Friday, November 26, 2021

Scottish Top Judge To Decide Trump's Golf Resort Purchase Case


A Scottish Judge, on Thursday, moved the Government to Investigate Trump’s Purchase of Two Golf Courses, in the hands of the Nation’s Top Prosecutor.

Just as in the U.S., where Politicians have Failed to hold Trump Accountable, and it’s fallen on Local Prosecutors to pursue separate Investigations, in Scotland the Pressure to act is now squarely on, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain.

Scotland’s Government has been urged to put Trump through a long-awaited Financial Colonoscopy, for his shady Golf Resort, Real Estate Deals.

There have long been questions about how Trump came up with a reported, $60 Million Cash in a suitcase in 2014, to acquire Trump Turnberry, a Golf Resort on the windy, green hills of the Scottish County of Ayrshire.

But when the New York-based Watchdog Nonprofit, Avaaz, called for the Scottish Government to Investigate, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, passed the buck, by placing that Responsibility squarely on the Nation’s Top Prosecutor. Annoyingly, Officials also Refused to say whether they were actually taking action or not.

Avaaz Sued earlier this year, presenting a Case for why Ministers should be Forced to employ a New Anti-Money Laundering Tool, called an “Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)”. Targeting him with a UWO is a Civil Matter, not a Criminal One. But it would still force Trump to explain how he came up with the Money, or risk having the Resort seized. The Lawsuit also tried to put the Responsibility on Government Ministers, who are under Political Pressure to act against Trump.

The Judge, Craig Sandison, held a Hearing in October, where a Government Barrister argued that the Task should be left up to the Country’s Chief Prosecutor, and the entire Process should be treated with utmost Secrecy.

The Government even borrowed the CIA’s infamous “Glomar Response” by seeking to “neither confirm nor deny” any Investigation.

The Judge’s Order on Thursday, sided entirely with the Government, leaving the matter up to Bain, who is essentially the Nation’s Attorney General.

Sandison also held back from Indicating whether he thought there was any Validity to a potential Investigation. “I wish to make it clear that I express no view whatsoever on the question of whether the [criminal law] requirements were or appeared to be met in the case of Trump,” he wrote.

And he made clear the Government could very well still Proceed, and One day seek a judge’s Permission to examine Trump’s Finances. “Further, for aught yet seen the Scottish Ministers may still make a UWO application in relation to Trump’s Scottish assets,” Sandison wrote.

But he also stressed that Government Ministers have “wide discretion” on any Eventual Decision to use this UWO Anti-Money Laundering Tool.

Shortly after the Ruling, Avaaz Legal Director, Nick Flynn, issued a Statement Demanding Action from Bain. “The law may have been clarified, but a cloud of suspicion still hangs over Trump’s purchase of Turnberry. By any measure, the threshold to pursue a UWO to investigate the purchase has easily been crossed. The Lord Advocate should take urgent action in the interest of the rule of law and transparency, and demand a clear explanation of where the $60m used to buy Turnberry came from,” he said.

Trump’s Two Golf Courses in Scotland continue to Generate Questions. Financial Documents show that they’ve Lost Money year after year, Racking-Up Millions in Losses, but they remain open.

In an other Investigation of the Gulf Clubs Finances, They were caught with, Rasing their Value for Loans, but Reducing their Value when paying Taxes. Still waiting for any Action to take place.










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