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'Not a positive development': What the new criminal probe could mean for the Trump Organization
Legal experts say the New York attorney general's decision to team up with Manhattan prosecutors doesn't bode well for the former president's company.
May 20 - ...Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing, blasted the announcement in a lengthy statement Wednesday as "a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of the United States."
Vacco said the information-sharing could have big benefits for both Vance and James, who is also continuing with her civil investigation.
James' investigation has covered some of the same ground as Vance's, including looking into four real estate projects and Trump's failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills, an NFL team. Her office is likely to have some documents that Vance's doesn't, and it has taken depositions — including one from Trump CEO Eric Trump — that could be useful to Vance's team.
The cross-designation also means James' investigators would have access to information from Vance's inquiry that they would otherwise not be entitled to, including Trump's tax returns and other financial information, Vacco said... quoted from
Legal experts say the New York attorney general's decision to team up with Manhattan prosecutors doesn't bode well for the former president's company.
May 20 - ...Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing, blasted the announcement in a lengthy statement Wednesday as "a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of the United States."
Vacco said the information-sharing could have big benefits for both Vance and James, who is also continuing with her civil investigation.
James' investigation has covered some of the same ground as Vance's, including looking into four real estate projects and Trump's failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills, an NFL team. Her office is likely to have some documents that Vance's doesn't, and it has taken depositions — including one from Trump CEO Eric Trump — that could be useful to Vance's team.
The cross-designation also means James' investigators would have access to information from Vance's inquiry that they would otherwise not be entitled to, including Trump's tax returns and other financial information, Vacco said... quoted from
May 19, 2021
Vice President Harris Holds Meeting with Guatemalan Justice Leaders
Vice President Kamala Harris holds a virtual meeting with Guatemalan justice sector leaders at the her office near the White House.
Vice President Harris Holds Meeting with Guatemalan Justice Leaders
Vice President Kamala Harris holds a virtual meeting with Guatemalan justice sector leaders at the her office near the White House.
Remarks by Vice President Harris Before Meeting with Guatemalan Justice Sector Leaders
MAY 19, 2021
...Corruption is preventing people from getting basic services that they should be entitled to receive, such as educating their children, getting a business started, or participating in a fair judicial trial. And so these are some of the areas that we will focus on.
I want to underscore one point also, which is that corruption is also a deterrent to financial and economic investment in the region — a significant deterrent.
So if part of our goal is to look at what we can do to support and enhance economic development in the region, understanding that lack of economic opportunity is one of the reasons that people flee — if we are prevented from a course of action that is about spurring economic activity because of the legitimate concern with corruption — that is another reason that demands our attention to what we must do to reduce corruption, if not eliminate it, in the region. So that’s the work we are going to do together.
I believe strongly in judicial independence. That is a topic — that will be a topic of our discussion.
I believe that the government must be held accountable when it violates the rights of its people.
And I believe that a judicial system, when it is just, gives people confidence that they can live in a way that they can raise their families, that they can live with freedom, and they can live with certainty that there will be an equal application of the law as it relates to all people, regardless of who they are and which family they were born into.
So, I will say, as my final points, that the work that we are doing in this region is motivated by a number of principles, including my firm belief that if we give people a sense of hope — that if they stay, help is on the way — that they will indeed do what they want to do, which is remain with their families, remain in their community. And part of giving people hope is having a very specific commitment to rooting out corruption in the region.
So that is our work. And I am honored again to have these incredible leaders join us. And I’m looking forward to our candid conversation.
So, with that, I thank you all. Thank you very much for being here. quoted from
MAY 19, 2021
...Corruption is preventing people from getting basic services that they should be entitled to receive, such as educating their children, getting a business started, or participating in a fair judicial trial. And so these are some of the areas that we will focus on.
I want to underscore one point also, which is that corruption is also a deterrent to financial and economic investment in the region — a significant deterrent.
So if part of our goal is to look at what we can do to support and enhance economic development in the region, understanding that lack of economic opportunity is one of the reasons that people flee — if we are prevented from a course of action that is about spurring economic activity because of the legitimate concern with corruption — that is another reason that demands our attention to what we must do to reduce corruption, if not eliminate it, in the region. So that’s the work we are going to do together.
I believe strongly in judicial independence. That is a topic — that will be a topic of our discussion.
I believe that the government must be held accountable when it violates the rights of its people.
And I believe that a judicial system, when it is just, gives people confidence that they can live in a way that they can raise their families, that they can live with freedom, and they can live with certainty that there will be an equal application of the law as it relates to all people, regardless of who they are and which family they were born into.
So, I will say, as my final points, that the work that we are doing in this region is motivated by a number of principles, including my firm belief that if we give people a sense of hope — that if they stay, help is on the way — that they will indeed do what they want to do, which is remain with their families, remain in their community. And part of giving people hope is having a very specific commitment to rooting out corruption in the region.
So that is our work. And I am honored again to have these incredible leaders join us. And I’m looking forward to our candid conversation.
So, with that, I thank you all. Thank you very much for being here. quoted from
May 19, 2021
Speaker Pelosi Holds News Conference on January 6 Commission
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and committee chairs held a briefing on forming an independent commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. She spoke about the importance of the commission and the service it will provide the public. When asked about opposition to the commission from Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) she said, “it sounds like they are afraid of the truth.”
Speaker Pelosi Holds News Conference on January 6 Commission
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and committee chairs held a briefing on forming an independent commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. She spoke about the importance of the commission and the service it will provide the public. When asked about opposition to the commission from Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) she said, “it sounds like they are afraid of the truth.”
Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington on January 6.
House passes a bill to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection
May 20 -The House approved a bill to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol.
The measure passed by a vote of 252-175, with 35 Republicans voting in favor of the bill despite an active effort from House GOP leadership to marshal opposition.
The bill to form the commission, H.R. 3233, came out of a bipartisan deal with Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, and ranking member Rep. John Katko, a Republican.
In Wednesday debate on the House floor, Katko called on his colleagues "to put down their swords for once, just for once," and vote for the commission to cut through partisan politics and get to the facts. source from
May 20 -The House approved a bill to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol.
The measure passed by a vote of 252-175, with 35 Republicans voting in favor of the bill despite an active effort from House GOP leadership to marshal opposition.
The bill to form the commission, H.R. 3233, came out of a bipartisan deal with Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, and ranking member Rep. John Katko, a Republican.
In Wednesday debate on the House floor, Katko called on his colleagues "to put down their swords for once, just for once," and vote for the commission to cut through partisan politics and get to the facts. source from
May 20 - Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer and fixer said Wednesday that he believes the former president will "flip" on everyone, including his own family members, as New York investigators tighten the screws on the Trump Organization.
Michael Cohen's comments came after a spokesperson for New York attorney general Tish James said in a statement that James' office is now investigating the Trump Organization "in a criminal capacity," as opposed to a civil probe. James will join forces with the Manhattan district attorney's office — which is conducting its own separate inquiry into the Trump Organization — in the matter.
Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid, Cohen said he believes that while legal scholars and the public wonder whether investigators will be able to flip people close to Trump like his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the Trump Organization's CFO Allen
Weisselberg, Trump himself will ultimately be the one to switch sides.
"I think Donald Trump is going to flip on all of them, including his children," he said, adding, "I really believe that Donald Trump cares for only himself and he realizes that his goose is cooked." source from
