Prosecutors’ investigation targeting former US President Donald Trump is on the verge.
New York City’s Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced on the 25th that it had received personal and company-related data, such as former President Trump’s eight-year tax payment data, from the former President Trump’s accounting firm, Marthas USA, on the 22nd (local time).
On the same day, as soon as the Federal Supreme Court decided that “the prosecution must submit tax payment data,” the prosecution immediately executed a subpoena by the federal grand jury requesting tax payment data.
It has been a year and a half since the investigation began in August 2019 that the Manhattan District Prosecutor’s Office had obtained President Trump’s tax payment data.
The investigation began in connection with a suspicion that former President Trump delivered huge amounts of money for silence to two people, a former porn star and an adult magazine model, who claimed to have had an extramarital affair with him ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The US media reported that the investigation by the Manhattan District Prosecutors’ Office, which initially had the alleged violation of the election fund law in mind, has been expanded to the Trump Group’s suspicion of tax evasion and financial and insurance fraud.
In a parliamentary testimony, Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s personal attorney, said in a parliamentary testimony that President Trump and his company have artificially inflated or reduced the value of their assets in an attempt to obtain more bank loans or reduce taxes.
The investigation by the Manhattan District Prosecutor’s Office with the executives and employees of Deutsche Bank and insurance broker Aeon, who has been dealing with former President Trump for a long time, also suggests an expanded investigation.
However, former President Trump denies the allegations of the investigation, saying it is “the greatest political witch hunt in the history of the United States.”
It is also noteworthy that the tax data of former President Trump secured by the prosecution will be disclosed to the public.
Former President Trump has repeatedly promised to disclose his tax payment details during the two elections, but he did not keep his promises until he retired, breaking the practice of past US presidents.
According to New York State law, records relating to investigations under the grand jury process are treated as confidential, but if the prosecution prosecutes former President Trump and includes tax data in a complaint, the public can also see it.
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