By Kara Scannell | CNN
A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to block the New York attorney general’s office from seeking materials from his private trust.
Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled that the attorney general’s office “raises four reasons — all of which are likely correct — why Plaintiff has no substantial likelihood of success on the merits.”
Among them, the judge said it is not obvious that Florida’s trust laws were “intended to reach government officials lawfully bringing enforcement actions for alleged fraud.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office subpoenaed records relating to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which Trump used