FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/23/2024 06:40 PM INDEX NO.
452564/2022
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1678 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/23/2024
STATE OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
LETITIA JAMES
ATTORNEY GENERAL EXECUTIVE DIVISION
Writer’s Direct Dial: (212) 416-6127
January 23, 2024
Via NYSCEF and E-Mail
Hon. Arthur F. Engoron
New York Supreme Court
New York County
Courtroom 418
60 Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
Re: People v. Donald J. Trump, et al. – Index No. 452564/2022
Dear Justice Engoron:
The Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”), counsel for Plaintiff in the above-referenced
matter, opposes the Motion to Intervene filed by Robert S. Stone, Jr. (NYSCEF No. 1670) (Motion
Sequence No. 37).
The proposed intervenor does not meet the legal standard for intervention in this case either
by right or permission. The CPLR permits a nonparty to intervene upon timely motion when either
a statute of the state confers on the nonparty a right to intervene, the representation of the
nonparty’s interest may be inadequate and the nonparty may be bound by the judgment, the
nonparty may be adversely affected by the judgment, or the nonparty’s claim or defense and the
main action have a common question of law or fact. See C.P.L.R. §§ 1012(a), 1013; see also
Schron v. Grunstein, 41 Misc. 3d 1207(A), 977 N.Y.S.2d 670, at *2 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Oct. 1,
2013). The proposed intervenor must have a “real and substantial interest in the outcome of the
proceedings.” Trent v. Jackson, 129 A.D.3d 1062, 1062 (2d Dep’t 2015) (cleaned up).
To the extent the proposed intervenor’s legal position in support of intervention can be
discerned at all from his supporting affirmation, he fails to articulate any basis that meets the
statutory criteria for intervention, putting aside the untimely nature of his motion coming after the
trial has already concluded. The most charitable view of his position is that he will be adversely
affected by a judgment in this case because it may somehow prevent him from obtaining relief that
has yet to be granted in an action (which is similarly incoherent) that he has recently attempted to
file in Suffolk County. The proposed intervenor has no statutory right to intervene in this Executive
Law § 63(12) action, will not be bound or adversely affected by any judgment in this action, and
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/23/2024 06:40 PM INDEX NO. 452564/2022
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1678 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/23/2024
Hon. Arthur F. Engoron
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is not presenting any claim or defense in his Suffolk County complaint that shares a common
question of law or fact with this action. Accordingly, his motion to intervene should be denied in
its entirety.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Andrew Amer
Andrew Amer
Special Counsel
cc: Counsel of Record (via NYSCEF)
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