New York court accuses Trump of inflating assets by billions to obtain better terms on loans | Journal da Globo

A New York court charged former US President Donald Trump with the charge Inflate the value of your shares to secure more favorable conditions Loans and tax benefits. The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, accuses Trump organizations of falsifying documents between 2011 and 2021 to inflate the companies’ value by billions of dollars.

according to her, declared value is $2.2 billion in actual valueWhich constitutes fraud, which is why it required Trump to pay a $250 million fine. The indictment is part of a civil lawsuit accusing the Trump organizations of tax and financial fraud.

It is a different case from the four current cases against Trump in criminal justice. The former president claimed that the stated values ​​should not be “taken seriously”.

The trial is scheduled for October 2, but the Public Prosecutor asked the judge not to open the session and actually announce the verdict, because the evidence is overwhelming. Trump’s lawyers asked to drop the case, claiming that the facts happened a long time ago.

Trump waived his right to appear before the custody hearing scheduled for next Wednesday (6). And with that he goes Avoid public appearances in courtAs television broadcasting is allowed in Georgia.

was there last week, Trump was registered As an accused, his photo was taken from the police report. The Trump campaign used the image on T-shirts, hats and mugs that sold for more than $20 million.

Also in Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp, also a Republican, refused to subpoena the legislature to impeach Attorney General Fannie Willis, who is trying Trump. The Trump wing of the party wanted to remove the attorney general to end the process.

The governor said the attorney general acted correctly and called Trump a “con artist” taking advantage of the operation to raise campaign funds.