NY AG Letitia James drops the (civil) hammer {On Trump & Family} [9/21/2022]

[Kimstu]

See February 2022 discussion in, e.g., this thread starting at about post #4530.

Details: As JohnT noted in his post #4537 in that thread,

@JohnT

Mazars has told the world:

1. Trump’s financials cannot be trusted.
2. … because of information provided by the NY AG on January 18th, 2022.
3. (Implication being that the NY AG has credible evidence of fraud and criminal wrongdoing.)
4. They try to weasel by saying the statements, in toto, are likely correct… it’s just the details that are worrisome. lololol.
5. It ain’t our fault! Look! We did an internal review and everything!
6. Regardless, given all this, we just can’t work with you. There are some conflict issues, Donnie, and you’re just a little too hot.

The ‘nonwaivable conflict of interest’ line sticks out to me. The nonwaivable conflict of interest is not with another, more valuable, client, the conflict is with the law! The legal issues are the conflict of interest, that’s why they’re unwaivable! The NY AG has them dead to rights, and Mazars is saying ‘uh, to survive as a firm, we can’t declare ourselves to be on the side of the criminals.’

And they’re right.