Trumps File Motion For NY AG Letitia James to Recuse Herself From Her Own Investigation Into Them

Donald Trump and the Trump Organization filed a motion Monday for a preliminary injunction against New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigations into the business, accusing her of “unconstitutional” abuse of process.

Trump is seeking a stay in the civil investigation by the AG office into the family business while the outcome of his lawsuit against James is pending, or for James to “recuse herself from involvement in any capacity in the active civil and criminal investigation,” according to the filing.

 

The Trump lawsuit seeks to stop the probe into whether the Trump Organization engaged in financial fraud by submitting false property valuations to reduce its tax burden. The Trump Organization faces a similar criminal investigation from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Trump and his kids are suing to have NY AG @TishJames recuse herself from investigating them. How dare she have the audacity to investigate their Trump Organization for defrauding banks and insurance companies?@NewYorkStateAG

— Grandpa Snarky (@GrandpaSnarky) January 11, 2022

The motion, filed in the Northern District of New York, accuses the Democratic attorney general of overreach and launching a “politically motivated attack,” saying the investigation constitutes a “co-mingling of joint criminal and civil investigations” into the Trump Organization which the Trumps find “highly prejudicial.” The new filing is in direct response to the escalation in the civil investigation into the Trump Organization’s business practices. James had issued subpoenas in December for two of Trump’s children, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump, both of whom have already refused to comply and have filed their own motions to quash those subpoenas. Eric Trump has already sat for his own depositions in the investigation.

It seems that Eric Trump is afraid of Tish James. pic.twitter.com/FKEWY9ZwuV

— G (@mistergeezy) January 11, 2022

“By playing both sides, she is able to cherry-pick her investigatory methods — civil or criminal — in a calculated manner to, for example, leverage a Fifth Amendment assertion and obtain an adverse inference,” the filing alleges. James said in a statement that “neither Donald Trump nor the Trump Organization get to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions.”

The Trumps’ desperate attempt to get an injunction against NY AG Letitia James shows that she is likely ready to file her civil case against them in court in Manhattan in a matter of weeks or even days.

— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) January 11, 2022

“Our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name Trump,” James added.