Another Investigation into Trump Appears to Go down in Flames
Federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York are wrapping up their investigation into whether Trump organization executives broke campaign finance laws and are reportedly unlikely to file any charges.
“For months, federal prosecutors in New York have examined whether company officials broke the law, including in their effort to reimburse Michael Cohen for hush-money payments he made to women alleging affairs with his former boss, President Donald Trump,” CNN reported. “In recent weeks, however, their investigation has quieted, the people familiar with the inquiry said, and prosecutors now don’t appear poised to charge any Trump Organization executives in the probe that stemmed from the case against Cohen.”
The report notes that there are no indications that the case has been officially closed and former officials warned that new information could always reignite the case.
#BREAKING Video: Citing sources, @CNNSitRoom announces the SDNY is "unlikely to file ANY charges" regarding their investigations into the @Trump Organization, including alleged campaign violations concerning the hush money payments. Huge relief for the President pic.twitter.com/CTURkuMcWE
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 12, 2019
The investigation stemmed from the case involving President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who pled “guilty to eight counts, including two counts of campaign-finance violations for orchestrating or making payments during the 2016 election to two women — adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — who alleged affairs with Trump.”
The investigation centered around whether a $130,000 payment that Cohen made to Daniels — and was later reimbursed for by the Trump organization — constituted a campaign finance violation. (Read more from “Another Investigation into Trump Appears to Go down in Flames” HERE)
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