The Country Is on the Cusp of a New Era
Yesterday evening, New York States attorney general, Letitia James, announced , We have informed the Trump Organization that We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity. According to The New York Times , James will be sending two of her offices prosecutors to join the team of Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan DA. With this news, Donald Trump, those around him, and the country as a whole inch closer to the prospect that a former president could face criminal charges, and possibly even prison time. The country has not been through anything like this before. The ongoing investigation is sweeping. James began it as a civil investigation following the 2019 congressional testimony of Trumps former attorney, Michael Cohen, that the Trump Organization had lied about the value of its assets in order to secure loans and insurance and to reduce its tax liability. Her focus includes the Trump Organizations valuation of Seven Springs , a 213-acre estate in Westchester County, which it used to claim a $21.1 million tax deduction for a conservation easement on the property in 2015.
The Country Is on the Cusp of a New Era
Yesterday evening, New York States attorney general, Letitia James, announced , We have informed the Trump Organization that We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity. According to The New York Times , James will be sending two of her offices prosecutors to join the team of Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan DA. With this news, Donald Trump, those around him, and the country as a whole inch closer to the prospect that a former president could face criminal charges, and possibly even prison time. The country has not been through anything like this before. The ongoing investigation is sweeping. James began it as a civil investigation following the 2019 congressional testimony of Trumps former attorney, Michael Cohen, that the Trump Organization had lied about the value of its assets in order to secure loans and insurance and to reduce its tax liability. Her focus includes the Trump Organizations valuation of Seven Springs , a 213-acre estate in Westchester County, which it used to claim a $21.1 million tax deduction for a conservation easement on the property in 2015.