The district attorney’s office is investigating Donald J. Trump’s role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, an approach that previously failed to bear fruit. Source: New York Times
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Ex-U.S. Attorney’s Book Addresses Pressure to Help Trump Causes
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2022
Geoffrey S. Berman, who headed the Manhattan office, says in a book the Justice Department pushed cases, against John Kerry and others, to help Mr. Trump. Source: New York Times
How the Manhattan DA's Investigation Into Donald Trump Unraveled
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2022
The criminal investigation into the former president crashed amid a disagreement about the merits of bringing a case. The debate pitted a new district attorney against two veteran prosecutors who had pursued a case against Mr. Trump for years. Source:…
Trump Fraud Inquiry’s Focus: Did He Mislead His Own Accountants?
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
The investigation, by the Manhattan district attorney, is zeroing in on information the former president and his company shared about the value of his assets. Source: New York Times
William H. Pauley III, Judge in Trump Hush Money Case, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2021
He sentenced Michael D. Cohen to three years in prison for breaking campaign finance laws by helping to buy the silence of two women who said they had affairs with Donald J. Trump. Source: New York Times
F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2021
The case had examined whether Donald Trump violated election law with a $130,000 payment shortly before the 2016 election to a pornographic-film actress by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Source: New York Times
Giuliani’s Allies Want Trump to Pay His Legal Bills
By Gotham Rex on May 4, 2021
As Rudolph Giuliani faces an escalating federal investigation and defamation suits, his advisers believe he should benefit from a $250 million Trump campaign war chest. Source: New York Times
Manhattan D.A. Intensifies Investigation of Trump
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2020
Prosecutors have recently interviewed employees of President Trump’s lender and insurance brokerage, in the latest indication that he still faces the potential threat of criminal charges once he leaves office. Source: New York Times
Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2020
Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees. Some of the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump. Source: New York Times
Eric Trump Finally Interviewed in N.Y. Fraud Inquiry
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2020
President Trump’s son had sought to postpone a deposition with the New York attorney general’s office until after Election Day. Source: New York Times
Trump Is Not Entitled to Details of Tax Returns Inquiry, D.A. Says
By Gotham Rex on August 14, 2020
Manhattan prosecutors said in new court filings that the president did not have a right to know why a grand jury demanded his tax records. Source: New York Times
Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry
By Gotham Rex on August 5, 2020
The subpoena, sent to Deutsche Bank, suggests that the inquiry into President Trump’s business practices is more wide-ranging than previously known. Source: New York Times
President Trump and his Company Investigated for Possible Fraud, Filing Suggests
By Gotham Rex on August 3, 2020
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump’s accountants should turn over his tax returns. Source: New York Times
Trump Again Tries to Block Subpoena for Taxes, Calling It ‘Wildly Overbroad’
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2020
The president mounted his most forceful and detailed legal attack yet on the subpoena for his tax returns from the Manhattan district attorney. Source: New York Times
Judge Orders Cohen Released, Citing ‘Retaliation’ Over Tell-All Book
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2020
A judge agreed that federal officials had returned Michael D. Cohen to prison because he wanted to publish a book this fall about President Trump. Source: New York Times