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+ The Tr*mp Organization's legal team anticipates the company will be accused of tax crimes relating to alleged failure to pay taxes on corporate benefits and perks, including cars and apartment buildings provided to employees. + "They didn't use the word 'fringe benefits' or anything like that, but they alleged improper benefits that were conferred on some of the high-ranking individuals in the Tr*mp Organization," Fischetti said. + During last Thursday's meeting (6-24-2021), prosecutors left attorneys for Mr. Tr*mp and his company with the distinct impression that they planned to proceed with charges in the coming days, possibly as early as this week. + The decision to bring charges against the company itself — instead of company employees — could give prosecutors leverage to demand changes on the corporate level or levy fines as part of a negotiated settlement. 

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+ The New York Times reported on Tuesday (6-15-2021) that the Manhattan district attorney’s office has apparently “entered the final stages of a criminal tax investigation” of Allen Weisselberg, the Tr*mp Organization’s longtime chief financial officer. + The report that prosecutors might be nearing the final stages of their criminal tax inquiry into Weisselberg comes in the wake of reports that Jeff McConney – a senior vice president and controller for the T*ump Organization – has testified before the Manhattan special grand jury. + McConney, “one of the most senior officials” in this company, is also the first Tr*mp Organization staffer called to testify – and is one of “a number of witnesses” who have been before the panel, ABC reported. + McConney’s role as the Tr*mp Organization’s money man could have dramatic implications for an investigation into possible financial crimes at the sprawling business empire. The special grand jury convened by the Manhattan

district attorney’s office is expected to decide whether to indict Tr*mp, other executives at his company or the business itself if presented with criminal charges by prosecutors. + The investigation is broad and relates to Tr*mp’s business affairs predating his presidency. The inquiry is examining whether the value of some property in his company’s real estate portfolio was presented in a way that defrauded insurance companies and banks.  The investigation also is trying to determine whether sketchy property valuations might have led to unlawful tax breaks, according to the Washington Post. + With Weisselberg, the Manhattan district attorney’s office is reportedly probing whether he received any “fringe benefits” from the company on top of his salary, and if said benefits were taxed adequately. + Although Tr*mp and Weisselberg were usually the “only two people in the room”, when prepping tax paperwork and other financial documents, McConney brought them the “original documents and tranches of raw data”, the Daily Beast reported.  So, McConney might have financial information that potentially could be used against Weisselberg or Tr*mp. + Weisselberg’s attorney said “no comment” when asked about the inquiry and Times report. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment. + Longtime defense attorneys told the Guardian that such revelations about grand jury witness testimony might give clues about prosecutors’ strategy and thoughts about potential wrongdoing.  When prosecutors start calling witnesses before grand juries, it typically means the investigation has hit the stage where prosecutors feel they have a criminal case against someone. + Daniel R Alonso, a partner at Buckley LLP’s New York office whose past work includes serving as chief assistant district attorney with the Manhattan district attorney, said: “You’ve got to start with the proposition that it’s pretty clear they’re targeting Allen Weisselberg, the CFO. If that’s correct, which it seems to be, it’s an obvious move to get the testimony of the controller on record. + “It appears from the reporting that he’s getting immunity,” Alonso said of McConney. “They either don’t think that he has criminal exposure or if he does, they’re more interested in getting people higher up on the food chain if they can.” ... McConney did not respond to an email request for comment. + Rebecca Roiphe, a former prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney’s office who now works as a professor at New York Law School, explained that in New York state courts, a witness called before the grand jury can’t be prosecuted for what they testify about.  “You really don’t want to use the grand jury, at least in terms of calling witnesses, at an early stage of your investigation because you don’t want to have to accidentally give somebody immunity,” Roiphe said. + So, if prosecutors are calling witnesses before a grand jury, they have a strong sense of who they want to prosecute – they are not just calling people in a way that could jeopardize a case.  “They must have a sense that they have a criminal case against somebody, because of the grand jury practice of New York,” Roiphe said. + “It seems that it’s a more advanced investigation. It’s not just the detectives and prosecutors thinking in theory about an investigation – they’re actively interviewing witnesses and putting a possible indictment together,” said Jeffrey Lichtman, a longtime criminal defense attorney.  “They don’t just call these people out of the blue.”

