Trump a început să depună mărturie în cadrul anchetei civile a procurorului general din New York asupra afacerii sale

Topline

Former President Donald Trump said he will meet New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday where he is expected to testify as part of the state’s civil investigation into his real estate business—one of the longest running ongoing legal cases involving the former president.

Fapte-cheie

Într-o postare on his Truth Social platform, Trump targeted James—who is Black—by calling her “racist” and referring to her investigation into his businesses as “the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. history!”

Trump added that he and his “great company” were being “attacked from all sides” and called the country a “Banana Republic”—a term other Republican leaders utilizat as they reacted angrily to the FBI’s search of the former president’s Florida home in an unrelated case.

James’ office says it has gathered significant evidence of wrongdoing but had sought testimony both from Trump and two of his adult children—Donald Jr. and Ivanka.

Fundalul cheie

Earlier this year, James’ office acuzat the Trump organization of using “fraudulent or misleading” valuations to obtain loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions. in a depunerea dosarului, as it sought to compel him to testify under oath. The filing also alleged that the company’s financial statements were inflated as “as part of a pattern to suggest that Mr. Trump’s net worth was higher than it otherwise would have appeared.” James, whose office has been conducting the investigation since 2019, previously issued multiple subpoenas seeking the former president’s testimony which Trump’s legal team fără succes tried to block. While James’s investigation is a civil case, Trump still faces potential criminal charges in a parallel case being investigated by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.

Tangentă

Luni, agenți FBI carried out a search of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida as part of a separate federal probe into potential violation of federal laws by the former president with regards to the handling of sensitive White House records. In January, the National Archives and Records Administration received 15 boxes containing government documents from the Trump-era White House, including “classified national security information” from Mar-A-Lago. Despite returning the documents Trump may have broken federal record-keeping laws by taking them to his private residence after leaving office.

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‘Significant Evidence’: New York Attorney General Alleges Trump Organization Misstated Value Of Assets For Economic Gain (Forbes)

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