Of others, “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” might have to invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination under questioning in the civil depositions - something Eric Trump alreadyĪnd that would be particularly awkward for Trump, who has publicly The Trumps’ claim is very tenuous as a legal matter, and it mostly seems to reflect an effort to avoid a situation in which Trump, Ivanka and Don, Jr. The civil subpoenas are an inappropriate effort to leverage the legal tools available in the civil investigation to advance the parallel criminal investigation and to “circumvent the entire grand jury process.” James’ decision to dispatch lawyers to the Manhattan DA’s office - overseen at the time by Cyrus Vance Jr., and now by the newly elected Alvin Bragg - resulted in so-called parallel criminal and civil investigations by James’ office, which is the proximate cause of the ongoing court dispute. She had assigned two of her office’s lawyers to work with the Manhattan DA’s office on its criminal investigation. Further complicating matters is that last year, James , at least in part, potentially misleading valuations of a Trump golf club in Westchester. The Westchester County District Attorney’s office also has a criminal investigation that In the indictment last year of the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and that investigation remains The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has a criminal investigation that The latest filing specifically relates to the office’s civil investigation - not the criminal investigations that concern potential financial misconduct on the part of Trump or others at his company. The New York attorney general's office alleges that, among other "inaccurate or misleading" statements about his properties, Trump misstated the size of his triplex penthouse apartment in Trump Tower, leading to an overvaluation of more than $100 million. That James’ announcement this week is “northing more than a PR move.” The Trump Organization, for its part,Ī characteristically blustery statement in response, claiming among other things, that “the only one misleading the public is Letitia James” and alleging that she “defrauded New Yorkers” by campaigning on a promise to prosecute Trump. “No one is above the law,” James wrote at the end of her last tweet. The series of tweets represented a rhetorical escalation in the New York attorney general’s office’s yearslong investigation of the Trump family company. That her office had “uncovered significant evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions for years.” On Tuesday night, New York Attorney General Letitia James lit up Twitter with Trump has accused prosecutors in each case of bias and strenuously denied all allegations against him.Ankush Khardori, an attorney and former federal prosecutor, is a Politico Magazine contributing editor. Later this month, Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis has indicated a grand jury there may consider charges related to her office's two-year investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn that state's election results after Trump lost. Trump has not been charged in connection with that investigation and has denied wrongdoing in connection with those events. In July, Trump announced in a social media post that he received a letter identifying him as a target in a federal investigation into the Januinsurrection and attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost. Trump has entered a not guilty plea in that case, which is scheduled for trial in May 2024. Last week, three more counts against him were added via a superseding indictment. In June, Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with 37 felonies related to alleged "willful retention" of national security information after leaving the White House.
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