Donald Trump’s lawyers try to avoid Affidavit of former President And the New York Attorney’s Office advises that his two children are negative in a tax fraud case against their businesses. State Attorney General Letidia James countered with a 160-page statement that the former president’s companies had grouped under the Trump organization brand and raised the value of the group’s assets to benefit from banks, lenders, investors and insurance companies. The fraud precedes actions taken in 2004 and 2020 (over the past four years, emporium at the hands of Republicans and his eldest sons at the White House).

The report was published at midnight by such newspapers The New York Times Y Washington Post James, a Democrat taken by other local media outlets, adds arguments in the civil prosecution’s ongoing case against Trump, which he repeatedly described as a “politically motivated witch hunt.” Although James’ group members have revealed evidence that the Trump organization submitted “fraudulent or misleading” property valuations in order to obtain loans and tax breaks, state officials have not yet decided whether to prosecute the allegations, but they have confirmed it. As part of the investigation, Trump and his children Ivanka and Donald Jr. are to be investigated. The former president was scheduled to appear in person on January 7, both in person and under oath. Its descendants were later quoted.

In the most comprehensive statement of the lawsuit to date, there is evidence that Trump misrepresented the value of the land in order to exaggerate the value of the assets or reduce the size of its tax contribution in order to obtain favorable credit conditions. The file cites specific examples, such as fattening the value of land donations made in New York and California, in documents submitted to the IRS (US Treasury Department) to justify the multi-million dollar tax deduction.

At the Chancellor’s House in Manhattan, a luxury Penthouse, தி Cosmetics Trump’s accounting officer tripled its actual size, with a difference of nearly $ 200 million in support, according to the report, citing Alan Weiselberg, Trump’s chief financial officer for decades. The manager was charged with tax evasion last year in a parallel criminal investigation instructed by Manhattan attorney Cyrus Vance last year, and his successor Alvin Brock continues today. Weiselberg is still there The only leader of the humiliated Trump organization, And many consider it a scapegoat or firewall that has so far stopped blaming the Trump family, key members of the company.

The revelation of the statement seeks to confirm the judicial movement to compel Trump, A Su Hija Ivanka Trump Ya Su Hija Donald Trump Jr. To testify under oath. The employer’s emporium has dismissed the new story of these abuses as “unfounded.” “Leticia James is the only person who can mislead public opinion,” the Trump organization said in a statement. “Three years later, [James] He faces the harsh reality that there is no case.

The president’s lawyers tried to prevent Sapona from testifying against the three Trumpes, calling them “unconstitutional and unprecedented maneuvers.” They fear James is seeking evidence that could be used in a parallel criminal investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney. At the end of December, Trump, who had not yet cleared up the mystery about his candidacy for re-election in 2024, sued James to stop the process.

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