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New York AG asks court to hold Donald Trump in contempt
In a movement filed Thursday, the lawyer common’s workplace stated that that Trump “didn’t comply in any respect” with the subpoena for paperwork and that his attorneys stated he wouldn’t produce “any” paperwork in response to the subpoena as a result of his attorneys imagine that if the paperwork exist, the Trump Group would have them and the lawyer common’s workplace “will simply have to attend till the Trump Group completes its manufacturing to get them.”
In accordance with new filings, her workplace had agreed to increase an early March deadline for the paperwork till March 31. However moderately than produce the paperwork that day, Trump introduced 16 objections to the subpoena’s calls for.
Trump’s attorneys additionally introduced the lawyer common’s workplace an affidavit from a Trump lawyer claiming that the previous President was unable to find the paperwork being and to the extent the paperwork existed, they had been within the custody of Trump Group, which faces a separate subpoena deadline.
James argued on Thursday that Trump’s attorneys’ response amounted to “extra delay and obfuscation,” saying that his objections got here too late. She stated that Trump was “extremely more likely to have been in possession, custody or management of quite a few paperwork” bearing on her investigation and that he didn’t adequately element the efforts he undertook to seek for the subpoenaed paperwork.
“Mr. Trump ought to now be held in civil contempt and fined in an quantity ample to coerce his compliance with the Court docket’s order and compensate OAG for its charges and prices related to this movement,” the submitting acknowledged.
James is asking the courtroom to impose a superb of $10,000 per day, or every other quantity the courtroom deems “ample to coerce his compliance with the Court docket’s February 2022 Order,” in addition to compensation for the lawyer common places of work prices and charges in submitting the movement.
CNN has reached out to attorneys for Trump for remark.
James beforehand stated her workplace discovered a number of deceptive or fraudulent misstatements and omissions within the Trump Group’s monetary statements, which had been offered to lenders and insurers, amongst others, as a part of its investigation.
Along with the civil investigation James has launched, the Trump Group additionally faces a legal investigation being led by the Manhattan district lawyer. Public turmoil has surrounded District Legal professional Alvin Bragg Jr.’s probe, which he inherited from his predecessor, Cyrus Vance, after the high-profile departure of two senior prosecutors.
This story has been up to date with extra particulars.