The Manhattan district attorney says a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business practices is continuing, despite a recent shakeup in the probe’s leadership.
FILE -- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to supporters in New York, Nov. 2, 2021. Bragg said Thursday, April 7, 2022, a criminal investigation into the former president Donald Trump and his business practices is continuing"without fear or favor" despite a recent shakeup in the probe's leadership.
It came shortly after the New York attorney general’s office asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt and fine him $10,000 per day for not meeting a March 31 deadline to turn over documents in a parallel civil investigation. Trump is appealing“Instead of obeying a court order, Mr. Trump is trying to evade it," Attorney General Letitia James said."We are seeking the court’s immediate intervention because no one is above the law.
Bragg’s silence after the resignations and the March 23 publication of Pomerantz’s letter gave rise to a narrative that the investigation was effectively dead. So far, the three-year investigation has resulted only in tax fraud charges against Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, and its longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg relating to lucrative fringe benefits such as rent, car payments and school tuition. They have pleaded not guilty.
James, a Democrat, has said her investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump may have misstated the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers on his financial statements for more than a decade.
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