Judge Rejects Trump Company's Privilege Claim in New York Probe
Source: bloomberg
December 15, 2020, 2:27 PM CST Updated on December 15, 2020, 3:33 PM CST
President’s company failed to show attorney-client privilege
Attorney general probes valuation of Trump’s Seven Springs
President Donald Trump’s company can’t use the attorney-client privilege to shield an engineer’s documents from a property-valuation probe by New York state’s top lawyer, a judge ruled.
The Trump Organization failed to provide evidence to justify extending the privilege to communications between the company’s former land-use lawyer and an engineer whose work was used to appraise a property at the center of the probe, state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled Tuesday in Manhattan.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking the documents as part of an investigation into whether the president’s real-estate business falsely reported property values to get loans or tax benefits. The company has said the probe is politically motivated and denies wrongdoing.
The investigation has emerged as one of the biggest potential threats to Trump after he leaves office in January following his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden. He and his Manhattan-based business also face an active criminal probe by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.................................................
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/trump-company-s-privilege-claim-in-n-y-probe-rejected-by-judge
oh my my. Trump is still losing.--day after day.
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