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“Our effort will make it crystal clear that California law must triumph over foreign law, that California stands with Holocaust survivors, and that cases must be decided based on truth, justice, and morality, not the misapplication of legal technicalities,” he said.

Mr Downs also confirmed a report in the Financial Times that he has launched an investigation into the possible "misapplication" of about £25m at the business.

Dusty Ference of the Kings County Farm Bureau challenged what he said was the state’s “misapplication” of the law, saying the intervention would bring an “economic train wreck of fallowed farmland.”

Contreras, 53, of Yorba Linda, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a single felony charge of embezzlement, theft, and intentional misapplication of federal funds, which could bring up to 10 years in prison.

“Under the standard for NBA game protests, New York was required to demonstrate that there was a misapplication of the official playing rules, as opposed to an error in judgment by game officials,” the league said in a statement.