Trump withdrew a Florida lawsuit against the New York attorney general

ALBANY, N.Y. — That’s one less lawsuit in the battle between former President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Tish James.

Trump’s lawyers retracted a lawsuit against James on Friday filed in Florida last NovemberThat he tried to block her access from a Sunshine State trust that held many of his business assets.

According to the one-page filing, the ex-president “hereby voluntary dismisses all his claims in this proceeding.”

James had just weeks to file the lawsuit. sued TrumpHe was convicted of financial fraud by his three adult children, and his business empire. She seeks $250 million and an order preventing Trump from making real estate deals in New York for five consecutive years.

Trump has been critical of the suit, even after James was granted a November judicial order that placed an independent monitor over Trump’s business dealings while the New York case continues. This case is ongoing.

Trump’s lawyers did not immediately comment on the reason they had dropped their Florida lawsuit. the federal judge overseeing the case recently ripped He described his claims as “both frivolous and vexatious.”

The morning after, the withdrawal took place on Friday. the same Florida judge ordered Nearly $1million in sanctions against Trump and Alina Habba his attorney, in a lawsuit filed against Hillary Clintons and federal officials