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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:17 AM Dec 2018

The Trump Foundation investigation will "crash through (the Trump Organization) like a Mack Truck."

Probe of Trump's charity could crash 'like a Mack Truck' into his real estate empire
"There seems to be entanglements in terms of people and probably in terms of money," said Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor and NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.



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"I don't think there will be any investigative daylight between what the New York state authorities and investigators are looking into with respect to the foundation vs. the organization vs. anything else involving business dealings that have the name 'Trump' attached to them," he said, predicting that the foundation investigation will "crash through (the Trump Organization) like a Mack Truck."

"It is likely that the investigation into the Trump Foundation has sufficiently overlapped with the Trump Organization that (state) investigators would be justified in extending their investigation into the Trump Organization," he said.

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"There seems to be entanglements in terms of people and probably in terms of money, that's where businesses, frankly, do really start to get in trouble in terms of violating tax laws and regular criminal laws," said Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor and NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.

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"The intermingling of Trump Foundation and Trump Organization interests and expenditures will implicate both — that's one part of why it's a tax fraud problem," Jed Shugerman, a Fordham law professor who advised unsuccessful Democratic New York attorney general candidate Zephyr Teachout this year, told NBC News. "They were using the Trump Foundation for the business purposes of the Trump Organization. That's the easiest case."




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The Trump Foundation investigation will "crash through (the Trump Organization) like a Mack Truck." (Original Post) kpete Dec 2018 OP
I doubt it. Rich people face the "put that money back, you're facing a stiff fine" type of justice. FSogol Dec 2018 #1
Lock Them Up malaise Dec 2018 #2

FSogol

(45,481 posts)
1. I doubt it. Rich people face the "put that money back, you're facing a stiff fine" type of justice.
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:20 AM
Dec 2018

they'll just move their grift to greener pastures.

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