DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is facing a hurdle no other president has — an unprecedented onslaught of investigations into almost every recent organization he has led. In California, investigators are examining some of the more than $100 million in donations to Trump’s inauguration. In New Jersey, they’re looking into the treatment of employees working at a Trump resort. And in New York, they’re scrutinizing Trump’s now defunct foundation. In total, Trump faces at least 15 criminal or civil inquiries by nine federal, state and local agencies into his business, his charity, his campaign, his inaugural committee and his personal finances. As he launches his campaign for a second term on Tuesday [6—18-19], Trump doesn’t plan to avoid talking about the investigations. Unlike most other candidates who face allegations of wrongdoing, he hopes to use such charges as part of a strategy that he hopes will help win him reelection. Trump plans to characterize the investigations in these blue states — just like those by special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional investigations — as attacks by the same people: Democrats, the media and his critics.”
–Anita Kumar, “Inside Trump’s plan to battle the 15 investigations facing him,” Politico, June 17, 2019 5:03 am