Court monitor Barbara Jones sent her letter to Justice Engoron, who will determine whether to ban Trump from New York real estate for life

Court monitor Barbara Jones sent her letter to Justice Engoron, who will determine whether to ban Trump from New York real estate for life

The court-appointed monitor overseeing Donald Trump’s businesses told a judge on Friday that the former president’s financial information has contained “incomplete” or “inconsistent” disclosures containing “errors.”

“I have identified certain deficiencies in the financial information that I have reviewed, including disclosures that are either incomplete, present results inconsistently, and/or contain errors,” former federal judge Barbara Jones, tasked with scrutinizing the former president’s business empire, wrote in a 12-page letter.

Though she described Trump and his businesses as “cooperative” with her investigation, Jones added that “information required to be submitted to me pursuant to the terms of the monitorship order and review protocol has, at times, been lacking in completeness and timeliness.”

  • Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com
    29·
    9 months ago

    My understanding is that the monitor’s job is to report information to the judge, not make decisions for them. Offering up her own accusations of fraud could easily be overstepping her position.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
      311·
      9 months ago

      Oh, she goes so out of her way to talk about the ongoing fraud in the Trump organizations but can’t arrive at a definite decision that I assumed it was part of her role to come to a decision.

      • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
        13·
        9 months ago

        Think if it as an equivalent to “I’m not a lawyer, but…”. or when an x-ray technician says “I’m not a doctor, but…”

        She has no legal authority to make a final decision, only to relay the facts of her investigation. If she were to say “TFG is guilty”, it would open an avenue for Orange Hitler to contest something on legal grounds for improper process or some other such nonsense.

        Given the unprecedented (starting to hate that word) scope of everything surrounding the fake-tan meatsack, “Cover Your Ass” is the name of the game for the prosecution.