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NEW YORK In a move that surely has all corners of Trump World worried, the New York attorney general’s office said yesterday that it is conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s businesses, expanding what had previously been only a civil probe. The difference between them is that now jail time – rather than just fines – is on the agenda.
“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, said in a statement. “We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA,” Levy said.
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Originally published on May 17, 2021 1:54 pm
Every time the president of the United States travels, he s accompanied by a cadre of Secret Service agents. Sometimes seen wearing crisp suits, sunglasses and ear pieces, the agents charged with protecting the president present a striking visual.
But Pulitzer Prize-winning
In her new book,
Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, Leonnig charts the agency s chronic, ridiculously large mission, which includes protecting U.S. political leaders and their family members as well as visiting heads of state. The Secret Service is also charged with investigating financial crimes, such as counterfeit money.