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Corrupt should be Donald Trump's middle name. Let the games begin!
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A judge in New York on Friday ordered a law firm serving as counsel to the Trump Organization to turn over documents related to the former president's business to the state's attorney general.
New York State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron said in an order that he had completed a review of documents from the firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and determined that at least some of them were not privileged and should be handed over to the attorney general's office, which had subpoenaed the firm and the Trump Organization.
The court found that many of the communications Morgan Lewis marked as privileged were communications addressing business tasks and decisions, not exchanges soliciting or rendering legal advice.
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is investigating whether former President Trump's company had falsified the value of certain assets in order to secure loans, tax breaks and investors.
James's office is seeking documents related to the firm's work on Trump Organization properties, including the Seven Springs Estate in Westchester County, N.Y.
It is well known, if not acknowledged by many, that the reason that Mr. Trump fought so hard to win re-election was because of a remote (1974) opinion by a staff attorney in the Justice Department that a sitting President is not subject to 'indictment'.
Mr. Trump also apparently believed that if he won, then his various crimes would, as of 2025, be barred by the Statute of Limitations.
Now, as a lawyer (retired), I disagreed with that Justice Department memo (although I understood the reasoning; I don't want our President to be constantly defending himself against lawsuits; see Bill Clinton), and I disagree with the thought that he could 'run out' the Statute of Limitations.
Briefly, if a person cannot be indicted due to some circumstance, then the Statute is 'tolled'.
So, a person subject to Federal indictment in the United States runs off to Europe, where he is not subject to service of the indictment.
The Federal law allows for 'tolling' (or abeyance) of the statute, since said person is beyond the reach of Federal law. Yet, when said person returns to the United States (say, after 10 years) he can then be charged.
One example: the movie director Roman Polanski. He fled to Europe, but his indictment is still outstanding (or did he die?). Anyway, if Polanski returns, he would still face justice. He cannot cheat the Statue of Limitations by fleeing.
So I think with Mr. Trump. If he cannot be indicted (sic?) while President, then the Statute is in abeyance until he is again subject to our law.
Legal Pressure on Trump Increases With Judge’s Order in Fraud Inquiry
A New York judge on Friday increased pressure on former President Donald J. Trump’s family business and several associates, ordering them to give state investigators documents in a civil inquiry into whether the company misstated assets to get bank loans and tax benefits.
It was the second blow that the judge, Arthur F. Engoron of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, had dealt to Mr. Trump’s company in recent weeks.
In December, he ordered the company, the Trump Organization, to produce records that its lawyers had tried to shield, including some related to a Westchester County, N.Y., property that is among those being scrutinized by the New York State attorney general, Letitia James.
On Friday, Justice Engoron went further, saying that even more documents, as well as communications with a law firm hired by the Trump Organization, had to be handed over to Ms. James’s office. In doing so, he rejected the lawyers’ claim that the documents at issue were covered by attorney-client privilege.
The ruling was a fresh reminder that Mr. Trump — who left office about a week ago under the cloud of impeachment and who is headed for a Senate trial on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the Capitol in a violent rampage — faces significant legal jeopardy as a private citizen.
Should be interesting to see if tax lawyers comply.
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