Former US President Donald Trump has paid a $110,000 fine for obstructing a wide-ranging tax fraud investigation that has been conducted by the New York State Attorney since 2019.
On April 25, the Supreme Court in New York ordered the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, to pay Trump $10,000 a day for refusing to turn over accounting and tax documents as part of the civil investigation against the group. Organization.
“On May 19, Donald Trump paid the attorney general’s office $110,000,” a spokesperson for Letitia, who has been battling the Republican billionaire for months, said on Friday.
On February 17, the prosecutor told a New York judge that Trump and their son Donald Jr. received an order. and Ivanka to testify under oath as part of the investigation into fraudulent tax practices, a decision that Trump appealed by accusing Letitia of “political witch hunt.”
But the New York Court also requested an accountability and accounting and tax filing from the organization by March 31. Facing Trump’s refusal, Letitia James managed to have her convicted on April 25 for obstruction.
But on May 6, the New York court suspended the days of the fine and ruled that Trump must pay approximately $110,000 for the period from April 25 to May 6 until May 20, or 11 days as you do today. gave. .
According to a spokesperson for Letitia James, the Trump camp had until Friday to file “affidavits” regarding the Trump Organization’s request for accounting and tax documents. According to the same source, the documents had been collected and prepared by a cabinet the previous day. Now a judge must decide whether Trump’s camp meets all the requirements.
source: Noticias
