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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:59 PM Aug 2020

D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Fraud, Filing Suggests

Source: New York Times

The Manhattan district attorney’s office suggested on Monday that it has been investigating President Trump and his company for possible bank and insurance fraud, a significantly broader inquiry than the prosecutors have acknowledged in the past.

The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new federal court filing arguing Mr. Trump should have to comply with its subpoena seeking eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns. Mr. Trump has asked a judge to declare the subpoena invalid.

The prosecutors did not directly identify the focus of their inquiry but said that “undisputed” news reports last year about Mr. Trump’s business practices make it clear that the office had a legal basis for the subpoena.

The reports, including investigations into the president’s wealth and an article on the congressional testimony of his former lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, said that the president may have illegally inflated his net worth and the value of his properties to lenders and insurers. Lawyers for Mr. Trump have said he did nothing wrong.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyregion/donald-trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Fraud, Filing Suggests (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2020 OP
"...investigating trump and his company for possible bank and insurance fraud..." - Bravo. iluvtennis Aug 2020 #1
Now we need to add money laundering, specifically russian mob oligarchs, backed by the pootster... not_the_one Aug 2020 #3
+ agree. And love the idea of renaming trump tower to BLM Tower. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #5
RICO the mob bo$$ and ALL his Ru$$iapublican accomplice$. Lock him up. Aug 2020 #7
Grab it all by the ... freedomrock1970 Aug 2020 #10
The filing more than "suggests" that. George II Aug 2020 #2
Mary Trump spilled the beans Greybnk48 Aug 2020 #4
About damn time. dalton99a Aug 2020 #6
Kind of late in the game. progressoid Aug 2020 #8
Here's your October surprise... Suburban Warrior Aug 2020 #9
Would love to see something actually stick MontanaMama Aug 2020 #11
and stick hard!! riversedge Aug 2020 #13
re: "Lawyers for Mr. Trump have said he did nothing wrong." BadGimp Aug 2020 #12
Kick ck4829 Sep 2020 #14
Yeah, ok. miyazaki Sep 2020 #15
 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
3. Now we need to add money laundering, specifically russian mob oligarchs, backed by the pootster...
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:16 PM
Aug 2020

and request tax returns from the last 40 years. When did he get is first "bribe, er, I mean loan" from Pootie? Wasn't that in the 80's? 40 years should suffice.

And can we say RICO????? I thought we could.

Seize EVERY penny they (the turd and his entire immediate family, minus Barron and Tiffany) have.

And RENAME Trump Tower, BLM Tower, in BIG GOLD LETTERS, just like his name is currently. That way we don't have to worry about the constant repainting of 5th Avenue to reflect BLM.

Just another "thought". I got lots of 'em.

Lock him up.

(6,921 posts)
7. RICO the mob bo$$ and ALL his Ru$$iapublican accomplice$.
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 02:49 PM
Aug 2020

RICO the mob bo$$ and ALL his Ru$$iapublican accomplice$.

freedomrock1970

(31 posts)
10. Grab it all by the ...
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 03:20 PM
Aug 2020

Short Greens

Uh I mean Grab all his Golf courses and turn them into Municipal Courses

Maybe a National Golf Course Trail, all renamed for local civil rights pioneers, of course.

Greybnk48

(10,162 posts)
4. Mary Trump spilled the beans
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:27 PM
Aug 2020

On the whole corrupt, mentally ill family of sociopaths (sociopaths at the very least).

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