前总统特朗普的大儿子和女儿拒绝遵守纽约州总检察长办公室发出的传票,因为该办公室正在进行一项民事调查家族房地产企业对其所持股份的估值方式。
周一提交的一份文件称:“OAG和特朗普个人政党之间就传票产生了争议。”。
这份由纽约州总检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯和特朗普组织的一名律师联合提交的文件称,小唐纳德·特朗普和伊万卡·特朗普现在将被提名为詹姆斯正在进行的调查的被告,这与曼哈顿地区检察官办公室的刑事调查相类似。
“随着她对特朗普组织金融交易的调查继续进行,司法部长詹姆斯正在寻求唐纳德·特朗普、小唐纳德·特朗普和伊万卡·特朗普宣誓的采访,”该公司办公室的发言人说。“尽管特朗普组织多次试图拖延我们的调查,但我们有信心我们的问题会得到回答,真相会被揭露,因为没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。”
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周一晚上,小唐纳德·特朗普和伊万卡·特朗普在一项动议中试图撤销传票。
代表特朗普两个孩子的律师艾伦·富特法斯(Alan Futerfas)质疑詹姆斯的动机:她的办公室也参与了特朗普组织的刑事调查。
“传票的目标太明确了:司法部长詹姆斯试图绕过整个大陪审团程序,并通过要求“运动党”向OAG提供未经免疫的证词来取消他们最基本的宪法和法定权利——当OAG/DANY联合进行大陪审团调查时,”Futerfas在一份撤销传票的动议中写道,他说这违反了刑事诉讼规则。
这位前总统和他的公司否认有不当行为,并抨击调查是政治性的。
到目前为止,正在进行的刑事调查已经导致对特朗普组织及其长期首席财务官艾伦·韦斯伯格的税务指控。
检察官表示,该公司一直在支付韦斯伯格的租金、生活费、私立学校学费和汽车租赁费,而没有适当的纳税申报。两人都不认罪。
Eldest Trump children won't comply with subpoenas from New York attorney general
Former President Trump’s eldest son and daughter have refused to comply with subpoenas issued by the New York State attorney general’s office as it conducts acivil investigationinto the way the family real estate business valued its holdings.
“A dispute has arisen between the OAG and the Individual Trump Parties regarding the Subpoenas,” a document filed Monday said.
The document, filed jointly by New York Attorney General Letitia James and an attorney for the Trump Organization, said Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump will now be named as respondents in James’ ongoing inquiry, which parallels a criminal investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
“As her investigation into financial dealing of the Trump Organization continues, Attorney General James is seeking interviews under oath of Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump," a spokesperson for the AG's office said. "Despite numerous attempts to delay our investigation by the Trump Organization, we are confident that our questions will be answered and the truth will be uncovered because no one is above the law.”
Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump sought to quash the subpoenas Monday evening in a motion.
Alan Futerfas, an attorney representing both Trump children, questioned James' motives: her office is also involved in the criminal investigation of the Trump Organization.
“The goal of the subpoenas is all too clear: Attorney General James seeks to circumvent the entire grand jury process and nullify Moving Parties’ most fundamental constitutional and statutory rights by requesting that they provide non-immunized testimony to the OAG – when the OAG/DANY is jointly conducting a grand jury investigation,” Futerfas wrote in a motion to quash the subpoenas, which he said violate the rules of criminal procedure.
The former president and his company have denied wrongdoing and have attacked the investigation as political.
The ongoing criminal investigation has so far resulted in indictments against the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg on tax charges.
Prosecutors said the company had been paying Weisselberg’s rent, living expenses, private school tuition and car lease without proper reporting on tax returns. Both pleaded not guilty.