NY AG: Lawsuit Against Trump May Face Delay.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has stated that her lawsuit and other state criminal cases against Donald Trump could be delayed by the Department of Justice’s prosecution against the former president.

“In all likelihood, I believe that my case as well as DA Bragg and the Georgia case, will unfortunately have to be adjourned pending the outcome of the federal case,” James said.

“So it all depends upon the scheduling of this particular case. I know there’s gonna be a flood, a flurry of motions, motion to dismiss, discovery issues, all of that. So it really all depends. Obviously, all of us want to know what Judge [Aileen] Cannon is going to do and whether or not she’s going to delay this particular case.”

Trump was indicted on federal charges in Florida last week for allegedly mishandling classified documents, and he entered a not guilty plea in a Miami courthouse on Tuesday.

Other Cases

Trump was previously indicted by Bragg this year on charges that he allegedly falsified business records over payments made during the 2016 election. At the same time, prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are investigating the former president for potential interference in the 2020 election in Georgia, with District Attorney Fani Willis saying that the former president could be indicted in August.

James’s $250 million lawsuit alleges that Trump inflated his assets to secure favorable loans that he shouldn’t have been entitled to. He’s scheduled to go on trial in that case in October, while the trial in Bragg’s case is slated for next March.

Impact on Other Cases

The Democrat attorney general, in an interview with Pod Save America, responded to a question about whether the federal case will tie in with James’s investigation or Manhattan District Attorney Bragg’s case.

But Pete Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, suggested that the federal classified documents case wouldn’t disrupt the scheduling of other cases, including the Fulton County one. His research shows that there is “no law that gives the federal government the ability to go first,” he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Trump’s Response

Trump has categorically denied wrongdoing, asserting that he is being targeted by a Democrat-led witch hunt amid his 2024 presidential campaign. Early polls show that Trump is far ahead of other GOP presidential candidates.