Trump Attorneys Blast James Over Shkreli Comparison in Request for Lifetime Ban on Former President

Martin Shkreli was given the lifetime ban for price gouging, inflating a $17.60 drug to $750.

Former US President Donald Trump departs for his sexual assault defamation trial in New York on January 25, 2024. Trump's trial resumes on Thursday, two days after the Republican primaries in New Hampshire, with the former US president expected to testify. Writer Jean Carroll, 80, is seeking more than $10 million alleging that Trump defamed her when he mocked her sexual assault accusations by saying she "is not my type." (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

Legal counsel for former President Donald Trump accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of “shameless abuse of power” in her comparison of penalties sought against him to the lifetime ban of former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli from the drug industry.

Among the several penalties the attorney general has asked a state judge to grant is barring President Trump from doing business in New York permanently, including doing business with New York-based financial institutions.