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Legal scrutiny of Donald Trump intensifies post presidency
Beyond impeachment: Trump also faces several criminal and civil probes
Replay Video UP NEXT As his second Senate impeachment trial gets underway, former President Donald Trump faces growing legal scrutiny of his conduct in the aftermath of the 2020 election and of his business practices in the years before taking office. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading a civil probe of Trump and his family business, told ABC News Live that she is acquiring new evidence daily thousands and thousands of documents even as the former president continues to resist cooperating since leaving office.
Mark Martin, who was an informal legal adviser for Donald Trump’s battle against the 2020 election, is facing scrutiny for purportedly helping fuel the violence that broke out at the Capitol .
Donald TrumpTrump mocks Murkowski, Cheney election chancesRace debate grips CongressUS reentry to Paris agreement adds momentum to cities sustainability effortsMORE may be the most convicted man never charged in America. Several reports have revealed the Justice Department has decided not to charge him with campaign finance violations related to hush money paid to former stripper Stormy Daniels. What was touted by many experts as a slam dunk criminal charge has now joined a lengthy list of alleged crimes that were once endless nightly cable news sensations.
The disconnect between analysis and reality matters little in the media. Many of the same experts now tout the charge of criminal incitement in the Capitol riots. It is another open and shut case in their minds. For four years, they supplied a stream of allegations, all described as conclusive, to feed the insatiable appetites of the audiences. The campaign finance charge was one of the more credible claims, since former Trump l