“Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and cheat the system,” James said, in a statement. Vance, a Democrat who is leaving office at the end of the year, recently convened a new grand jury to hear evidence as he weighs whether to seek more indictments in the investigation, which resulted in tax fraud charges in July against the Trump Organization and its longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg.In unveiling a fraud lawsuit on Wednesday against Donald Trump, his three eldest children, and his company, Letitia James, the New York attorney general and a longtime political antagonist of the former President, didn’t mince words. gained access to the longtime real estate mogul’s tax records after a multiyear fight that twice went to the U.S. Earlier this year, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. Although the civil investigation is separate, James’ office has been involved in both. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is conducting a parallel criminal investigation into Trump’s business dealings.
It is unlikely that Trump’s lawyers would allow him to be deposed unless they were sure his testimony couldn’t be used against him in a criminal case. It is rare for law enforcement agencies to issue a civil subpoena for testimony from a person who is also the subject of a related criminal probe, in part because the person under criminal investigation could simply invoke the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. As with Eric Trump, James’ office will now likely have to issue a subpoena and go to a judge to order the former president to cooperate. 7, James’ requested date, to answer questions voluntarily. But it’s clear he won’t be showing up Jan.
Trump’s lawsuit didn’t explicitly mention James’ request for his testimony, aside from a brief reference. Her office went to court to enforce a subpoena on the younger Trump and a judge forced him to testify after his lawyers abruptly canceled a previously scheduled deposition. Last year, James’ investigators interviewed one of Trump’s sons, Trump Organization executive Eric Trump. James has spent more than two years investigating whether the Trump Organization misled banks or tax officials about the value of assets - inflating them to gain favorable loan terms or minimizing them to reap tax savings. News of the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Albany, was first reported by The New York Times. Our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name Trump.” Trump nor the Trump Organization get to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions. In a statement, James said: “The Trump Organization has continually sought to delay our investigation into its business dealings and now Donald Trump and his namesake company have filed a lawsuit as an attempted collateral attack on that investigation.”
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Trump is also seeking a declaratory judgment stating that James has violated his free speech and due process rights and that her investigation constitutes “impermissible state action” to “retaliate against, injure and harass a political opponent,” in violation of the Constitution. Trump, a Republican, seeks a permanent injunction barring James from investigating him and preventing her from being involved in any “civil or criminal” investigations against him and his company, such as a parallel criminal probe she’s a part of that’s being led by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. James had announced a run for New York governor in late October, but earlier this month, she suspended that campaign and cited ongoing investigations in her decision to instead seek reelection as state attorney general. “Her mission is guided solely by political animus and a desire to harass, intimidate, and retaliate against a private citizen who she views as a political opponent,” the former president’s lawyers wrote in the lawsuit, filed on behalf of Trump and his company, the Trump Organization.
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