In a more than 200-page long document, Attorney General Letitia James claims that the fraud affected all parts of the Trump company, including his properties and golf courses, writes CNN. Trump’s children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump, are also defendants in the lawsuit. This also applies to the Trump Organization’s CFO Allen Weisselberg and long-time company manager Jeff McConney. According to the lawsuit, they deceived tax authorities, insurance companies and lenders by using misleading values on his properties. – This was approved by the highest level in the Trump organization, the lawsuit states. According to the New York Times, there is no question of criminal prosecution, but the state attorney wants to prevent those involved from doing business in the state of New York in the future. – Vengeful Trump has previously said that Attorney General James is running a “vindictive and self-serving fishing expedition”, and called the claim “baseless”, according to CNN. They deny all allegations. According to CNN, the attorney general began his investigation in 2019 after Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified in Congress, where he alleged that Trump inflated the value of a number of properties to obtain loans and insurance. According to the public prosecutor, there is “substantial evidence” for the allegations. They stated that in January, and the following month Trump’s accounting firm resigned. Refused to testify In April, prosecutors were nearing the end of their investigation, but they needed Trump’s explanation before making a decision. In August, Trump chose to use his right not to give an explanation, also called the “Fifth Amendment” in the US Constitution. So did Eric Trump, who runs the business on a day-to-day basis.
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