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NEW YORK The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has retained forensic accounting specialists to aid its criminal investigation of President Trump and his business operations, as prosecutors ramp up their scrutiny of his company's real estate transactions, according to people familiar with the matter.
District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. opened the investigation in 2018 to examine alleged hush-money payments made to two women who, during Trumps first presidential campaign, claimed to have had affairs with him years earlier. The probe has since expanded, and now includes the Trump Organization's activities more broadly, said the people familiar with the matter.
Vance has contracted with FTI Consulting to look for anomalies among a variety of property deals, and to advise the district attorney on whether the presidents company manipulated the value of certain assets to obtain favorable interest rates and tax breaks, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter remains highly sensitive. The probe is believed to encompass transactions spanning several years.
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The analysts hired by Vance probably have already reviewed various bank and mortgage records obtained from Trumps company as part of the ongoing grand jury investigation, and they could be called on to testify about their findings should the district attorney eventually bring criminal charges, said the person familiar with the arrangement.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-tax-returns-new-york-investigation/2020/12/29/11c43a38-43c8-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html?outputType=amp
Thekaspervote
(32,847 posts)Jack from Charlotte
(2,367 posts)when a property was used as collateral. The same properties were valued lower for the purpose of paying property taxes.
2 felonies. Bank fraud and state tax fraud. These were done intentionally.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)dweller
(23,735 posts)Getting to the where the bodies are buried phase
✌🏻
calimary
(81,664 posts)EVERYTHING out in the open. Especially since he wont be in a position to head any of this off when hes not POTUS anymore.
unblock
(52,597 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)This is awesome. He should be terrified.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Gotta get out that popcorn I've been storing in the freezer for just such an occasion. Time to get out the fixin's and get ready for some fun~ Pop, pop away!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)They aint playin
mnmoderatedem
(3,745 posts)He tweets like a madman when he knows he has "fixers" to cover things up, a la Michael Cohen all those years. Or Mitch and the republican cronies rubber stamping his impeachment acquittal. He knows he has no control over this, and he's in trouble. Better to call as little attention to this as possible.
Towlie
(5,333 posts)tblue37
(65,592 posts)the link, then edited to add it.
Thanks, though, for making sure people would have access.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That is piling up on him. Just keep it coming. Hes got to be almost at his breaking point.
rurallib
(62,523 posts)And I want him fully functional when the kids join him!
BComplex
(8,109 posts)Cy Vance has a history of letting mobsters slide.
BigmanPigman
(51,723 posts)rurallib
(62,523 posts)I am thinking they are separate and James wants blood.
BigmanPigman
(51,723 posts)are separate to me too.
Vance is criminal, James is civil
dhill926
(16,399 posts)he will do ANYTHING to stay in power...next two Scaramuccis are gonna be crazy....and dangerous...
Gothmog
(146,254 posts)bdamomma
(64,001 posts)nt
Evolve Dammit
(16,875 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)ffr
(22,688 posts)No peace without justice.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)Stinky The Clown
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