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+ The House of Representatives voted 412-12 on Wednesday (3-17-2021) to award the Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department officers who protected lawmakers when a mob breached the U.S. Capitol Building more than two months ago. + A dozen Republicans voted not to award the medal to law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol from the rioters. That's two more votes than the 10 GOP members who voted to impeach Tr*mp for urging supporters to "stop the steal" of the 2020 president election and disrupt a joint session of Congress to certify President Joe Biden's victory. ... + The 12 votes against the resolution were Louie Gohmert, Michael Cloud and Lance Gooden of Texas; Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde of Georgia; Matt Gaetz and Greg Steube of Florida; Andy Biggs of Arizona; Thomas Massie of Kentucky; Andy Harris of Maryland; Bob Good of Virginia; and John Rose of Tennessee. + The vote demonstrates how the framing of the attack on the Capitol is still a political flashpoint for lawmakers, despite the risks law enforcement took that day to protect Congress.  Three police officers died following the attack.

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+ The liberal group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed its opposition to the Justice Department's motion to stay a federal judge's order to release the document, which laid out the legal rationale for essentially clearing former pres-ident Tr*mp of wrongdoing in relation to the special counsel investigation. + The DOJ said this week it would be appealing the order from District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, though it apologized in response to her accusations that former Attorney General William Barr had been "disingenuous" and asked her to stay her decision while it filed an appeal. + In a brief filed on Friday (5-28-2021), CREW accused the DOJ of seeking to protect its "parochial interest in preventing embarrassing information from becoming public that would cast the agency and individual agency actors in a bad light." + "By contrast, continuing to deprive the public of critical information to evaluate the conduct of former Attorney General Barr and former pres-ident Tr*mp, who still plays an outsize role on the political stage and has yet to be held accountable for his many misdeeds in and since leaving office, would cause harm to Plaintiff and the public," the court filing reads. "Under any

analysis, the public interest in disclosure outweighs any interest DOJ has in continuing to keep this information secret." + The Justice Department revealed its intention to appeal Jackson's decision this week.  "In retrospect, the government acknowledges that its briefs could have been clearer, and it deeply regrets the confusion that caused," the DOJ said in a court filing Monday (5-24-2021). + The decision disappointed Tr*mp critics and Democrats in Congress who had called on the new administration not to block the document's release following Jackson's blistering decision earlier this month. + CREW filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in 2019, seeking to obtain a memo prepared for Barr, that is said to lay out the reasoning for the former attorney general's conclusion that the conduct described in the report from former special counsel Robert Mueller did not support obstruction of justice charges against Tr*mp. + Jackson had accused the DOJ of misrepresenting the Mueller report's conclusions to the public in 2019 during the brief period after it had been submitted to the department but before it had been released to Congress.  She also criticized the department's attorneys for misrepresenting the memo in a way that would support keeping it out of public view. special counsel 

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+ Miller will tell the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday (5-12-23021) that he was concerned before the insurrection that sending troops to the building could fan fears of a military coup and cause a repeat of the deadly Kent State shootings, according to a copy of prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. + His testimony, in the latest in a series of congressional hearings centered on the riot, is aimed at rebutting broad criticism that military forces were too slow to arrive, even as pro-Tr*mp rioters violently breached the building and stormed inside. + Miller will be joined by former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who is also testifying for the first time about the Justice Department's role in the run-up to the riot.Miller will say he was determined that the military have only limited involvement, a perspective he says was shaped by criticism of the aggressive

response to the civil unrest that roiled American cities months earlier, as well as decades-old episodes that ended in violence. + The Defense Department has “an extremely poor record in supporting domestic law enforcement," including during civil rights and Vietnam War protests in the 1960s and 1970s and the fatal shooting 51 years ago of four students at Kent State University by Ohio National Guard members, Miller says in his prepared remarks. “I was committed to avoiding repeating these scenarios," he says. + Miller also denies that former pres-ident Donald Tr*mp, criticized for failing to forcefully condemn the rioters, had any involvement in the Defense Department's response. + Miller will be the most senior Pentagon official to participate in hearings on the riots. The sessions so far have featured finger-pointing about missed intelligence, poor preparations and an inadequate law enforcement response.  The Capitol Police have faced criticism for being badly overmatched, the FBI for failing to share with sufficient urgency intelligence suggesting a possible “war” at the Capitol, and the Defense Department for an hourslong delay in getting support to the complex despite the violent, deadly chaos unfolding on TV.

