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empedocles

(15,751 posts)
Sun Sep 18, 2022, 12:52 PM Sep 2022

More anti-traitortrump ammunition coming.

''Trump’s Former Accounting Firm Begins Turning Over Documents to Congress

Mazars USA delivered an initial set of documents related to the former president’s finances to the House Oversight Committee as part of a settlement.''

['settlement', seems like soft pedaling to me. The accountants said they can't stand by their earlier accounting reports re trump.]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/17/us/politics/mazars-accounting-trump-documents.html

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More anti-traitortrump ammunition coming. (Original Post) empedocles Sep 2022 OP
I see 🤯 Deuxcents Sep 2022 #1
Alvin Bragg won't be needing it. gab13by13 Sep 2022 #2
Information, shared, formally or informally, is often helpful to like-minded parties. empedocles Sep 2022 #3
I think the 'settlement' part of it means stopdiggin Sep 2022 #4
Mazars is 'cooperating'. Yes. empedocles Sep 2022 #5

stopdiggin

(15,463 posts)
4. I think the 'settlement' part of it means
Sun Sep 18, 2022, 01:24 PM
Sep 2022

they surrendered this information under pressure - most likely to avoid some type of legal penalty (or perhaps simply entanglement). "Give us the the records - or prepare to meet us in court." I'd also hazard that this is probably absolutely standard with accounting and financial firms. Quite obviously there are privacy standards.

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