Donald Trump Appears Before Court in NY for Fraud Case Involving Trump Organization

the attorney general Letitia James accuses the 76-year-old tycoon and his three children of a “incredible fraud”. According to his words, it is for having manipulated “deliberately” the evaluations of the assets of the family emporium, which includes golf courses, luxury hotels and other properties, to obtain bank loans or reduce their taxes.

James, who had already interrogated the former president under oath in August 2022, now claims Trump and his children 250 million dollars for alleged tax and financial fraud. These closed-door interrogations are within the framework of the proceedings that are carried out before the trial, scheduled for October 2.

“I’m going downtown (in New York) to meet a racist”Trump wrote on his social network. Truth Social about the prosecutor, an African-American Democrat elected at the polls, according to the news agency AFP.

The Republican’s motorcade crossed the streets of Manhattan today, accompanied by a small number of supporters with banners reading “trump or death” to the cry of “new york hates you”, echoing the hypothesis of “Witch hunt” denounced by the former president, regarding the charges for which he is accused.

The former president left the Trump Tower with his fist raised, from where he went to the office of the attorney general for his statement. It is the second time in the month that the tycoon appears before the New York courts, where he has his tax domicile.

Last week, Trump pleaded “not guilty” to the 34 charges against him for bribing a porn actress and was released without conditions, after officially becoming the first ex-president of the country to receive a criminal indictment.

The judge of Colombian origin Juan Merchan read him charges related to falsifying business records in payment $130,000 a Stormy Daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 electoral campaign, in order for her to keep secret an alleged extramarital relationship that occurred 10 years earlier, which Trump always denied.

His then lawyer Michael Cohen He was in charge of making said payment and the tycoon reimbursed him for the fractional amount, presumably passing it off as professional fees, according to the accusation.

Trump, who aspires to return to the White House in the 2024 elections, he described the case as “ridiculous”. This week, he expressed that he does not intend to withdraw his candidacy from next year’s election, even if he is convicted of the criminal charges brought against him.

LC with information from Télam agency