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+ With Republicans close to reclaiming control of the House next year, the treatment of Cheney suggests GOP leaders will do almost anything to rally the party's base, even if that means sweeping the events of Jan. 6 under the rug and embracing — or refusing to confront — Tr*mp's ongoing lie that he won the 2020 election, a campaign that he actually lost by a wide margin. + Those backing Cheney's ouster argue she has become a distraction by continuing to criticize Tr*mp, who remains the dominating force in the party. They want to move forward, they say, and focus on policy ideas and providing

a clear contrast with Democrats. + But critics see the fight as a larger distraction.  “My unsolicited advice would be: Talk about the future and what you offer to Americans,” said Alyssa Farah, the former Tr*mp White House communications director.  “I do worry that this is sort of showing that we're going to continue more the politics of personality, as opposed to the politics of policy and deliverables to the American public." + While a message about being “sufficiently pro-Tr*mp” may work in certain districts, Farah noted Republicans' focus on election interference depressed GOP turnout in Georgia, where the party lost two runoff elections in January that gave Democrats control of the Senate.  And Farah warned that aligning the party with lies about voter fraud could turn off suburban voters and older voters in key swing districts.

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+  President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday will take place in a U.S. Capitol on high alert, with memories fresh of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the building by supporters of his predecessor, Donald Tr*mp. + The crowd inside the Capitol will be a fraction of the hundreds of members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, top government officials and guests who typically attend, to allow for more social distancing in a COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 572,000 Americans. + But security will be higher than usual, even for what is officially designated a "National Special Security Event," with the Secret Service in charge of security. + The white-domed building is still surrounded by a black steel mesh fence with some 2,250 armed National Guard troops from 18 states plus the District of Columbia on duty in the city, the vestiges of a much larger force put in place after Tr*mp supporters stormed the building as Congress was voting to certify Biden's election victory.

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+ If Azar could get the drug, what would the White House need to do to make that happen? + Azar thought for a moment. It was Oct. 1, 2020, and the drug was still in clinical trials. The Food and Drug Administration would have to make a "compassionate use" exception for its use since it was not yet available to the public. Only about 10 people so far had used it outside of those trials. Azar said of course he would help. + Azar wasn't told who the drug was for but would later connect the dots. The patient was one of Pres-ident Donald Tr*mp's closest advisers: Hope Hicks. + A short time later, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn received a request from a top White House official for a separate case, this time with even greater urgency: Could he get the FDA to sign off on a compassionate-use authorization for a monoclonal antibody right away?  There is a standard

process that doctors use to apply to the FDA for unapproved drugs on behalf of patients dealing with life-threatening illnesses who have exhausted all other options, and agency scientists review it. The difference was that most people don't call the commissioner directly. + The White House wanted Hahn to say yes within hours. Hahn, who still did not know who the application was for, consulted career officials. The FDA needs to go by the book, the officials insisted. + Hahn relayed the message back to the White House. They kept pressing him to effectively cut corners. No, we can't do that, Hahn told them several times. We're talking about someone's life. We have to actually examine the application to make sure we're doing it safely. + When Hahn later learned the effort was on behalf of the pres-ident, he was stunned. For God's sake, he thought, it's the pres-ident who's sick, and you want us to bend the rules? + Tr*mp was in the highest-risk category for severe disease from Covid-19 - at 74, he rarely exercised and was considered medically obese. He was the type of patient with whom you would want to take every possible precaution. As it did with all compassionate-use applications, the FDA made a decision within 24 hours. Agency officials scrambled to figure out which company's monoclonal antibody would be most appropriate given the clinical information they had, and selected the one from Regeneron, known simply as Regen-Cov. + A five-day stretch in October 2020 - from the moment White House officials began an extraordinary effort to get Tr*mp lifesaving drugs to the day the president returned to the White House from the hospital - marked a dramatic turning point in the nation's flailing coronavirus response. + Tr*mp's brush with severe illness and the prospect of death caught the White House so unprepared that they had not even briefed Vice President Mike Pence's team on a plan to swear him in if Tr*mp became incapacitated. + For months, the pres-ident had taunted and dodged the virus, flouting safety protocols by holding big rallies and packing the White House with maskless guests. But just one month before the election, the virus that had already killed more than 200,000 Americans had sickened the most powerful person on the planet. + Tr*mp's medical advisers hoped his bout with the coronavirus, which was far more serious than acknowledged at the time, would inspire him to take the virus seriously.  Perhaps now, they thought, he would encourage Americans to wear masks and put his health and medical officials front and center in the response. + Instead, Tr*mp emerged from the experience triumphant and ever more defiant. He urged people not to be afraid of the virus or let it dominate their lives, disregarding that he had had access to health care and treatments unavailable to other Americans. + It was, several advisers said, the last chance to turn the response around. And once the opportunity passed, it was the point of no return. (Remainder omitted.)

