{"id":18867,"date":"2021-05-19T06:32:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18867"},"modified":"2021-05-19T06:32:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:32:54","slug":"new-york-prosecutor-says-trump-inquiry-now-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/new-york-prosecutor-says-trump-inquiry-now-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"New York prosecutor says Trump inquiry now criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New York attorney general’s office says it is investigating the Trump Organization “in a criminal capacity”.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A spokesman for the state’s top prosecutor, Letitia James, said the inquiry into Mr Trump’s property company was “no longer purely civil”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms James has been scrutinising the ex-Republican president’s financial dealings before he took office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Trumps deny wrongdoing and say the inquiry by a Democratic prosecutor is a political vendetta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms James’ spokesman, Fabien Levy, told the BBC on Tuesday: “We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the Organization is no longer purely civil in nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA. We have no additional comment.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The statement did not say what turned the inquiry from civil to criminal in nature, or whether the former president himself might be personally implicated in any allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Civil cases usually have to do with injury to individuals or other private parties, including businesses; criminal law applies in cases where the damage is thought to affect society at large, including the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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