Donald Trump: what investigations are underway against the former US president?

Search at the place of residence Donald Trump able Florida again drew attention to various investigations related to the former Republican president.

tax and lawmakers are investigating issues ranging from their potential role in attacking Capitol to the business practices and tax returns of your family business.

Here are some of the key investigations:

Capitol Invasion

Explosive Substances Hearing Series House of Representatives who investigated the tragic capture of the Capitol by hundreds of supporters Trump On January 6, 2021, proposed a roadmap for potentially indicting the Republican mogul for a crime.

Legislators noted that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election to a Democrat Joe Biden but he persisted in his accusations of fraud, and finally called on his supporters in Washington for a demonstration that ended in an attack on Congress in which five people were killed.

The work of the House Committee is not related to the criminal investigation the Justice Department has launched into the hundreds of people involved in the attack, although the U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland did not say whether his prosecutors were investigating Trump.

“find” votes

Trump put pressure on representatives of the election commission in the southern US state. Georgia to “find” the votes needed to win Biden in 2020, prompting prosecutors to investigate the complaint.

Fulton County District Attorney, Fanny Willisa special grand jury was formed and investigators interviewed dozens of witnesses.

The investigation is currently looking into the phone call to election officials and Trump’s alleged public and private pressure on authorities, including the governor, the attorney general and the secretary’s chief investigator.

Trump In January, he defended himself by alleging “prosecution misconduct” at a rally in Texas (South) where he called for a protest against “radical, violent, and racist prosecutors”, causing Willis to demand enhanced security escorts. FBI.

Trump Organization

New York State authorities are investigating business practices trump organization, even if the group has misled creditors and tax authorities about the value of their property.

However, in March, the prosecutor who was investigating the former president’s finances resigned at the decision of the new District Attorney of Manhattan. Alvin Braggdo not continue the process against Trump.

The investigation tried to establish Trump fraudulently inflated the value of several assets to secure loans and then undervalued them to minimize taxes.

It was launched by Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance, and Bragg took over when he took over in January.

prosecutor Mark Pomeranz He claimed Trump was “guilty of numerous serious crimes,” according to his resignation letter published by The New York Times.

State Attorney General New YorkLetitia James is also advancing a civil investigation into the Trump family conglomerate in terms of property valuations and tax returns.

The Raid at the Florida Residence

The FBI raid and document search on Monday at Trump’s Florida residence was linked to possible mishandling of classified documents that were sent to Sea-lake after he left the White House in January 2021.

Authorities Ministry of Justice they declined to give a reason for the unprecedented move against the former president.

Representatives National Archives announced in February that they had seized 15 boxes of documents from Sea-lake and asked Ministry of Justice to investigate Trump’s handling of classified information.

Recovery of boxes raised doubts about compliance Trump to presidential registration laws enacted after the scandal Watergate 1970s that require residents oval office keep records.

Trump he called the search a “procedural violation” and the attack “an attack by radical left-wing Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for president in 2024.”

(AFP)