Trump testified in the antitrust case that then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle floated the idea that Trump could own an NFL franchise and urged him not to sue. The USFL, which had sought $1.3 billion, folded shortly after. The USFL achieved a Pyrrhic victory, with a jury awarding just $1 in damages - multiplied to $3 via court rules and totaling $3.76 with interest once upheld by the U.S. Trump owned the USFL’s New Jersey Generals and led the upstart league to sue the NFL in the mid-1980s, alleging its established rivals had monopolized professional football.
He casts the lawsuit as part of an effort by James and other Democrats to choke his campaign. Trump denies any wrongdoing and says his annual “statements of financial condition” actually lowballed his wealth.
She accuses the ex-president and current Republican 2024 front-runner of deceiving banks, insurers and others by giving them financial statements that massively inflated the values of his assets. A decade later, Trump's failed Bills bid is one of the business moves under scrutiny in the trial of a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
