At New York
Donald Trump had feared this day since his stealthy departure from the White House.
Until the last moment, the former President of the United States had fought tooth and nail to preserve his prerogatives, contesting the results of the ballot box and denouncing massive fraud without ever proving its existence.
He knew that, as soon as noon came, on January 20, with the swearing in of his Democratic successor Joe Biden, he would again become a simple citizen: subject to legal proceedings, both criminal and civil, which he had been able to dodge for four years by hiding behind the immunity conferred by the presidential office.
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For 17 months, Manhattan prosecutor Cyrus Vance Jr. had been claiming these tax and banking records from the Mazars USA accounting firm.
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