The New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, on Monday August 2nd, hinted that its Subpoena for President Trump's Tax Returns and Business Documents is part of an Investigation into "possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization," including potential Fraud Allegations Detailed in Media Reports in recent years.
In response to the latest Legal Challenge by Trump's Attorneys, New York County Prosecutors said that News Reports about the President's Financial History provide sufficient Justification for Requesting the Extensive Amount of Information from the Trump's Accounting Firm Mazars in their Grand Jury Investigation.
"In light of these public reports of possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization, there was nothing facially improper (or even particularly unusual) about the Mazars Subpoena, which [was] issued in connection with a complex financial investigation, requesting eight years of records from an accounting firm," Prosecutors wrote in a Court filing submitted Monday.
A Footnote in the Court filing listed Three Media Stories published in 2018 and 2019 about the President's Financial History. Two of them, a reported that Trump had Inflated his Net Worth to Potential Lenders and Investors, while at the same time, Reduced those Amounts to Reduce his Tax Liability.
A Third story details former Trump Attorney, Michael Cohen's Allegations, that the President directed him to Pay Hush Money to Two women who claim to have had Affairs with the President. Those Payments, by Cohen, was shown on the Trump's Books as Legal Payments to Cohen, that Covered those Payments and another Amount as Cohen's Fees.
These Allegations had been previously cited by the Prosecutor's Office in issuing the Subpoena.
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Trump did Not have any Special Immunity to a Grand Jury Investigation like the one being Pursued by Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance.
In light of that Ruling, Trump's Personal Attorneys filed a New Complaint with the Federal District Court in Manhattan, last week, that Argued the Subpoena is Overly Broad and "amounts to harassment of the President."
The Prosecutors replied, "Plaintiff’s baseless [complaint] merely serves to delay the grand jury’s investigation. Every day that goes by is another day Plaintiff effectively achieves the 'temporary absolute immunity' that was rejected by this Court, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court."
Vance's Office responded, on Monday, by arguing that the Latest Complaint Fails to put forth any Valid Legal Challenges to the Subpoena that haven't already been Considered and Rejected by the Higher Courts. The Prosecutors argued that under Federal Court Procedural Rules, Trump's Complaint should be Thrown Out.
The Judge could make a Decision next week.
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