Veteran trial attorney on Trump Foundation scandal: "It is going to become a criminal matter"

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"Commingling of personal funds and charitable contributions is always known to be investigated in a criminal way"

A veteran criminal trial attorney told MSNBC the publicly available evidence strongly suggested the Trump Foundation would soon fall under criminal investigation.

The charitable foundation set up and operated by President Donald Trump and his children was ordered Tuesday to dissolve under court supervision, and former New Jersey prosecutor Robert Bianchi said criminal prosecution seemed inevitable.

“It is going to become a criminal matter, I’ve been saying this for a long time,” said Bianchi, a defense attorney and former Morris County prosecutor.

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The Trump Foundation board, comprised mostly of the president and his children, had not met since 1999, and he said their activities would be of great interest to prosecutors.

“Him and his children, it is nothing less than what (Underwood) indicated, a slush fund,” Bianchi said. “When I read that press release, as a prosecutor who made many press releases myself, right now she’s talking civil, but you can turn those words to fraud, tax evasion, campaign finance violations.”

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1. It should already be a criminal matter.

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2. Kermit Washington is currently serving six years

Former NBA player Kermit Washington got sentenced to six years in prison back in July for fraud and mismanagement of his charity. We'll see what happens to the family Trump, who have apparently done even worse.

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3. Blumenthal said last night he has more to fear immediately

from NY AG than Mueller.