On Wednesday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced civil lawsuits against Donald Trump and several of his sons after investigating the tax practices of his group, the Trump Organization.
“We are taking legal action against Donald Trump for breaking the law (…) in order to generate profits for himself, his family and his business,” said the prosecutor, a month after the former’s hearing. Republican president through his services in New York.
He said he is seeking $ 250 million in compensation on behalf of New York State, as well as corporate bans for Donald Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.
Donald Trump denounced a “new witch hunt”. The former real estate mogul accused the prosecutor Letitia James of political accusation: “I never thought this case would go to court – until I saw her bad polls”, a- she criticized on her network Truth Social .
Fraudulent Asset Valuations
The civil investigation against the Trump Organization family group was opened after the explosive testimony in Congress of Washington by one of Donald Trump’s former personal lawyers, Michael Cohen, in which fraudulent valuations, up or down, of assets were accused. inside the Trump Organization, to obtain loans, get tax breaks or better insurance compensation.
These lawsuits add to several ongoing investigations into Donald Trump, including one into his presidential archives that led to a spectacular August 8 search by the FBI at his Mar-a-Lago Florida residence.
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