ran for office on the premise of getting him, and timing it during an election year. and kathy hochul literally comes out and practically admits that it's a hit-job. the rest of you business are okay because "trump is different". you guys only see thing through a blue lens so of course you can't see the blatant weaponization of the courts.
Hochul tells NY businesses not to fear about Trump verdict: ‘Nothing to worry about’
Hochul tells NY businesses not to fear about Trump verdict: ‘Nothing to worry about’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) addressed New York business owners in a new interview and told them there was “nothing to worry about” after former President Trump was hit with a $355 million fine a…
thehill.com
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) addressed New York business owners in a new interview and told them there was “nothing to worry about” after former President Trump was hit with a $355 million fine and a ban on conducting business in New York for three years.
“I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,” Hochul responded.
The governor provided reassurance to New York businesses after the ruling. “By and large, they are honest people and they’re not trying to hide their assets and they’re following the rules,” she said of the people who own and conduct business in the New York City area.