Prosecutors examining tens of thousands of Trump inauguration documents
Source: CNN
Prosecutors examining tens of thousands of Trump inauguration documents
By Kara Scannell
Updated 1:01 PM ET, Mon May 20, 2019
(CNN) -- Federal prosecutors in New York are scrutinizing tens of thousands of documents relating to Donald Trump's inauguration in a sign that the investigation into the committee's finances is advancing. ... The President's Inaugural Committee handed over the cache of documents over the course of several weeks in response to a wide-ranging subpoena seeking documents, records, and communications concerning the inaugural's finances, vendors, and donors sent in February by the US attorney's office with the Southern District of New York. The last set of documents was produced within the last month, people familiar with the matter said.
The end of the document production indicates the investigation is moving into the next stage. Authorities are investigating whether any of the record $107 million in donations for the inaugural was misspent, used to improperly benefit certain individuals, or came from foreign donors in violation of campaign finance laws that prohibit foreign money in US elections, people familiar with the inquiry said.
The ongoing investigation is one of several into Trump's businesses or campaign-related activities the White House is facing on multiple fronts, despite the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. What prosecutors find could also shed more light on any attempts by foreign governments or businesses to influence the President as the 2020 campaign gears up.
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Prosecutors have interviewed at least one inaugural planner, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, whose firm, WIS Media, was paid $25.8 million for event production. Wolkoff, a New York City planner who has been involved in events such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, known as the Met Gala, was also a close friend of Melania Trump.
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Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)From the very first official function---the inauguration---the Trump gang started looting. They were stealing from the very moment he took the oath and lied about the crowd size.
Harker
(13,870 posts)between the absurd crowd size lie and any fund misuse had never occurred to me.
I was so overwhelmed by the ensuing flood of senseless lies that one with a purpose went right by without much thought on my part.
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)PSPS
(13,512 posts)Expect to see this squashed like a bug shortly. Barr will not tolerate any actions to stop any member of his party from breaking the law, especially the traitorous lawlessness of his boss is sacrosanct to him.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)dchill
(38,320 posts)riversedge
(69,710 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)Seems she was skimming too. The family that grifts together stays together.
Chin music
(23,001 posts)Love to get excited, but, so far, nobody has finished the first one. Color me...skeptical, today.
rlegro
(338 posts)...more indications Trump was only concerned about his own money:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team