Trump lands in New York... again: Former president heads back to Trump Tower as he's set to face AG Letitia James in deposition for $250M business fraud case
Donald Trump on Wednesday evening returned to New York City for the first time since his arrest, coming back to Manhattan this time for a deposition in a business fraud case.
The 76-year-old waved to crowds outside Trump Tower as he arrived at his penthouse home, having flown in from West Palm Beach on his private jet.
Trump is due to speak to New York's attorney general, Letitia James, for a case related to bank fraud.
James alleges that various Trump family members misled banks and others by providing financial statements that intentionally misstated the value of his assets, including his golf clubs and the hotels bearing his name.
Her office is seeking $250 million in damages, and a ban on Trump and three of his adult children - Ivanka, Don, Jr. and Eric - from doing business in the state ever again.
'Just arrived in Manhattan for a deposition in front of New York State's RACIST, TRUMP HATING Attorney General, Letitia 'Peekaboo' James, in another unjust & ridiculous persecution of The 45th President of the United States,' Trump wrote on his social media network.
He called James a 'lowlife', and said the case was politically motivated.
He also said he was looking forward to showing how he built his business.
'I built a GREAT & prosperous company, employed thousands of people, built magnificent structures all over the World, but particularly in New York, & now have to prove it to this LOWLIFE who campaigned on a 'I will get Trump' platform, even before knowing anything about me!
'The good thing about the A.G. Peekaboo James “persecution” is that I will finally be able to show what a great, profitable, and valuable company I built, actually, some of the greatest real estate assets anywhere in the world.'
Trump also attacked the judge overseeing the case, Arthur Engoron, calling him 'a highly partisan, Trump Hating Judge who was sought out, or “shopped,” by Peekaboo James.'
Trump added: 'VERY UNFAIR. NEW YORK STATE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THIS INJUSTICE!'
The trip marks the first time that Trump has returned to New York City since his arrest and arraignment on charges of paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The Stormy Daniels case and James's case are not connected.
But Trump also attacked the judge in the Daniels case, calling him 'Trump-hating' and unfit to oversee the proceedings.
Trump and his attorneys tried to get the James case dismissed, arguing that he, as a Republican, was being 'singled out and subject to selective treatment' by James.
Engoron denied the former president's move and ordered it to trial.
Engoron also rejected a separate attempt by Ivanka Trump, named in the lawsuit, to dismiss the accusations against her.
Trump previously sat for a deposition at James' office last August, just weeks before she filed the lawsuit.