The judicial noose around Donald Trump continues to tighten. New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday (September 21) that she is launching civil lawsuits against the billionaire and three of his children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. She made this decision after conducting an investigation into the tax practices of her group, the Trump Organization. For her part, Donald Trump’s spokesperson, Liz Harrington, denounced on the social network of the former American president of the lawsuits “politics”.
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“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 at a press conference, a month after the hearing of the former Republican president by his services in New York. She also said she was seeking $250 million in reparations on behalf of New York State, as well as corporate bans for Donald Trump and his children.
The civil investigation against the family group Trump Organization had been opened after the explosive testimony in Congress in Washington by one of Donald Trump’s former personal lawyers, Michael Cohen. This relative of the billionaire reported fraudulent assessments, upwards or downwards, of assets within the Trump Organization, to obtain loans, obtain tax reductions or better insurance compensation.
These lawsuits are in addition to several investigations already underway around Donald Trump, including one on his presidential archives which led to a spectacular search by the FBI on August 8 at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
