Donald Trump describes the criminal investigation against his family organization as a “witch hunt”

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MIAMI – Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the criminal investigation of the New York Prosecutor’s Office against his business conglomerate is a witch hunt by the Democrats who do not want him to run again for the presidency in 2024.

The Republican said in a statement today that it is “a continuation of the greatest political witch hunt in the history of the United States.”

The Attorney General of New York , Letitia James, announced Tuesday that she will join the Manhattan district attorney’s office in the criminal investigation related to Trump’s real estate conglomerate and paying taxes.

Trump appeared as a victim of several investigations of the past and “lying witnesses”, who this time “desperately seeks a crime.”

The investigation is focused on verifying if the Trump conglomerate misled lenders and insurance companies about re the value of the properties and if you paid the corresponding taxes for the transactions you made.

The investigation has been ongoing since 2019, as a civil case, to which the criminal is now added.

The former president assured that it is a campaign by prosecutor Letitial James even before she was elected to that position, which sought his dismissal when he was president (2017 – 2021).

“He campaigned to prosecute Donald Trump even before he knew anything about me,” said the Republican.

He stressed that they seek “the destruction of the political fortune of President Donald J. Trump” because they do not want him to run again as a candidate.

James’ notification to the organization represents a new level of legal risk for the former president, with a view to his possible candidacy for the next presidential elections , as the attorney general can now request criminal penalties as part of the investigation.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is examining millions of pages of documents including the New York tycoon tax returns

The former president, who settled in Florida after leaving the presidency last January and just moved to New Jersey for the summer, said that for years members and associates of the Trump Organization have been harassed to testify against them, including “making up false stories.”

“These Democratic offices are consumed with this political and partisan witch hunt, ”Trump added.