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+ A former federal prosecutor has called for the criminal prosecution of Donald Tr*mp, saying he was responsible for “an unabated crime wave as president.” + On (6-11-2021)  Friday’s episode of MSNBC’s “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell,” Glenn Kirschner warned of a future “runaway criminal president” if Tr*mp is not held accountable for some of the “many” offenses he committed while in office. + Kirschner, who was a prosecutor in the District of Columbia’s U.S. attorney’s office for 24 years and now works as an MSNBC legal analyst, listed some of Tr*mp’s misdeeds, including being impeached over the Ukraine scandal and his administration’s obstruction of congressional proceedings. + “There are so many other offenses,” Kirschner said. “There are countless, avoidable COVID deaths that I think could be pursued by the states.  Then, of course, there is inciting the insurrection. We saw it with our own eyes.” + “If (Tr*mp) is not held accountable, if we don’t prosecute him, then what we are doing is we are encouraging tomorrow’s version of Donald Tr*mp,” Kirschner added. “We have to prosecute today’s version of Donald Tr*mp to send the message that we will not tolerate a runaway, criminal president.”

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+ “This is a very ongoing investigation and there's a lot more to come," Wray said during an oversight hearing held by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. "I would expect to see more charges — some of them maybe more serious charges." + Wray testified that the FBI considered the attack an act of "domestic terrorism." He said he understands why Democratic lawmakers have called the attack an "insurrection," but said it would not be appropriate for him to use that word because of the effect it could have on pending criminal cases. + "In my role as FBI director, because that's a term that has legal meaning, I really have to be careful about using words like that," Wray said. + Democratic lawmakers repeatedly grilled Wray, appointed by Tr*mp in 2017,

over what they said were intelligence failures that left law enforcement ill-prepared for the deadly attack.  "The FBI's inaction in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 is simply baffling," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said. + "It is hard to tell whether FBI headquarters merely missed the evidence — which had been flagged by your field offices and was available online for all the world to see — or whether the Bureau saw the intelligence, underestimated the threat, and simply failed to act,"  Nadler said. + Wray responded that on Jan. 5 an FBI field office in Virginia issued an explicit warning, sent to U.S. Capitol Police, that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence.  Wray added that "almost none" of the 500 people charged so far with participating in the attack had been under FBI investigation previously, suggesting it would have been difficult for the FBI to have monitored them in advance. + "You can be darn sure that we are going to be looking hard at how we can do better, how we can do more, how we can do things differently in terms of collecting and disseminating" intelligence, Wray said. + Asked whether the FBI was investigating Tr*mp or his associate Roger Stone, Wray said he could neither confirm nor deny any FBI investigation. + "I'm talking about Mr. Big, Number One," said Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, referring to Trump. "Have you gone after the people who incited the riot?" + Wray responded: "I don't think it would be appropriate for me to be discussing whether or not we are or aren't investigating specific individuals."

