Former President Donald Trump appeared yesterday for further questioning by the New York prosecutor. Trump is being investigated in a civil investigation and is not expected to be jailed. Trump could pay hundreds of millions of dollars if convicted. The former president said he was “eager to testify”
Former US President Donald Trump appeared before the law enforcement agencies in New York yesterday (Thursday), a week after he was ‘arrested’ in a formal proceeding as part of a criminal trial opened against him. Dollars. The Attorney General of New York, Latisha James, demands that he be required to pay 250 million dollars to the Treasury of New York, as punishment for his actions.
According to the lawsuit, Trump and his family used to systematically publish false statements about the value of their assets. They received bank loans with improved interest terms because of their declaration that they possessed properties of extremely high value, when in reality the properties were worth much less. In other cases, they used to send capital assessments that significantly reduced the value of their assets, in order to reduce the tax payments they had to pay.
Among other things, it is claimed that Trump stated that the area of his luxury residential apartment in the Trump Tower in New York is spread over 2,787 meters, when in reality the size of the apartment is less than a third of this size. As a result, the price of the apartment as presented to the banks was more than three times higher than the most expensive apartment in New York, with the majority of the apartment’s price estimate based on a deliberate false statement.
The lawsuit is civil, and is not expected to result in arrest or conviction proceedings against Trump. At most, Trump will be required to pay money, if the lawsuit is accepted in court. Before he arrived yesterday to respond to investigators, a lawyer representing Trump said he was “eager to testify.” Trump himself said that he intends to take advantage of the wonderful opportunity that the investigators are offering him, to explain to them how he managed to build such a profitable business company.
A year ago, Trump appeared for questioning in the same case and declared that he would maintain his right to remain silent, explaining: “I have to be a complete idiot to answer your questions.” It is not clear what made him change his mind and avoid maintaining the right to remain silent. According to Trump, the investigation stems from political motives, and it is conducted “in coordination with the Biden administration” as he defined it, with the aim of preventing his return to the White House.