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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2016 Newsweek reminder of Trump's history dealing with lawsuits & investigations
You'll see that he's been using the same tactics for decades. And even calling the prosecutor's team "stormtroopers" -- as Rudy Giuliani did yesterday -- is an old tactic for Trump:
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-companies-destroyed-emails-documents-515120.html
Donald Trumps Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders
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Trumps use of deception and untruthful affidavits, as well as the hiding or improper destruction of documents, dates back to at least 1973, when the Republican nominee, his father and their real estate company battled the federal government over civil charges that they refused to rent apartments to African-Americans. The Trump strategy was simple: deny, impede and delay, while destroying documents the court had ordered them to hand over.
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For months, the Trumps ignored the governments discovery demands, even though court procedure in a civil or criminal case requires each side to produce relevant documents in a timely manner. This allows for the plaintiffs or prosecutors to develop more evidence in support of their claims, as well as for the defense to gather proof to fight the case against them. When litigation is filed or even contemplated, scrupulous lawyers and corporations immediately impose document-retention programs or require that any shredding or disposing of records be halted. Courts have handed down severe sanctions or even criminal charges of obstruction of justice against executives and companies that destroyed records because they knew they were going to be sued.
Yet when the government filed its standard discovery requests, the Trumps reacted as though seeking that information was outrageous. They argued in court that prosecutors had no case and wanted to riffle through corporate files on a fishing expedition. Once again, this led to more delays, more replies, more hearings...and another specious argument thrown out of court.
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Finally, under subpoena, Trump appeared for a short deposition. When asked about the missing documents, he made a shocking admission: The Trumps had been destroying their corporate records for the previous six months and had no document-retention program. They had conducted no inspections to determine which files might have been sought in the discovery requests or might otherwise be related to the case. Instead, in order to save space, Trump testified, officials with his company had been tossing documents into the shredder and garbage.
The government dashed to court, seeking sanctions against the Trumps. Prosecutors asked the judge to allow them to search through the corporate files or simply declare the Trumps in default and enter a judgment against them. The judge opted to allow the government access to the company offices so they could find the records themselves.
In three letters and three phone calls, the government notified the Trumps that this inspection would take place on June 12, 1974. When they arrived at the Trump offices, Trump was there, but he and everyone else were surprised that prosecutors had come and refused to allow them access to documents without their defense lawyers present. A prosecutor called those lawyers, but they were not in their offices. The frustrated prosecutors then gave up and headed back to court.
They were then hit with a new delaying tactic. The Trumps submitted a filing based on statements by Trump that radically misrepresented what had occurred that day. He claimed a prosecutor, Donna Goldstein, had arrived at the company without notifying the Trumps counsel, refused to telephone their lawyer and demanded access to Trumps office. The prosecutoraccompanied, the Trumps claimed, by five stormtroopersthen banged on doors throughout the office, insisting she and her team be allowed to swarm haphazardly through all the Trump files and to totally disrupt their daily business routine.
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Btw, if you know anyone who thinks the SDNY was unfair to go to Cohen's office and home to get evidence, instead of just hoping he might turn it over willingly, show them this old article about how Trump and those around him have operated in the past.
LiberalFighter
(50,946 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)He is thumbing his nose at the FBI, DOJ, Dems, the constitution, the flag, the office of President, the citizens,
etc.every single day. He is getting away with the delay, delay delay crap by creating distractions right and left.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)The FBI might be one group you don't mess with. Now the FBI with the DOJ,, working together could, find a way to get Drump....Why and How?...Cause that is what they are good at..getting crooks. Drump is a crook.
A HUGE....crook ...indeed, but still a crook. FBI ...very patient with crooks. we will see when and if they get him....
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans endorse criminality - how vile