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+ Business Insider first reported on Thursday (6-10-2021) that the donation page on Donald Tr*mp’s website for his “Save America” political action committee (PAC) is trying to pull a fast one over on his supporters. + The leadership PAC’s donation page automatically ticks two boxes that might go unnoticed while a user is trying to send Tr*mp cash. The first reads, “Submit your name on the Official Founding Member Donor List by making this a monthly contribution!” + The second box prompts users who send donations to help “surprise” the former president with a “RECORD BREAKING FUNDRAISING DAY” on his birthday on June 14 by donating the same amount again on that date. + Neglecting to uncheck these boxes would triple the amount Tr*mp will be able to debit a supporter’s bank account or payment card over the next month. For example, a user who sent in $500 today (June 10) without reading the fine print would be billed $500 again on June 15 and $500 again on July 10, as well as the 10th of every month after that. + This is a method that falls under the category of “dark patterns,” a broad umbrella of various technical and UI tricks that website and app operators use to mislead users into authorizing unforeseen or recurring charges, hand over personal data, sign up for contact lists, or any number of other things. Dark

patterns are used by everyone from Amazon (making it difficult to stop a Prime subscription) to mobile game developers (making it as easy as possible to keep buying jewels).  In this case, the pre-clicked boxes and the “wish Tr*mp a happy birthday” banalities of the text make it easy to miss that the additional donations are opt-out, not opt-in. + Anyone who has signed up to a mailing list or even just visited the website of a campaign candidate, political party, PAC, or nonprofit knows that they’ll be hit up for cash — that’s just the nature of the beast.  It’s not particularly unusual for them to be annoyingly thirsty, spamming mail, email, and phone lists with frustrating regularity.  But Tr*mp’s operation is particularly aggressive even by those standards. + Throughout the month of May, according to the Independent, Tr*mp supporters received at least one text a day asking for donations to the “Tr*mp Make America Great Again Committee.” That organization splits funds with the Republican National Committee (RNC), Tr*mp’s Save America PAC, and Tr*mp’s 2020 presidential campaign (which ended 2020 with nearly $10.75 million cash on hand and over $2.7 million in debt, half of it owed to a shell company operated by Tr*mp campaign officials). + Despite a disastrous one-term presidency that ended with a devastating pandemic, two impeachment trials, and a failed coup on Jan. 6 that resulted in multiple deaths, Tr*mp has signaled he intends to run for office again in 2024 and isn’t skipping a beat using that as an excuse to gobble up as many donations as possible.  Save America PAC was created the day after Tr*mp lost the 2020 elections and raised over $31.2 million by the end of the year, mainly billing itself as a vehicle to fund his long-shot, failed bid to overturn the election results via a series of failed lawsuits (and eventually, the attempted insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that resulted in multiple deaths). + One likely reason Tr*mp’s team is boosting the PAC, in particular, according to Business Insider, is because it is under no obligation to share funds with the RNC, which distributes funds to Republican congressional candidates.  The logic goes that if Tr*mp is able to starve the RNC of funds while building his own war chest, that places him to maintain his considerable leverage over the Republican Party as an institution. That has the additional benefit of ensuring that the funds remain entirely under Tr*mp’s control, with little in the way stopping him from dipping into them personally. + The Independent reported Save America PAC’s most recent Federal Election Commission filings showed it has at least $85 million in cash.  Although it’s not able to fund Tr*mp’s anticipated 2024 bid directly or pay down remaining debts from his 2020 campaign, both CNN and Business Insider reported Tr*mp could use the funds to pay for himself and allies to host and travel to pro-Tr*mp rallies across the country, pay himself or family members salaries, or throw events at Tr*mp-owned or operated facilities, where revenue would flow into his own pockets. + This would be entirely legal, Common Cause vice president of policy and litigation Paul Ryan told CNN.

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+ In late 2020, Trump allowed drilling to commence in a 1.5 million-acre coastal section of the 19 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an area believed to contain around 11 billion barrels of oil, The New York Times reported. + The area, known as America's last wilderness, has been subject to attempts to harvest its natural resources for decades.  But on Tuesday (6-01-2021) Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paused the leases so that the Department of the Interior could assess the environmental impact of drilling, and clarify the legality of the leases, the department said in a statement. + The Tr*mp administration may have failed to consider the "reasonable range of alternatives" required under the National Environmental Policy Act, the department said. + The suspension has been met with anger from conservatives. ... + On January 20, Biden signed an executive order prohibiting new leases from being dispensed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  However,

environmentalists slammed the Justice Department this month (May 2021) for backing Tr*mp's decision to start selling leases, after it said in a May 26 filing that it found the project to be "reasonable and consistent," The Guardian reported. + At the time, Kristen Monsell, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, told the newspaper it was "incredibly disappointing to see the Biden administration defending this environmentally disastrous project." + As well as contributing to rising fossil fuel emissions, environmentalists say that drilling will also impact the lives of the thousands of animals that live there, such as polar bears, caribou, snowy owls, The Associated Press reported.

