The investigation into former President Donald Trump’s The Trump Organization is no longer purely civil in nature, but is a criminal investigation, according to the New York State Attorney General’s office. A spokesman for the New York state attorney general said, “We are working with the Manhattan district attorney and are now actively investigating The Trump Organization from a criminal perspective.”
According to an AFP report later yesterday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced the same day that New York State prosecutors investigating former President Trump’s business dealings are investigating Trump’s The Trump Organization on a “criminal investigation” scale. The organization). According to a spokesman for Jen Lakha’s office, “We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation of the company is no longer purely civil in nature.”
A spokesperson for the New York State Attorney General’s office added, “We are now actively investigating The Trump Organization from a criminal perspective, in cooperation with the Manhattan District Attorney.”
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has been investigating whether the Trump Group misrepresented the value of real estate as a way to obtain loans and financial and tax benefits, according to sources cited by Central News Agency.
The report said Trump has said in the past that the investigation, which Democrat James is overseeing, is politically motivated.
On the other hand, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, a Democrat, has been investigating Trump’s business dealings before he became president for more than two years. Vance’s office said in court documents that they were investigating “potentially widespread and prolonged criminal conduct” against former President Trump’s Trump Group, including tax and insurance fraud, as well as falsification of business records.
Vance initially launched the investigation because Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney and Joe Person, paid hush money to two women who claimed to have had sexual contact with Trump before the 2016 election.
According to the report, the investigation accelerated after Republican Trump lost the 2020 election to Democratic rival Joe Biden.
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