The attorney general of the state of New York filed a civil lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children on Wednesday in the investigation into the tax practices of his company, the Trump Organization, reinforcing the pressure of justice on the former US president.
Letitia James, a Democratic elected official, has indicated that she is seeking $250 million in reparations on behalf of New York state, as well as a ban from running businesses for Donald Trump and his children Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.
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The 76-year-old Republican billionaire is also being investigated for his role in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, as well as for his attempts to nullify the 2020 presidential election and his handling of classified documents, which which recently led the FBI to raid his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
The 45th president of the United States (2017-2021), who is considering running again in 2024, has not yet been criminally prosecuted in any of these cases.
The New York prosecutor’s lawsuit, filed in the state Supreme Court, “demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely inflated the net worth (of his assets) by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and cheat the system, as well as everyone. us,” James said.
According to her, the value of assets has been “repeatedly and persistently manipulated” to “encourage banks to lend money to the Trump Organization on more favorable terms,” ”pay less taxthese” or even “to induce insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for higher limits and lower premiums”. “In short, he lied for huge financial gain,” he said.
On his social network Truth Social, the former president denounced “a new witch hunt,” accusing James of political persecution.
“Letitia James is the most corrupt prosecutor in the history of the United States,” added her son Eric Trump
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Guilty.
Former CFO Allen Weisselberg has already pleaded guilty to the Manhattan district attorney on 15 counts of tax fraud and evasion involving $1.76 billion in unreported income between 2005 and 2021.
The civil investigation of Letitia James began in 2018, after a former Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen, gave testimony indicating that the company had engaged in improper practices.
