It seems judges and investigators are finally catching on to the Trump family’s infamous stall and deflect tactics, and they’ve had quite enough of it.
Recently, we reported on the development in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million tax fraud case against the corrupt crime syndicate family and Donald’s personal family company, the Trump Organization, in which reporting confirmed that Ivanka Trump’s emails were under new, intense scrutiny and suspicion, as the former first daughter has apparently failed to produce the documents and correspondence being requested in the case.
While there was particular interest in Ivanka’s less-than-good-faith tactics, this resounding lack of compliance of course applies to the entire Trump family — or, at least, the ones who have been embroiled in Daddy’s family company.
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance recently penned a new Substack column, in which she explained that Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and two high-level Trump Organization executives were the subject of a late April ruling handed down in the James tax fraud case by Supreme Court 1st Judicial District Judge Arthur Engoron. This ruling gave the individuals mentioned above a May 12th deadline to produce and hand over the documents being requested by James and her investigators, followed by a May 15th certification under oath to finally ensure their compliance in the matter.
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Vance makes particular note that failure to comply under these circumstances could and likely will lead to catastrophic financial penalties.
“This isn’t the first go-round of foot-dragging by a Trump in this case. In May 2022, the former president paid a $110,000 fine for contempt after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the attorney general’s office. The judge is ratcheting up the pressure on the Trumps to comply in a timely fashion or face more serious consequences this time. Requiring a statement filed under oath is a strong signal he means business,” the former US attorney explained.
Vance goes on to further note that this is not the first rodeo of this type for the Trump family, as the scandal-ridden ex-president is now facing similar, tight deadlines in the infamous Mar-a-Lago stolen document case after his legal team submitted a false certification concerning what had been produced and turned over from Donald’s Palm Beach compound, ultimately resulting in an expanded investigation into the matter by the US Justice Department.
Trump and his family are frankly infamous for their stall, delay, and deflect tactics when it comes to these investigations, litigation, and court proceedings, and Vance explains that their behaviors are not going unnoticed by jurors in these cases.
“The process is easy for most litigants—you turn over responsive information in your files to the other side and the case moves forward. But it’s the part where Trump seems to have repeatedly stumbled. And judges seem to be getting wiser about repeated efforts to manipulate the system,” Vance’s column reads. “This is the part of the process where the Trumps have to act like any other litigants in a civil matter and turn over discovery. Will they have learned their lesson? Stay tuned.”
Read her full Substack piece here.
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