曼哈顿地区检察官办公室发言人告诉美国广播公司新闻,该办公室已经接管了前总统唐纳德·特朗普的纳税申报单。
这些文件是前总统在马扎尔斯美国公司的会计师们在周一上交的。一位消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻,特朗普的税务文件长达数百万页。
美国最高法院周一拒绝了特朗普的请求以保护他的税收不受曼哈顿地区检察官办公室的影响。
这一裁决为塞鲁斯·万斯地方检察官执行大陪审团对这些记录的传票扫清了道路。
前总裁的会计师事务所Mazars在一份声明中告诉ABC新闻,“正如我们在整个过程中所坚持的那样,Mazars将遵守其所有法律和专业义务。”
争论的焦点是特朗普公司是否人为地夸大了特朗普房产的价值,以获得尽可能好的贷款。调查人员还想知道该公司是否向税务机关展示了不同的价值。
还有关于向声称与特朗普有染的女性支付封口费的问题,特朗普一直否认这一点。
之后最高法院驳回了特朗普的主张关于去年的“绝对豁免权”,特朗普对传票提出了新的挑战,称传票过于宽泛,而且是恶意发出的。两个较低的联邦法院驳回了这些新的要求,并下令遵守。
特朗普随后提起诉讼向最高法院提出紧急申请十月...现在,四个月过去了,大法官们投票否决了他暂缓执行下级法院判决的请求。
特朗普周一在裁决后的一份声明中表示,“因此,两年多来,纽约市一直在关注我做过的几乎每一笔交易,包括寻求纳税申报,这些交易是由美国最大、最负盛名的律师和会计事务所完成的。”
声明称:“最高法院本不应该让这种“捕鱼探险”发生,但他们做到了。
关于传票的执行,地方检察官办公室援引了之前的一份文件:“正如我们一贯明确表示的那样,我们不认为您的客户的主张有法律依据,我们预计最高法院在听取情况通报后,将拒绝您的临时救济请求,届时我们的办公室将可以自由执行Mazars传票,无论您的客户是否决定继续寻求调取案卷。”
“工作仍在继续,”检察官办公室周一告诉美国广播公司新闻。
该办公室最近还邀请了前检察官马克·波美兰茨来审查材料,并提交给大陪审团。
在最高法院周一的裁决后,马扎尔斯在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻,“我们知道最高法院的命令。正如我们在整个过程中所坚持的那样,马扎尔仍然致力于履行我们所有的专业和法律义务。由于我们行业的专业义务,未经客户同意或法律要求,Mazars不能在公共论坛上讨论任何客户或我们为任何客户提供的服务的性质。”
Trump's tax returns given to Manhattan prosecutors
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has taken possession of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a spokesman for the office told ABC News.
The documents were turned over Monday by the former president’s accountants at Mazars USA. The Trump tax documents run into the millions of pages, a source told ABC News.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Mondayrejected Trump’s requestto shield his taxes from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
The ruling cleared the way for DA Cyrus Vance to enforce a grand jury subpoena for the records.
Mazars, the former president's accounting firm, told ABC News in a statement, "As we have maintained throughout this process, Mazars will comply with all of its legal and professional obligations."
At issue is whether the Trump Corporation artificially inflated the value of Trump's properties to get the best possible loans. Investigators also want to know whether the company presented different values to tax authorities.
There are also questions about hush payments to women who alleged affairs with Trump, which he has long denied.
After theSupreme Court threw out Trump's claimof "absolute immunity" last year, Trump brought a fresh challenge to the subpoena by arguing that it was overbroad and issued in bad faith. Two lower federal courts dismissed those new claims and ordered compliance.
Trump then filed anemergency application with the Supreme Courtin October ... and now, four months later, the justices have voted to deny his request to stay the lower court decisions.
Trump said in a statement on Monday following the ruling, "So now, for more than two years, New York City has been looking at almost every transaction I’ve ever done, including seeking tax returns which were done by among the biggest and most prestigious law and accounting firms in the U.S."
"The Supreme Court never should have let this “fishing expedition” happen, but they did," the statement said.
With regard to enforcement of the subpoena, the DA’s office cited a prior filing: "As we have consistently made clear, we do not believe your client’s claims have merit, and we anticipate that the Supreme Court, after briefing, will deny your request for interim relief, at which point our office will be free to enforce the Mazars Subpoena, regardless of whether your client decides to continue to seek certiorari."
"The work continues," the DA's office told ABC News on Monday.
The office also recently brought on a former prosecutor, Mark Pomerantz, to scrutinize the material and present to a grand jury.
After Monday's Supreme Court ruling, Mazars told ABC News in a statement, "We are aware of the Supreme Court’s order. As we have maintained throughout this process, Mazars remains committed to fulfilling all of our professional and legal obligations. Due to our industry’s professional obligations Mazars cannot discuss any clients, or the nature of our services we provide for any client, in a public forum without client consent or as required by law."