Trump team ‘fails to find’ documents judge demands
Donald Trump’s legal team wants to void a contempt ruling and $10,000-per-day fine against the former president over a subpoena for documents related to a New York civil investigation into his business dealings, saying they’ve conducted a detailed search for the relevant files.
A new, 66-page court filing describes Trump’s lawyers’ efforts to produce documents sought by New York Attorney-General Letitia James’s office, which is probing whether Trump may have misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for more than a decade.
Trump has called the investigation a political witch hunt and recently called James, who is Black, ‘‘racist’’ and said the courts were ‘‘biased, unyielding and totally unfair.’’
Last week, a New York appellate judge rejected his bid to suspend the fine while Trump appeals the decision.
Trump attorney Alina Habba said the responses to the subpoena were complete and correct and that no relevant documents or information were withheld. Habba conducted searches of Trump’s offices and private quarters at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, according to the filing, but didn’t find any relevant documents.