Prosecutor seeking Trump's cites reports of "extensive and protracted criminal conduct"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan prosecutor trying to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns told a judge Monday that he was justified in demanding them, citing public reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization.”

Trump’s lawyers last month said the grand jury subpoena for the tax returns was issued in bad faith and amounted to harassment of the president.

Manhattan District Attorney District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. seeks eight years of the Republican president’s personal and corporate tax records, but has disclosed little about what prompted him to request the records, other than part of the investigation relates to payoffs to women to keep them quiet about alleged affairs with Trump.

In a court filing Monday, though, attorneys for Vance said Trump’s arguments that the subpoena was too broad stemmed from “the false premise” that the probe was limited to so-called “hush-money” payments.

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[Jim__]

1. Based on Vance's statement, it sounds like if Trump can stall long enough ...

... the statute of limitations may expire on some potential charges. I would have expected that someone's stalling an investigation with improper pleadings would put some type of halt on the statute of limitations expiring. Suppose the courts rule against Trump and then he still doesn't turn over the documents. Could he run out the statute of limitations that way?

[procon]

2. I think you're right.

I was undecided about filing a civil lawsuit and the deadline was approaching. The deadline relates to the time frame you have to actually log in a formal legal intent to bring suit against the defendant.

My attorney advised to go ahead and get the legal process started by actually filing with the court. That was to protect my rights to sue by stopping the clock on the deadline, and I still had the option to withdraw if I wanted.

I don't know it this applies to everything, so don't rely on my anecdotal experience.