FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: TRUMP SUES NYC FOR CANCELED GOLF TOURNAMENT:

Trump Organization sues N.Y.C. for canceling Bronx golf course contract after Jan. 6 riot

The lawsuit accuses New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of severing the contract because of political motivations and an “animosity against President Trump.”...WASHINGTON — The Trump Organization is suing New York City over its decision earlier this year to cancel the company's contract to operate an 18-hole golf course in the Bronx borough with views of the Manhattan skyline.

The lawsuit filed Monday with the New York State Supreme Court accuses the city, and specifically Mayor Bill de Blasio, of severing the contract for Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point because of political motivations and an “animosity against President Trump.” The suit said the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was the catalyst for the city’s decision........Mayor de Blasio had a preexisting, politically based predisposition to terminate Trump-related contracts, and the City used the events of January 6, 2021 as a pretext to do so,” the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit said that after the riot, de Blasio “denounced President Trump in the most inflammatory terms” and “characterized the Trump Organization as 'an organization led by a criminal.'" It alleges that the mayor also “incited others to terminate business with Trump-related entities.”

A few days after pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol to stop the counting of electoral votes solidifying President Joe Biden’s election, de Blasio said the city would sever all contracts with the Trump Organization. The Democratic mayor said that the city had a right to sever a contract with any company that is engaged in criminal activity.