China News Service, February 15. According to the Chinese website of the United States, recently, New York prosecutors have been investigating whether the Trump Organization illegally inflated the value of its assets.
The accounting firm, which has long worked with the Trump Organization, abruptly cut off business ties last week, according to a court filing made public on February 14.
Data map: Former US President Trump.
The accounting firm Mazars USA sent a letter to the Trump Organization last week notifying the decision and revealing that it would no longer support its annual financial statement prepared for Trump.
The company said that overall it has not found any false information about Mazars USA's own asset assessment provided by the Trump Organization, but based on the combined circumstances, it requires the Trump Organization to notify recipients of these statements that they should no longer rely on them. these statements.
In a statement, a Trump Organization spokesman said it was "disappointed that Mazars USA chose to part ways."
The New York Times pointed out that these financial statements are at the heart of two investigations into Trump and his organization.
The Manhattan District Attorney in New York City and New York State prosecutors are separately investigating whether Trump used the claims to defraud lenders into obtaining better loan terms.
According to reports, Mazars USA's letter was submitted to the court by the office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
As part of the investigation, his office is seeking to question Trump himself and his adult children.
Trump's lawyers have asked the judge to bar such questions.
The letter, filed on February 14, is seen as the latest effort by Zhan Lexia's side to continue seeking questions.
In previous court filings, Lexia argued that Trump had made potentially misleading statements about the value of at least six of his properties, including the penthouse Trump himself owned in Trump Tower. .