The former US president had been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay $10,000 a day while refusing to hand over his company’s accounting and tax documents for review by the state attorney general.
Former US President Donald Trump has paid a fine of US$ 110,000 for obstructing a wide-ranging investigation of tax fraud that has been carried out since 2019 by the Justice of the State of New York. He was ordered by the Supreme Court on April 25 to pay $10,000 a day while refusing to hand over accounting and tax documents for review in the civil investigation, which is led by state attorney general Letitia James, against the group. family Trump Organization. “On May 19, Donald Trump paid $110,000 to the attorney general’s office,” a spokeswoman for Letitia James, who has been waging a months-long battle with the Republican billionaire, announced on Friday.
On February 17, the prosecutor obtained an order from a New York judge for Trump and his sons, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, to testify under oath as part of the investigation into fraudulent tax practices, a decision the Trumps appealed, accusing Letitia of “political witch-hunting”. The Court, however, also demanded accountability and the presentation of accounting and tax documents from the organization by March 31. Faced with Trump’s rejection, Letitia James managed on April 25 to have him convicted of obstruction.
On May 6, however, the New York court suspended the count of fine days and ruled that Trump would have until May 20 to pay for the period from April 25 to May 6, i.e. a total of US$. 110,000 for 11 days, which it did on the last day of the deadline, last Friday, the 20th. According to Letitia James’ spokesperson, the Trump camp also had until this Friday to present “sworn statements” related to the request. of accounting and tax documents from the Trump Organization. The documents were gathered and produced by a cabinet the day before, according to the same source. A judge must now decide whether Trump’s camp has met all the requirements.
*With information from AFP
Source: Jovempan
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