纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯呼吁法官迫使埃里克·特朗普服从传票，作为该州对特朗普组织的金融交易进行调查的一部分。
这项调查源于国会的证词唐纳德·特朗普詹姆斯在一份声明中说，特朗普的前任律师迈克尔·科恩说，总统的“年度财务报表夸大了特朗普的资产价值，以获得贷款和保险方面的优惠条件，同时还缩减了其他资产的价值，以降低房地产税。”
根据法庭文件，纽约公司的办公室一年多来一直在调查特朗普组织的各种交易，包括试图购买水牛比尔。詹姆斯说，尽管提供了合作，但该组织并没有交出她办公室在调查中寻求的关键文件，并指示包括唐纳德·特朗普的儿子埃里克在内的关键证人，尽管收到传票，但拒绝宣誓作证。
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2020年8月6日，纽约司法部长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯在纽约的新闻发布会上发言。
澳大利亚政府办公室在周五提交的动议中表示:“[总检察长办公室]将此申请提交给法院，以提出与回应性文件和证词相关的各种毫无根据且过分夸大的特权主张。”
该公司办公室表示，有七份传票存在争议，这些传票将为该办公室提供“数千份文件和来自多个证人的证词，涉及特朗普组织的几项具体财产和交易。”
司法部长办公室指责特朗普组织拖延，并指出埃里克·特朗普不遵守规定。埃里克·特朗普(Eric Trump)是该公司的副总裁，詹姆斯称其为“某些交易中的重要人物。”
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埃里克·特朗普出席2019年11月11日在纽约举行的退伍军人节游行开幕式。
法庭文件称:“特朗普组织最初表示愿意遵守，并就作证日期达成一致，但现在却完全拒绝遵守要求埃里克·特朗普作证的传票。”
特朗普组织的一名发言人在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻，该公司没有受到调查，此事“只是一个关于文件等的发现争议。”发言人批评詹姆斯提出的动议，称其为“在我们临近选举时对公司的骚扰。”
这位发言人在一份声明中表示:“特朗普组织没有做错任何事情，正如动议文件明确指出的那样，NYAG没有认定任何事情是不正当的，也没有认定任何行动即将发生。”
New York state seeks Eric Trump's testimony in probe of Trump Organization
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has called on a judge to compel Eric Trump to comply with a subpoena as part of the state's investigation into the Trump Organization's financial dealings.
The investigation stems from Congressional testimony byDonald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen who said the president's "annual financial statements inflated the values of Trump's assets to obtain favorable terms for loans and insurance coverage, while also deflating the value of other assets to reduce real estate taxes," James said in a statement.
The New York AG's office has been investigating the Trump Organization for over a year on various deals, including the attempted purchase of the Buffalo Bills, according to court papers. James said despite offering cooperation, the organization has not turned over key documents her office has sought in the investigation, and has instructed key witnesses, including Donald Trump's son Eric, to refuse to testify under oath despite subpoenas.
Letitia James, New York's attorney general, speaks during a news conference in New York, Aug. 6, 2020.
"[The Office of the Attorney General] brings this application to present to the Court various unfounded and overbroad privilege assertions relating to responsive documents and testimony," the AG's office said in its motion that was filed Friday.
The AG's office said seven subpoenas are in dispute which would provide the office "with thousands of documents and testimony from multiple witnesses regarding several, specific Trump Organization properties and transactions."
The attorney general's office accused the Trump Organization of stonewalling and singled out Eric Trump's lack of compliance. Eric Trump is the company's vice president and is described by James as "an important character in certain transactions."
Eric Trump attends the Veterans Day Parade opening ceremony, Nov. 11, 2019, in New York.
"After initially professing to comply and agreeing on a date for testimony, the Trump Organization has now refused entirely to comply with a subpoena for Eric Trump's testimony," the court document said.
A spokesperson for the Trump Organization told ABC News in a statement that the company isn't under investigation and this matter "is simply a discovery dispute over documents and the like." The spokesperson criticized James for filing the motion, calling it a "harassment of the company as we approach the election."
"The Trump Organization has done nothing wrong and, as the motion papers clearly state, the NYAG has made no determination that anything was improper or that any action is forthcoming," the spokesperson said in a statement.
