Former US president Donald Trump has responded to the news that his business, the Trump Organisation, is under criminal investigation. We have informed the Trump Organisation that our investigation into the company is no longer purely civil in nature, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a brief statement yesterday. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organisation in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan District Attorney. We have no additional comment at this time. Ms James office has been investigating whether the former president s business engaged in fraudulent practices by inflating or lowering the values of its properties to obtain better loans and tax breaks.
Originally published on May 19, 2021 9:30 am
The New York state attorney general s office has widened its probe into the Trump Organization to include an examination of potential criminal wrongdoing, according to the office s spokesman.
Previously, the office was investigating former President Donald Trump s namesake company in a solely civil matter with New York Attorney General Letitia James focusing on whether the company improperly valued its assets for loan and tax purposes.
However, now the state s investigation has entered a criminal capacity, spokesman Fabien Levy confirmed to NPR late Tuesday. We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature, Levy said in a statement. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA.
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As we reported earlier today, the New York Attorney General’s office announced that their investigation into the Trump Organization was no longer just civil in nature, that it was now a criminal investigation.
It seems like Democrats have been trying to investigate President Donald Trump forever. Mostly because that’s true and they’ve never come up with anything. If you consider how intensively they went after him in the Mueller investigation and were dying to hook him up with something, but were unable to, you know that there isn’t anything there.
But there’s a deeper issue here, that people on all sides of the aisle should be calling out and Trump points it out in his response to this announcement: that the Democratic New York AG actually ran on the promise of trying to get Trump, her political enemy.
May 19, 2021
Former President Donald Trump responded to the Stalinesque criminal probe of the Trump Organization by New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City District Attorney Cy Vance.
Donald J. Trump
12:02pm May 19, 2021
I have just learned, through leaks in the mainstream media, that after being under investigation from the time I came down the escalator 5 ½ years ago, including the fake Russia Russia Russia Hoax, the 2 year, $48M, No Collusion Mueller Witch Hunt, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, and others, that the Democrat New York Attorney General has âinformedâ my organization that their âinvestigationâ is no longer just a civil matter but also potentially a âcriminalâ investigation working with the Manhattan District Attorneyâs Office. There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime. But, make no mistake, that is exactly what is happening here. The Attorney General o
Donald Trump tore the criminal probe into his dealings and attacked New York Attorney Letitia James for her witch hunt that he claims has been going on for years.