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Tanuki

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Thu Aug 1, 2019, 07:19 PM Aug 2019

Manhattan DA subpoenas Trump Org. over Stormy Daniels hush money

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/trump-cohen-stormy-daniels-vance.html

"State prosecutors in Manhattan subpoenaed President Trump’s family business on Thursday, reviving an investigation into the company’s role in hush-money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to people briefed on the matter.

The subpoena, issued by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, demanded the Trump Organization provide documents related to money that had been used to buy the silence of Stormy Daniels, a pornographic film actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump.

The inquiry from the district attorney’s office, which is in early stages, is examining whether any senior executives at the company filed false business records about the hush money, which would be a state crime, the people said.
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The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Thursday separately subpoenaed the media company, American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer.

The subpoenas from Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, came only weeks after the Trump Organization had appeared to fend off federal scrutiny of the same payments."...(more)

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Manhattan DA subpoenas Trump Org. over Stormy Daniels hush money (Original Post) Tanuki Aug 2019 OP
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