Probe looking into whether committee misspent funds and top donors gave money in exchange for access to the administration.
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New Yorkâs new Attorney General promises to âuse every area of the lawâ to investigate Trumps
Published time: 12 Dec, 2018 19:28 Edited time: 13 Dec, 2018 10:56
New York Cityâs incoming attorney general Letitia James speaking at an anti-Trump rally in 2017 © Reuters / Mike Segar
New Yorkâs incoming Attorney General has threatened President Trump with legal warfare, saying she will âuse every area of the lawâ to investigate the president and his family.
Democrat Letitia James tied her campaign to the anti-Trump #resistance early on, accusing the president of money laundering and promising to find out âwhether heâs engaged in conspiracy and whether or not heâs colluded, not only with Putin, but also with China, as well.â
The familiar message clearly has found a receptive crowd, as James defeated Republican challenger Keith Wofford last month.
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Speaking to NBC Newson Tuesday, James kept up her anti-Trump crusade. âWe will use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well," James said. "We want to investigate anyone in his orbit who has, in fact, violated the law.â
As for the specifics, James promised to look into Trumpâs real estate holdings in New York City, as well as the much-publicized meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in 2016. President Trump reportedly told Special Counsel Robert Mueller last month that he didnât know the meeting had taken place, CNN reported.
âTaking on President Trump and looking at all of the violations of law I think is no match to what I have seen in my lifetime,â James told NBC.
Whatever about the real-estate probe, Jamesâ investigation into the Trump Tower meeting, and into âconspiracyâ and âcollusionâ is unlikely to turn over any new evidence. Mueller has been investigating Trumpâs alleged connections to Russia for over a year-and-a-half now, and has thus far come up empty handed.
Still, James told NBC that she believes Mueller is âclosing in on this presidentâ and that âhis days are going to be coming to an end shortly.â
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Rosie OâDonnell wants âmadmanâ Trump to ârot in jailâ over alleged comments on US national debtJames may have spoken with #resistance fervor on NBC, but her pledge to investigate Trump is not a radical move for a New York Attorney General.
Her predecessor, Barbara Underwood, already has dozens of cases pending against Trump, including an investigation into his charity and lawsuits to block the rollback of net neutrality and environmental regulations. Underwood, in turn, has continued the anti-Trump pushback of disgraced former AG Eric Schneiderman, whom she replaced in May after he resigned over sexual assault allegations.
Underwood continued Schneidermanâs investigation of Trumpâs charity, the Trump Foundation, accusing the charity in a lawsuit last year of âunlawful political coordinationâ with Trumpâs 2016 presidential campaign. Schneiderman had also overseen an investigation into Trump University for alleged illegal business practices.
On Twitter, Jamesâ fighting words were celebrated by the anti-Trump crowd, but decried by conservatives. âWhen Letitia James says she is going to investigate someone to look for a crime, that is a crime,â said one. âIt goers (sic) against the Constitution.â
Was this before or after Trump cancelled the Press Christmas Party? I say that tongue in cheek.
Obviously the Muller investigation isnât going well.
Selective outrages among the citizens, selective persecution among the politician and judges. Beautiful.
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As long as the NY authorities can bring charges and get convictions, Trump canât use his presidential pardon⊠their is a two pronged approach to these charlatans
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And this is just the beginning, as Dems will soon have the House. With countless investigations going on, I wonder how they will get anything else done.
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What?.. you think they have any other business on the agenda? 2020 is near and they have much work to do in preparation for the election.
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