The New York State Attorney General’s Office has asked a Judge to Order Eric Trump to provide Testimony under Oath and the Trump Organization to hand over Documents about Four Trump Properties it is Investigating, asserting the Company has Stalled the Inquiry for months.
Eric is the Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization abruptly Canceled an Interview under Oath with the Attorney General’s Office last Month, and last week the Trump Organization told the Office that the Company and its Lawyers would Not Comply with Seven Subpoenas related to the Investigation.
The Attorney General, Letitia James (D), started the Civil Inquiry, in March 2019, after President Trump’s Former Personal Lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, told Congress that the President had Inflated his Assets in Financial Statements to Banks when he was seeking Loans and had Understated them to Reduce his Real Estate Taxes.
Cohen told the House Committee on Oversight and Reform last year that President Trump had Knowingly Inflated the Value of his Assets to show a Net Worth of as much as $8.7 Billion in Financial Documents, many of which were provided to Deutsche Bank. “I believe these numbers are inflated,” Cohen said at the time, adding that he had been Present when the Documents were given to the Bank. “It was my experience that Mr. Trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed among the wealthiest people in Forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes,” Cohen said in his Testimony.
“The president of the United States has to worry about three things: Mueller, Cohen and Tish James,” she said.
The Office initially Subpoenaed Records from Two of the Trump Organization’s Lenders, Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank, seeking Loan Records for Four of the Company’s Big Projects and a Failed effort to Buy the Buffalo Bills of the NFL in 2014.
The Trump Organization at First provided some Information and sought to Forestall the Attorney General from seeking a similar Court Order Eight months ago, after the Company Failed to turn over Information on a Particular Property. But more recently, the Attorney General’s Office said, the Trump Organization had Stalled and Stonewalled, according to the Filings, some of which were Sealed.
The Investigation is Reviewing a number of Trump Properties, including several that were raised in Cohen’s Congressional Testimony: The Seven Springs Estate in Westchester County, NY; the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. IL;, 40 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, NYC; and the Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles, CA.
The Attorney General’s Office has also asked the Judge to Order Two Lawyers to Sit for Interviews under Oath: Charles Martabano, a Land-Use Lawyer who does work for the Trump Organization, and Sheri A. Dillon, who has Represented President Trump and his Company on Tax Matters.
The Office also asked the Judge to Order Ms. Dillon’s Firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, to Comply with a Subpoena, along with the Trump Organization, Two Related Entities that Own Trump Properties, and Seven Springs LLC, which Owns the Westchester County Estate.
While the Inquiry is Civil, if Ms. James found Evidence of Criminal Offenses, she could refer the Case to another Law Enforcement Agency or ask Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) to Authorize a Criminal Prosecution.
Last month, the United States Supreme Court issued Two Rulings that Cleared the way for State Prosecutors in Manhattan to seek the President’s Tax Returns, but thwarted Congressional Attempts to obtain the Financial Records, at least for now.
In other Court Cases, the New York State Attorney General’s Office has Brought about the Dissolution of the Trump Foundation, President Trump’s Scandal Plagued Nonprofit, who Two Sons and Daughter, were on the Foundation's Board.
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