Project Lincoln ad predicts prosecution and jail after presidency for Trump

In its latest ad, the Lincoln Project, a political action committee of Republicans who oppose Republican President Donald Trump, predicts that once Trump’s presidency is over, he will quickly face legal action and possibly even to jail on account of the Southern District of New York (SDNY), a federal district court whose prosecutors have investigated “illegal actions” possibly taken by Trump.

The Lincoln Project’s ad, titled “Happy Moving Day, Donald,” uses the sound effects of moving pickup trucks, cleaning crews and fumigation crews to mimic people rubbing the “claw,” “indecency,” President of the White House “corruption”, “lies” and COVID-19. These preparations, the announcement said, must make way for “a new president, a real president, the next president of the United States, Joe Biden.”

“Hey, Donald. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. But wait, what’s that noise?” requests the voiceover towards the end of the one-minute duration of the ad. “It’s the sound of New York’s southern neighborhood, and they’re coming for you.” The announcement then ends with the sound of a prison cell slamming.

The SDNY is investigating whether Trump’s 2017 inauguration committee improperly spent the $ 107 million it raised for its inauguration event.

Additionally, the Manhattan District and New York State have conducted two investigations into the Trump Organization’s taxes: a criminal investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., and an investigation civil by Attorney General Letitia James. Both are Democrats.

Court records suggest that Vance’s investigation focuses on “bank, tax and insurance fraud, as well as the falsification of business records” by the Trump organization, Reuters reports.

James’ investigations suspect Trump of fraudulently reducing his taxable income between 2010 and 2018 with nearly $ 26 million in fees deducted from unidentified consultants expensed to professional expenses. Some of the fees may have been paid to Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump.

A 2017 financial disclosure when she became a White House presidential adviser showed Ivanka Trump received $ 747,622 in payments from TTT Consulting LLC, a consulting firm she co-owned. This financial figure matches exactly the consulting fees paid to the same company and claimed as tax deductions by the Trump Organization for its advice on hotel projects in Hawaii and Vancouver, Canada.

The payments also raise suspicion, as Ivanka Trump was also working as a senior executive in the Trump organization at the time, which means the organization may have in fact paid one of its own leaders to quit ‘he also regularly serves as a consultant, then wrote off the fees. as tax deductible expenses, which is prohibited by the IRS.

Trump called James and Vance’s investigations “politically motivated.”

Additionally, the attorneys general in Washington, DC and Maryland have an ongoing lawsuit alleging that Trump violated the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution by illegally using his presidential office for the benefit of his personal finances.

Trump also faces possible defamation lawsuits from sexual misconduct accusers, as well as possible federal tax evasion charges by the US Department of Justice, following reports that Trump paid only $ 750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017.

Newsweek contacted the Trump campaign for comment.