Former President Donald Trump said the New York attorney general office's decision to work alongside the Manhattan district attorney in a criminal probe of his business dealings is nothing more than a "continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of the United States."
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s investigation into the Trump Organization, now bringing a criminal element to the case, the AG s office announced.
James said that her office is venturing into the investigation into the former president’s organization, which has been under a civil probe since 2019. Now, the AG is saying that they are now investigating criminal components.
“We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature, James spokesman Fabien Levy said. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA. We have no additional comment.”
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Former US president Donald Trump has responded to the news that his business, the Trump Organisation, is under criminal investigation. We have informed the Trump Organisation that our investigation into the company is no longer purely civil in nature, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a brief statement yesterday.
19 May 2021
Former President Trump and his allies slammed the New York attorney general’s investigation into the Trump organization, dismissing the “criminal investigation” as yet another political witch hunt.
On Tuesday, the New York attorney general’s office announced the civil probe into Trump’s business empire had transitioned to a criminal investigation, providing little details on the shift.
“We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the company is no longer purely civil in nature,” Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Attorney General Letitia James, stated.
“We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA,” Levy added.