As Trump’s presidential chances get better, his legal and financial woes get worse | Lloyd Green

Trump and his adult sons could lose business licenses and face up to $250m in penalties - even as he rises in the polls

Donald Trump laps the Republican field and leads Joe Biden, but the judiciary is unimpressed. Since Tuesday, the 45th president went zero-for-three in New York and DC courtrooms. After all the smoke cleared, his financial assets and personal freedom remain in jeopardy.

On Monday, his latest trial begins in Manhattan. He and his adult sons face civil fraud charges. Last Tuesday a New York trial judge found that Trump had defrauded his lenders and insurers. In hindsight, The Art of the Deal bordered on the art of the steal.

Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992