Trump's future is a minefield of legal battles as prosecutors 'follow the money': report
November 22, 2020
By Sarah Toce
There are roughly 59 days left of President Donald J. Trump’s presidency and what’s waiting for the 74-year-old former reality star on the other side of the White House is a whole lot of legal battles, starting with the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing investigation into the Trump family-run business that has the potential to incriminate more than just the president. In this one case alone, if Trump were to be charged and convicted, he could face the prospect of incarceration.
“That case is examining whether fraud was committed when alleged hush-money payments were made ahead of the 2016 election to two women who said they had affairs with Trump years before he became president — claims he denies,” The Washington Post reported Sunday. “Prosecutors also are said to be looking at the possibility that false information was submitted on loan applications to obtain favorable rates and whether any information was manipulated in the pursuit of tax benefits.”
The report continued, “…it remains to be seen whether this investigation will result in any charges, as prosecutors have yet to obtain Trump’s tax records and related documents deemed crucial to their case. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, is in litigation to obtain that material, having won a series of victories in lower courts but now awaiting a final say from the U.S. Supreme Court — which has been silent on the matter for several weeks after Trump asked that it get involved.”
It’s a classic “following-the-money case,” Andrew Weissmann, a prosecutor involved in Robert S. Mueller III’s special counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, said. “Accounting records are critical to that.”
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/trumps-future-is-a-minefield-of-legal-battles-as-prosecutors-follow-the-money-report/
Washington Post article: (may be paywalled)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-tax-returns-lawsuits/2020/11/21/5eaa194c-de85-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html
