| Legal Pressure on Trump Increases With Judge's Order in Fraud Inquiry |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=58124"><span class="small">William K. Rashbaum and Ed Shanahan, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Saturday, 30 January 2021 09:27 |
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Excerpt: "A New York judge Friday increased pressure on former President Donald Trump's family business and several associates, ordering them to give state investigators documents in a civil inquiry into whether the company misstated assets to get bank loans and tax benefits."
Legal Pressure on Trump Increases With Judge's Order in Fraud Inquiry30 January 21
It was the second blow that the judge, Arthur F. Engoron of state Supreme Court in Manhattan, had dealt to Trump’s company in recent weeks. In December, he ordered the company, the Trump Organization, to produce records that its lawyers had tried to shield, including some related to a Westchester County, New York, property that is among those being scrutinized by the New York state attorney general, Letitia James. |
| Last Updated on Saturday, 30 January 2021 09:32 |
New York judge Friday increased pressure on former President Donald Trump’s family business and several associates, ordering them to give state investigators documents in a civil inquiry into whether the company misstated assets to get bank loans and tax benefits.