Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have filed a motion with the judge presiding over his civil fraud case in New York City to dismiss it on grounds that state Attorney General Letitia James did not prove her case.

The case centers around a lawsuit filed by James seeking $250 million in fines, claiming that Trump and his adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, defrauded banks, financial institutions, and insurers to get better loan rates and business conditions. She also seeks to bar them from doing any business in New York.

Trump attorney Alina Habba said Wednesday that James’ team failed to make their case before resting and that Trump’s lawyers “would leverage the mechanism, which allows defense attorneys to seek a victory in the case if the other side fails to prove their case under a preponderance burden — meaning the evidence shows that claims in a lawsuit are more likely true than not,” the Washington Times reported.

“The attorney general rested their case, and it’s very clear that they have failed to prove the essential elements of the case,” Habba told reporters.

Trump’s lawyers asked Justice Arthur Engoron for a “directed verdict,” which is a finding that no one could reasonably rule in favor of the opposing party. It’s not clear when Engoron will rule on the request. If he denies it, the trial is expected to last into December, Reuters reported on Thursday.

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In defiant and rambling testimony on Monday, Trump acknowledged that his asset valuations were sometimes inaccurate but said they were not relevant to banks and insurers.

Trump’s lawyer Christopher Kise built on that argument on Thursday, saying banks that did business with the Trump Organization profited from the loans.

“There’s no victim. There’s no complainant. There’s no injury. All of that is established now,” Kise said, adding that Trump’s financial statements contained clear disclaimers instructing banks to do their own due diligence homework when it came to evaluating the worth of his properties.

As he has expressed in the past, Engoron voiced skepticism about that argument.

“You seem to be saying the fact that somebody says, ‘Don’t believe me’ … proves that they’re not lying?” he asked.

Kise replied that it would make no sense for Trump to tell banks to “do their own homework” if he was trying to dupe them.