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In reply to the discussion: Can anyone provide or cite to a list of criminal investigations DOJ is currently conducting? [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)in furtherance of the crime has been completed.
Trump has continued to engage in acts related to those campaign finance violations long past the date of the initial act, so the statute of limitations likely won't expire this year.
In fact, I can't think of any serious crime that Trump could be accused of in which the statute of limitations is in danger of running out in the next few months.
Also, I suspect that DOJ is preparing a RICO case against Trump, which would mean a panoply of crimes - including fraud
obstruction of justice, slavery, money laundering, etc. - will be tied together to show a pattern of criminality on his part. If that's what they're doing, the five year statute of limitations will be tolled until the last racketeering act was committed. And since he probably is continuing to commit crimes to this day, the statute may never actually start to run ...