In the course of the investigation against the Trump Organization, the New York law enforcement agency summoned Donald Trump to testify. His lawyer speaks of a “witch hunt”.
New York – Because the New York Trump Organization, the family company of the elected US President Donald Trump, is suspected of having committed massive tax fraud, the head of the New York law enforcement agency, Letitia James, has summoned the 75-year-old to testify. He announced that he would be suing the summons. His defense team speaks of a “witch hunt”.
The reason for the summons are inconsistencies in relation to numerous properties, such as the so-called Trump Building. This was listed in a management report of the Trump Organization dated June 30, 2012 with a value of 527.2 million US dollars. Just a few months later, the company had valued the 70-story building with the tax authorities at $ 16.7 million. The Washington Post reports, citing information from the city. This is less than what you pay for a luxury apartment in Manhattan, the newspaper report emphasizes.
Investigation against Trump Organization: Donald Trump’s company speaks of a “witch hunt”
The allegations are not directed against Donald Trump personally, but against his company and employees such as the former CFO of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg. Nevertheless, Trump’s defense team speaks of a witch hunt against the elected US president and his family and justifies this with James’ party membership. The 63-year-old is a member of the Democrats and had announced that she would run for the next gubernatorial election in New York. Last week, James announced that it would initially suspend its election campaign.
In a statement by the Trump Organization, which is now run by Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. as CEO and his younger brother Eric Trump as Vice President, it says: “The only focus of the New York law enforcement agency is to investigate Trump, and thus to advance one’s own political goals ”. This “political persecution” is “illegal, unethical and a mockery of the great state and legal system”.
Donald Trump and the Trump Organization: The Manhattan Public Prosecutor is also investigating
The Washington Post reported, referring to anonymous sources, that Trump was summoned to testify in the civil case on January 7, 2022 in James’ New York office. The aim of the investigation is to find out to what extent possible cases of fraud have taken place in the company. Trump attorney Ronald Fischetti announced that Trump would sue the subpoena and accused James of collaborating with Manhattan attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who is also investigating Trump for tax evasion. (ska)
