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New York fraud probe stays on Trump’s business records after April contempt ruling
The New York attorney general’s civil fraud investigation into the Trump Organization was already deep into a subpoena fight by mid-May 2022. The key procedural steps had happened earlier: the office moved to compel testimony and documents on January 18, sought contempt on April 7, and won a contempt ruling on April 25. The official record says investigators had preliminarily concluded the company used fraudulent or misleading asset valuations to obtain economic benefits.