New York attorney general seeks $370m from Trump

The state of New York has asked a judge to fine ex-President Donald Trump $370m (£290m) in his civil fraud trial.

The state originally sought $250m, but Attorney General Letitia James said in a court filing the amended amount reflects new evidence from the trial.

The filing also suggests "permanent [real estate] industry bars" on Mr Trump, his children and his associates.

The judge has already found Mr Trump liable for business fraud. The trial is set to conclude next week.

Friday's court filing from the attorney general's office says: "The myriad deceptive schemes they employed to inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous that they belie innocent explanation."

The court document says the trial revealed "copious circumstantial evidence" of the defendants "engaging in an overall pattern of fraudulent conduct".

Mr Trump maintains there was no wrongdoing.

His legal team said in their own filing that "the attorney general has woefully failed to prove her case" and is not entitled to the legal fines or suggested industry bars.

They added that the trial had failed to show the Trump family "had anything more than a peripheral knowledge or involvement in the creation, preparation, or use" of allegedly fraudulent statements.

The 103-page state filing goes through various assets brought up over the course of the trial, such as Trump Park Avenue, Seven Springs and Mar-a-Lago.

The state argues Mr Trump fraudulently inflated his asset values to win favourable loans.

"These acts of corporate malfeasance warrant appointing an independent monitor to closely oversee the company for at least the next five years, and to impose statewide permanent industry bars on Trump," the attorney general's court document says.

It also recommends the same ban for former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg and controller Jeff McConney, as well as five-year bans for Mr Trump's two sons - Eric and Donald Trump Jr.

Mr Trump is expected to appear in court on 11 January for the conclusion of the trial, which began in October.

Judge Arthur Engoron has suggested he will determine the penalties of the case by the end of the month.

Because this was a bench trial, there was no jury.