Manhattan prosecutors are reportedly stepping up their investigation to make it old President TrumpDonald Trump Trump promises “There will be no more money for RINOS,” instead of encouraging donations to his federal judge that the federal judge considers the “QAnon shaman” too dangerous to be released from prison. Pelosi says the Capitol riots were one of the most difficult moments of his career MOREcompanies, particularly their Seven Springs estate in New York.
Sources close to the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office issued new subpoenas in recent weeks to obtain recordings of government meetings related to the Seven Springs estate and the unsuccessful attempt by the ‘Trump organization to create a luxury subdivision off the property.
In January, it was reported that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. had expanded his investigation into the Trump Organization’s trade relations to include the Seven Springs estate. At the time, reports indicated that Vance was studying whether the value of the property had been inflated to increase the tax deduction obtained by donating 158 acres of property for conservation.
Sources told the newspaper that the DA’s office had also requested copies of the meetings of the planning board in Bedford, New York, which is one of the cities where the Seven Springs estate is located.
The newspaper notes that Trump has valued Seven Springs ’property at $ 291 million in 2012 in financial institutions. Inflating the value of assets for financial gain is a state criminal offense, the medium notes.
In financial disclosure proceedings when he was president, Trump valued the property at between $ 25 million and $ 50 million, the Journal reports, while local tax assessment records list the value of the property at about $ 19 million. dollars.
The investigation into Trump’s property is part of a broader investigation being conducted by the Manhattan DA’s office to study possible tax, insurance and banking fraud, the Journal reports. Prosecutors are also reportedly seeking a loan for the Trump International Hotel and the Chicago Tower.
In February, it was reported that the Manhattan DA office had obtained Trump’s tax returns from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA. Trump had tried to block the citation for tax returns, but the Supreme Court ruled his argument that presidents have a radical immunity from criminal proceedings.