A federal judge in New York City dismissed President Donald Trump‘s second attempt to bar the release of his tax returns and other financial records in a significant victory for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday morning. Law & Crime reports, ‘This Case Is Closed’: Court Rules Manhattan DA Gets Trump’s Tax Returns: Southern … Read more
Update to Manhattan DA makes a strong case for enforcing its subpoena to Mazars USA. The New York Times reported Wednesday night that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. has already obtained financial documents subpoenaed from Deutsche Bank last year. Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry: The New York prosecutors who … Read more
In October 2018, the New York Times published its Pulitzer Prize winning investigative report based upon the financial documents provided to it by Mary Trump. Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father. The lede paragraph: “President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright … Read more
In February, Donald Trump’s former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, testified to Congress that Trump had adjusted figures up or down, as necessary, to obtain loans and avoid taxes. “It was my experience that Mr. Trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes,” Cohen testified, “and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes.” … Read more
Donald Trump and his new “fixer,” Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr, have engaged in a policy of “total obstruction” of Congress — an impeachable offense under Article III of the Nixon impeachment — in obstructing Congress at every turn to prevent the disclosure of the financial records of the Trump crime family to Congress fo … Read more