New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday (September 21) that she has filed a civil suit against former US President Donald Trump, the Trump organization and three of her children, Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump, accusing them of fraud and misrepresentation, relationships Politic. He also forwarded the file to the US criminal justice system and tax services.
M.myself James, an elected Democrat who has wielded legal iron against Trump for years, argues that Trump’s financial statements from 2011 to 2021 included 200 false and misleading valuations of 23 properties and assets, including residential buildings, of his property in Mar-a. – Lake, Florida, and golf clubs, details the Wall Street newspaper. According to the lawsuit, the Trump Organization provided these statements to insurers and banks, resulting in favorable loan terms and benefits.
The claim proves that Donald Trump falsely inflated net worth [de ses avoirs] billions of dollars to get unjustly rich and cheat the system “denounced Mmyself Giacomo at the press conference.
Letizia Giacomo “Tries to exact a high price from the former president and his companyAnd”, estimate the New York Times. The prosecutor said he is seeking $ 250 million in compensation on behalf of the state of New York, as well as corporate bans for Donald Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump, which the newspaper explains. “It would be like chasing them out of the state”.
Another thorn in the billionaire’s side
These lawsuits come when just a few weeks ago, testifying under oath before the prosecutor, Donald Trump refused to answer hundreds of questions, track the New York Times. This is followed by an investigation of more than three years triggered by the testimony in Congress of Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of Mr. Trump, for his part recalls the Wall Street newspaper. In 2019, the lawyer told US lawmakers that the billionaire, who was then president, often made false claims about his wealth to gain financial advantage.
This new cause “Aggravates the legal problems” of the Republican, observes art New York Times. But she “it may not even give him his most acute headache, as a number of other investigations and trials come close to him and various figures in his orbit”, écrit Politic. American justice is already investigating its alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, its role in the assault of its supporters on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and its management of the presidential archives. Donald Trump has not yet been prosecuted in any of these cases.
In a post on his network, Truth Social, Trump on Wednesday called case a “witch hunt”. As with any survey, look at the New York Times.
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