Until now, the investigation against former President Donald Trump’s company was only of civil nature
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Wednesday, November 6
What is known so far about the Trump Organization criminal investigation
The New York attorney general’s office revealed on Tuesday that it is investigating the Trump Organization “as a criminal.”
Fabien Levy, spokeswoman for the prosecutor Letitia James, told the BBC on Tuesday that the Trump Organization was already informed that the investigation that is being carried out on her “is no longer of a purely civil nature.”
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() “We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in criminal status , along with the Manhattan District Attorney, ”added Levy.
The attorney general’s office inquiry into the Trump Organization, which has been ongoing since , was initiated and will also continue as a civil investigation, although now an investigation with a component criminal.
The statement does not explain what was the reason for such a change, nor if the Former President Trump could be personally involved in any accusation.
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James has been inquiring about the financial arrangements of Trump since before he took office as president of the United States in 2016.
The Trump Organization is the parent company of hundreds of entities of the former president, ranging from hotels to golf courses.
The The company denies any illegal acts and maintains that the investigation of a Democratic prosecutor is a political revenge.
“Prolonged criminal conduct”
James launched a civil investigation in March of 2019, based on statements that indicated that Trump had inflated the value of its assets to banks by time to look for loans, but underestimated the value to reduce his taxes.
The prosecutor has also searched documents from four Trump Organization properties in Manhattan, upstate New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
In August of 2020, Cyrus Vance Jr, Manhattan District Attorney, said in court documents that his office was investigating alleged “prolonged criminal conduct” in the Trump Organization.
Vance cited newspaper articles about an assumption bank fraud and insurance fraud in the company.
The Manhattan District Attorney has also been investigating whether any of Trump’s financial records were manipulated to conceal secret money payments to two women in 2016, what say they had affair with the.
In February, Vance said that after a long legal battle , had obtained Trump’s tax returns as part of the investigation.
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