Hey Marc. I know you don't know me but I just wanted to jump in because I can't help it. I'm trying to make sure people have facts and then make decisions from there.

In the New York fraud case, there were indeed victims and they are the citizens of New York. The former president didn't just give increased valuations to banks and other places he may have borrowed money from, but he then also gave UNDER ESTIMATED valuations when it came to times when taxes would be decided from the figures he gave. That means while Joe Blow down the street had to pay his taxes, the former prez was able to slide on taxes by undercutting what his properties were worth. Going after wealthy people to pay their fair share is not being political, it's leveling the field so that it's not the middle and lower classes paying for most of what we have in America. And just a little side note, trump org Chief Financial Official Allen Weisselberg admitted that the SOP was to falsify business records and commit tax fraud. He, and others, would make the financial statements come up with a final result that their leader wanted them to come up with. That is from Weisselberg and Michael Cohen both of whom worked for him AND went to jail for him.

The reason that these cases are happening now is that they could not be investigated or prosecuted when trump was in office as AG Barr would not allow them to be. That means they could not start until 1/21/20 and at that point had to wait for Merrick Garland to be approved and for his office to get up to speed and to do investigations. Also, I'm sure that NY AG Leticia James knows the importance of using professional appraisers and did so in her case. She did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday. She is an astute attorney as evidenced by the fact that she is the New York State Attorney General.