If the Suit Fits . . .

 I want to kiss Letitia James.

And it's not because I'm an interracially inclined white male (which I am), or because I have a thing for Brooklyn women (I have a thing for all sorts of women, where they're from Brooklyn or not).  No, I want to kiss the New York State Attorney General because she just sued Donald Trump and three of his four adult children (Tiffany, honey, you're the smartest of the lot!) for committing real estate fraud by inflating the values of the Trump Organization's properties to get more favorable loan and insurance deals and get tax breaks for the government.  Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is also named in the suit.

James demanded in her civil suit on behalf of the State of New York that Trump pay $250 million, a quarter of a billion (which he can afford; I mean, he's billionaire, right? 😉) to the state, and she hopes to bar Trump from acquiring New York real estate, bar the Trumps from serving as corporate officers of any established company in New York,and permanently ban the Donald's companies from doing business in New York State.

An example of Trump inflating the value of his properties is 40 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan (below), which was worth $220 million in 2013 but was claimed by the Trump Organization to be worth $530 million.  THis is one of many facts James and her office found out over an investigation lasting three years.

Trump, his family, and his supporters will claim that this is all political, given that James is a Democrat holding elective office and that Trump is deeply unpopular in his native state.  And if New Jersey attorney General Matthew Platkin, who is not elected by serves at the pleasure of Governor Murphy, were to file a similar suit, Trump would dismiss that as political because Murphy is a Democrat.  But maybe the state of New jersey should look into Trump's dealings in a state he obviously considers New York City's sixth borough.  Trump has a record of activity going back decades that, in addition to his Bedminster golf course, includes foul play involving his casinos in Atlantic City and a high-rise senior apartment in East Orange, perpetrated not just by Donald but his father Fred and his siblings.  You can read all about it here.

I'm sure Donald Trump will want to kiss Letitia James, too - if he gets COVID again.  And he'll just say it's the flu. 😠