Judge orders Trump Organization to give more records to N.Y. attorney general
By Shayna Jacobs
Dec. 15, 2020 at 8:30 p.m. EST
NEW YORK — A state judge dealt a loss to the Trump Organization on Tuesday, ordering the president's company to turn over records related to a controversial property that is the subject of a civil investigation by the New York attorney general's office.
“We will immediately move to ensure that the Trump Organization complies with the court’s order and submits records related to our investigation,” Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said in a statement after the ruling.
Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his N.Y. mansion. Now the deal is under investigation.
The documents and communications at issue could help investigators answer questions about a conservation easement that was granted several years ago at the Seven Springs estate in suburban New York’s Westchester Country, a move that netted President Trump’s company a $21 million tax deduction. The materials, which Trump’s lawyers had sought to shield, include messages exchanged between an engineer and a land-use lawyer who worked on Trump’s behalf.
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