Letitia James

Mai 2022

Der ehemalige US-Präsident Donald Trump ist mit dem Versuch gescheitert, Ermittlungen der **New Yorker Generalstaatsanwältin Letitia James** gegen ihn zu stoppen. Ein Gericht in dem Bundesstaat wies eine entsprechende Klage Trumps nun zurück. James kann ihre zivilrechtlichen Ermittlungen zu Trumps Geschäftspraktiken damit fortsetzen.

## Trump ist gescheitert - Trump muss aussagen

James sagte dazu, dass es wieder einmal klar geworden sei, dass "die unbegründeten rechtlichen Anfechtungen von Donald J. Trump unsere rechtmäßige Untersuchung seiner Finanzgeschäfte und der der Trump-Organisation nicht stoppen können". Trump hatte im Dezember Klage eingereicht und die Ermittlungen als unrechtmäßig beschrieben.

Bei den umfassenden Untersuchungen von James geht es unter anderem um den Verdacht, dass TrumpsFirma falsche Angaben zum Wert ihrer Immobilien gemacht hat, um Kredite zu erhalten oder sich Preisvorteile zu erschleichen.

# NY attorney general asks judge to sanction Trumps and their attorneys

By Kara Scannell, CNN

Published 11:15 AM EST, Tue January 31, 2023: The attorney general asked Judge Arthur Engoron, who previously considered sanctioning the Trump attorneys for repeating legal arguments he already rejected, to hold a hearing, accept as admissions some of the responses they say are “improper”, reject some of their defenses and sanction the defendants and their attorneys.

“A cursory review of the Verified Answers reveals that a number of the denials are demonstrably false and actually contradict sworn statements by the Defendants in other proceedings,” lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James wrote.

They cite several examples, including Trump’s rejection of their description of the Trump Organization; Eric Trump’s denial that the Trump Organization bought Seven Springs, the family property in Westchester, New York, in 1995 for $7.5 million even as he admitted to that previously; and Ivanka Trump’s inability to recall if she met with bankers while working for the Trump Organization.

“Ivanka Trump denies ‘knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief’ as to whether she personally met with bankers, or whether she can confirm the contents of her own emails,” the attorneys wrote

### Das Video der Trump-Aussage

August 10: Trump was deposed as part of New York Attorney General **Letitia James**’ civil investigation into the Trump organization’s business practices, which culminated in a lawsuit filed by James in September against Trump, some of his children, and executives of his business.

The video is **a close shot of Trump.** The investigators questioning him are not on camera. James can be heard introducing herself at the start of the deposition.

After a perfunctory back and forth between Trump and investigators about the terms of the deposition, Trump read a lengthy statement calling James’ investigation “the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country.” He said that he would be asserting his constitutional rights to not answer questions in the deposition.

His rambling opening statement, which lasted nearly **seven min**utes, ran through accusations that James was investigating him for political reasons, and included swipes at Michael Cohen, the former Trump lawyer whose congressional testimony about his business practices that started the attorney general’s probe. He also referenced the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago home, which occurred two days before the August 10 deposition. ([https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/trump-deposition-video-letitia-james/index.html CNN], 31 Jan 2023)