Donald Trump back in the crosshairs of justice. New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday civil lawsuits against Donald Trump and several of his children after investigating the tax practices of her group, the Trump Organization.
“We are taking legal action against Donald Trump for breaking the law (…) in order to generate profits for him, his family and his business,” the prosecutor said at a press conference, months after the hearing of the former Republican president for his services in New York.
He said he is seeking $250 million in reparations on behalf of the state of New York, as well as corporate bans for Donald Trump and his children Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.
The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, immediately denounced a “new witch hunt” and accused the prosecutor of political charges: “I never thought that this case would go to court, until I saw his very bad polls,” he criticized in his Truth Social network.
“political” activities
The investigation was opened in March 2019 following the explosive testimony in Congress in Washington by one of Donald Trump’s former personal lawyers, Michael Cohen, reporting his fraudulent valuations, either high or low.
On Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social, his spokeswoman Liz Harrington denounced “political” demands from the Democrats.
“They have turned New York City into a third world country. They release violent criminals into the streets and use all their energy to go after a successful, law-abiding businessman, who is their number one political adversary,” he said. “These people are DISTURBED. President Trump did not inflate his properties, he understated them,” he said.
These lawsuits against Donald Trump are added to several investigations already underway around the former president (2017-2021), including one on his presidential archives that led to a spectacular search by the FBI, on August 8, at his residence. -Lake, Florida.
The billionaire, who openly plans to run for president in 2024, is also under investigation for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election lost to Joe Biden and his role in the violent assault on his supporters on Capitol Hill on January 6. . , 2021. he is not currently being prosecuted in any of these other cases.
Source: BFM TV