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+ The revelation signals that the criminal case surrounding the Tr*mp organization is moving to a more advanced stage. + The investigation is being led by Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s office, and has evolved into a criminal case, looking into Tr*mp's real estate company's financial practices and how money moved between higher-ups at the organization. The investigation has looked into Tr*mp's tax returns, and is delving into how the organization filed reimbursements to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. + Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that Vance's office had convened a special grand jury for the case, which will consider whether there is enough evidence to justify bringing charges against Tr*mp. The grand jury is set to meet three days a week, for between three and six months. + The move signals that with a longer jury, the DA's office may continue to call witnesses over the timeline of the case.Investigators have also taken a series of steps to analyze the finances of Tr*mp Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg.  Prosecutors have subpoenaed his and his family's financial records, and are looking into the perks he may have arranged for his son Barry, who is a longtime Tr*mp Organization employee.

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+ The development is the latest step towards the 74-year-old Tr*mp, who left the White House in January, possibly becoming the first ever ex-U eader to face criminal charges.  The grand jury was set up recently and will sit three days a week for six months, reported The Washington Post, citing two unnamed people familiar with the case. + The panel is also hearing several matters unrelated to Trump's case, the paper added.ABC also reported the move. + The Washington Post said it suggests that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance may have found evidence of a crime, if not by Tr*mp, then by somebody close to him. + A spokesman for Vance refused to comment when contacted by AFP. + In the United States, prosecutors typically refer important cases to grand juries, made up of citizens who examine the prosecution's case in secret. They hear evidence and can request additional documents before deciding whether criminal charges should be brought. + Vance and New York state Attorney General Letitia James, both Democrats, are investigating Tr*mp's business dealings.They are probing whether the Tr*mp Organization committed tax evasion, insurance and bank fraud.

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+ The news comes weeks after it was revealed that Michael Cohen, former pres-ident Donald Tr*mp's one-time personal attorney, had been interviewed multiple times by Manhattan's district attorney. + The district attorney's criminal inquiry has focused on whether the Tr*mp Organization -- an umbrella company for the former president's business interests -- engaged in tax and insurance fraud, among other crimes. + Speaking to Insider, Cohen said his former boss should expect more bad news.  "As more documents are reviewed by the NYAG and NYDA, it appears that the troubles for Donald Tr*mp just keep on coming," he said.  "Soon enough, Donald and Associates will be held responsible for their actions," Cohen added. + Attorney General Letitia James's office had been working with Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's Office since 2019.  Vance is looking at documents

including Tr*mp's tax returns to see if the former president's organization misled lenders about the value of their properties and paid appropriate taxes. + Last week (10 to 14 May 2021), prosecutors from Vance's office subpoenaed Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, an elite private school attended by Tr*mp Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg's grandchildren.  The children's mother, Jennifer Weisselberg, previously told Insider that Tr*mp would include school tuition in compensation packages to her husband, Barry Weisselberg. + Prosecutors are looking into whether including tuition in the compensation package allowed Barry or Allen Weisselberg to avoid paying taxes. + A spokesperson for the former president did not immediately return a request for comment.

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+ The U.S. House of Representatives broke new ground Wednesday by impeaching a president for a second time, a week before he leaves office, indicting Pres-ident Tr*mp for inciting a riot with false claims of a stolen election that led to the storming of the Capitol and five deaths. ... + The House took a final vote Wednesday afternoon, one week after the riot and just two days after the impeachment resolution was filed. It was a stunningly swift response from a House that took nearly three months to impeach Tr*mp in 2019 on charges of abuse of power and contempt of Congress. + But with just seven days remaining in Tr*mp’s term, it became increasingly certain Wednesday that Tr*mp would not be removed from office prematurely. 

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