Legal counsel for former President Donald Trump accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of “shameless abuse of power” in her comparison of penalties sought against him to the lifetime ban of former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli from the drug industry.
Among the several penalties the attorney general has asked a state judge to grant is barring President Trump from doing business in New York permanently, including doing business with New York-based financial institutions.
In a strongly-worded letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, defense attorney Clifford Robert accused Ms. James of being politically motivated against President Trump and argued this was an inappropriate comparison….
