INVESTIGATIONS/NEW YORK/TRUMP BUSINESS: “State prosecutors in Manhattan have interviewed several employees of President Trump’s bank and insurance broker in recent weeks, according to people with knowledge of the matter, significantly escalating an investigation into the president…
When Mr. Trump returns to private life in January, he will lose the protection from criminal prosecution that his office has afforded him…
Mr. Trump, who has maintained he did nothing improper, has railed against the inquiry, calling it a politically motivated ‘witch hunt.’
The investigation by Mr. Vance, a Democrat, has focused on Mr. Trump’s conduct as a private business owner and whether he or employees at his family business, the Trump Organization, committed financial crimes. It is the only known criminal inquiry into the president.”
-William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess and David Enrich, “Manhattan D.A. Intensifies Investigation of Trump,” nytimes.com, Dec. 11, 2020