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Trump’s lawyer and Attorney General of New York clashed in federal court on Friday.
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The Attorney General of New York’s office said the investigation into the Trump organization was “perfectly appropriate.”
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Trump called the investigation a “witch hunt” and appealed in federal court to close it.
New York investigators opposed the former president Donald TrumpBidding to stop for 3 years inquiry They participated in his project of the same name, saying they had collected “a significant amount of evidence” that could support enforcement measures against the Trump organization.
In a one-hour court hearing on Friday, Assistant Assistant Attorney Andrew Amer said, “There is clear evidence that there is considerable evidence to support the submission of enforcement proceedings, but the final decision on the submission has not yet been made. No, “he said. Albany, NY.
Attorney General of New York Leticia James Her office is important to suggest that Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization misrepresented multiple assets and misrepresented their value to financial institutions for financial gain. I found evidence. “
However, Amel’s remarks proving the scope of evidence against Trump came when the Attorney General’s office defended the investigation against a legal attack from the former president of the federal court.
Trump sued James in a bid for Hale Mary last year, arguing that past comments from the Attorney General of New York showed that the investigation was a political motive, and stopped the civil investigation in her office. bottom. In court documents and his own official statement, Trump developed the now familiar label “Witch Hunt” for her investigation.
Andrew Amer, an assistant to the Attorney General of New York, who discussed in Albany on Friday, said the investigation was not due to political hostility, but to former Trump lawyer and corrector Michael Cohen, who called the former president a “scammer.” He said it began in response to Congressional testimony. And “Cheat” that will appear in 2019 before the House Monitoring Committee.
Mr Amel said it was “completely appropriate” for James’ office to initiate an investigation for these reasons.
A judge from the Supreme Court of New York Despise Orders against Trump in connection with the Attorney General’s investigation. State judge Arthur F. Engoron insulted Trump last month after discovering that the former president did not follow the December subpoena from James’ office seeking records from his personal files. bottom.
As a condition to lift the insult order, Engoron ordered Trump to pay $ 110,000. This is the total amount resulting from a $ 10,000 daily fine. Engoron threatened to re-impose an insult order if Trump did not meet the conditions by May 20.
Mentioning Engoron on Friday, Amel said a judge in the State Supreme Court “repeatedly admitted that the investigation was legal.” Mr Amel said Trump’s proceedings filed in Albany’s federal courts called for improper intervention in the state court proceedings.
The case “includes only the enforcement of subpoenas filed in state court against the general public,” he said.
Mr Amel said the amount of evidence, coupled with the state judge’s past rulings, “really closed the door” to Trump’s allegations to end the investigation.
Judge Brenda Sannes, appointed to the Federal Bench in 2014, did not make an immediate decision.
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