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NEW YORK (Dagbladet): New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled Tuesday night that the Trump organization must deliver documents related to a property, which is being investigated by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who is the supreme state attorney, according to CNN.
Previously, the Trump organization claimed that these documents were protected by the privilege of confidentiality between attorneys and clients. The documents Trump now has to deliver are tied to a property he owns in Westchester, New York.
By December 18
Documents must be delivered before December 18.
According to The Independent, documents between the engineer, who worked on the property, Seven Springs Estate, and the Trump organization, must be turned over.
– Once again, the judiciary and the rule of law have won. We will immediately ensure that the Trump organization follows the court decision and submits documents related to our investigation. My office’s investigation will continue and we will follow the events wherever they take us, James said in a statement.
Now Trump can get in trouble
James has been investigating US President Donald Trump and his business organization since 2019. The investigation began after Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, testified in Congress.
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There, Cohen claimed that Trump exaggerated the value of some assets in financial documents to obtain new loans and insurance coverage, but that he also declared less than the value of other assets to reduce property taxes.
The Westchester property is one of four properties that are part of a comprehensive investigation into whether the president’s son Eric Trump, who is now in charge of the organization while his father is president, has inflated the value of the assets. This is one of several charges against the Trump family, including a forensic investigation led by Manhattan Attorney General Cyrus Vance.
According to US media, Trump has investigated whether it is possible to grant himself a preventive pardon before leaving the White House on January 20. Such a pardon would only cover federal crimes and not what is currently being investigated at the state level in New York.
