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President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 5, 2020. Questions about Trump’s business practices are piling up. Whether the former president is forced to answer any of them could be decided in a matter of days. New York’s attorney general will go to court Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, seeking to enforce a subpoena for Trump’s testimony in a civil investigation she says uncovered evidence his company used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of his properties to get loans and tax benefits. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Court fight looms as questions swirl over Trump's finances
By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press
Tue,02/15/22-3:57PM , 87 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about Donald Trump's business practices are piling up. Whether the former president is forced to answer any of them under oath could be decided in a matter of days.
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A woman walks past the Trump Building in New York's financial district, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Mazars USA LLP, the accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements, says the documents “should no longer be relied upon” after investigators said they found evidence he and his company regularly misstated the value of assets. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Accounting firm: Trump financial statements aren't reliable
By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press
Mon,02/14/22-4:45PM , 133 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump's image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New York's attorney general said they regularly misstated the value of assets.
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Former President Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during a rally in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25, 2021. The New York attorney general’s office says its civil investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump's company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits. In a court filing late Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, Attorney General Letitia James’ office said evidence showed that the Trump Organization routinely misrepresented the value of its properties and golf clubs in financial statements. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

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New York AG says Trump's company misled banks, tax officials
By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press
Wed,01/19/22-12:13AM , 220 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general says her investigators have uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of its golf clubs, skyscrapers and other property to get loans and tax benefits.
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Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell speaks during a news conference after a gang bust in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Sewell spent her entire policing career in suburban Long Island before recently becoming New York City's first police commissioner from outside the department in over two decades. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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New NYPD leader makes history after a strong 1st impression
By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press
Thu,01/06/22-3:31PM , 86 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s new mayor says he picked Keechant Sewell as the city's first female police commissioner partly because of her poise in handling a mock crisis he threw at her in the interview process.
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