Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Calls For Grand Jury Probe Into Financial Improprieties By President Trump

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has argued in court filings that allegations of tax and insurance fraud justify a grand jury probe into Donald Trump and his businesses.

Documents filed in the US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reveal the scope of the investigation, which has been embroiled in appeals and court hearings over the president’s tax records and financial documents for more than a year.

Prosecutors argued that “mountainous” allegations against the president – including misstatements about his business properties to insurers, potential lenders and the government – “could establish crimes” including tax and insurance fraud and falsification of business records, among others.

“Thus, even if the grand jury were testing the truth of public allegations alone, such reports, taken together, fully justify the scope of the grand jury subpoena at issue in this case,” prosecutors argued.

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