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United States News Title: Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump Narrowly Escaped Felony Fraud Charges in New York This sounds like business as usual in the world of Trump. A new report details how Donald Trump Jr. and his sister, current White House adviser Ivanka Trump flirted with a felony fraud charge in 2012. For two years, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office worked to build a criminal case against the two Trump siblings for misleading prospective buyers of units in another a failing hotel and condo project, Trump SoHo. What’s more, emails proved they knew they were pulling a con on those prospective buyers. There was “no doubt” that the Trump children “approved, knew of, agreed to, and intentionally inflated the numbers to make more sales,” one person who saw the emails told us. “They knew it was wrong.” Chips off the old block. Kasowitz has no real experience in criminal cases. He’s primarily a civil attorney. He cut through the usual chain of command with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. On May 16, 2012 Kasowitz met with Manhattan District Attorney Vance Cyrus Jr., along with Dan Alonso, the chief assistant district attorney, and Adam Kaufmann, the chief of the investigative division. No one from the Major Economic Crimes Bureau was present. Kasowitz went on to deliver the same defense that other defense attorney’s had been making for months, without offering any new evidence. Another oddity: Kasowitz made a hefty $25,000 contribution to Vance’s reelection campaign around that time. Three months after that meeting, Vance decided there was nothing to the case to pursue and dropped the charges. Wow. Imagine that. Just before the 2012 meeting, Vance’s campaign had returned Kasowitz’s $25,000 contribution, in keeping with what Vance describes as standard practice when a donor has a case before his office. Kasowitz “had no influence and his contributions had no influence whatsoever on my decision-making in the case,” Vance said. But less than six months after the D.A.’s office dropped the case, Kasowitz made an even larger donation to Vance’s campaign, and helped raise more from others — eventually, a total of more than $50,000. After being asked about these donations as part of the reporting for this article — more than four years after the fact — Vance said he now plans to give back Kasowitz’s second contribution, too. “I don’t want the money to be a millstone around anybody’s neck, including the office’s,” he said. For his part, Kasowitz denies there was any quid pro quo attached to his donations. The criminal investigation surrounding Trump SoHo has been out there for a year, thanks to a report from the New York Times. All the other pertinent details, regarding the involvement of Trump Jr. and Ivanka, the email evidence, and Kasowitz’s contribution to Vance, however, are new. This is another report that can be added to the mountain of curious and corrupt tales of Trump’s dealings. And it looks like it’s a family affair. Poster Comment: Not a new story or a secret, just muckraking an old scandal. But why now? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
We know Trump's family gives a "nod" and a "wink" using their TRUMP name in business. Lots of cases in point such as foreign failed properties. But I don't care about Trump or his investments or scams by his family. I care about someone that cares about America that runs the government. That leaves the NYT and WP out and a lot of other news_speak.
Will that ever happen? Has it? People seem to pine for some perfect America that never did exist. It was always pretty much like this. Our presidents are awful, our Congress corrupt, our Supreme Court lazy and cowardly. We've always more or less sucked. Generally less so than other nations and usually a lot less so but still...
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