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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Fri May 21, 2021, 12:15 AM May 2021

What Trump has to worry about now (opinion)

Donald Trump hears the footsteps of law enforcement getting closer, and he's not happy. He has posted a bitter 900-word rant -- one of the longest statements he's issued since leaving office -- aimed at New York Attorney General Letitia James. It offers a revealing look at Trump's growing legal troubles, now that a long-running investigation into the Trump Organization by James's office has ratcheted up and may now include the possibility of criminal charges.

"There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime," Trump wrote on his website. "But, make no mistake, that is exactly what is happening here. The Attorney General of New York literally campaigned on prosecuting Donald Trump even before she knew anything about me. She said that if elected, she would use her office to look into 'every aspect' of my real estate dealings."

A spokesperson for James told CNN: "We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan D.A."

We don't know exactly what James is investigating; it's unusual for a prosecutor to announce the possibility of criminal charges in this fashion. She could be sending a signal to witnesses and potential cooperators that things are about to get serious. Or she could simply be reacting to information that was leaked to the media.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-trump-has-to-worry-about-now-opinion/ar-AAKdqKo

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What Trump has to worry about now (opinion) (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
Didn't they announce today the financial officer is being criminally investigated Hoyt May 2021 #1
Donald Trump doesn't have a clue, AG Letitia James will get him. She is a lot smarter than Trump Stuart G May 2021 #2
+1 -K&R - Tish is sharp as a whip & she w bury him onetexan May 2021 #4
"before she knew anything about you? Skittles May 2021 #3
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Didn't they announce today the financial officer is being criminally investigated
Fri May 21, 2021, 12:23 AM
May 2021

for personal tax fraud. Right now, I’d reluctantly bet that trump will escape charges.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
2. Donald Trump doesn't have a clue, AG Letitia James will get him. She is a lot smarter than Trump
Fri May 21, 2021, 05:30 PM
May 2021

James will get him in ways that he has not been gotten before...(and that is saying something).
It is just a matter of time...and time is ...NOT ON TRUMP'S SIDE.

onetexan

(13,043 posts)
4. +1 -K&R - Tish is sharp as a whip & she w bury him
Sat May 22, 2021, 06:48 AM
May 2021

I have no doubt, & wouldn't it be poetic justice that it w be a woman - OF COLOR -who will finally do the conning racist in.

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