5/19/2021

INVESTIGATIONS/NEW YORK/TRUMP BUSINESS: “New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining the Manhattan district attorney’s office in a criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, James’ office said Tuesday [May 18, 2021].

The attorney general office’s investigation into the Trump Organization, which has been underway since 2019, will also continue as a civil probe, but the office recently informed Trump Organization officials of the criminal component…

Several Trump Organization properties’ financial dealings are being scrutinized as part of the investigation, including Seven Springs Estate in Westchester County, New York; 40 Wall Street, a building in Lower Manhattan; Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago; and Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles.”

-Sonia Moghe and Kara Scannell, “New York attorney general adds ‘criminal capacity’ to probe of Trump Organization,” cnn.com, May 19, 2021