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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:10 PM Feb 2019

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BREAKING - New York prosecutors seek records from Trump inauguration committee

New York prosecutors seek records from Trump inauguration committee: Sources

Another probe that could hamstring the president and his lawyers is widening.

Prosecutors in New York’s Southern District have reached out to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee and plan to subpoena the organization for documents, sources with direct knowledge tell ABC News, indicating that even as the special counsel probe appears to be nearing an end, another investigation that could hamstring the president and his lawyers is widening.

The contact from the Southern District, which came from its public corruption section, is the latest activity focusing on Trump’s political fundraising both before and immediately after his 2016 election. Lawyers for the inauguration committee were contacted midday Monday and asked if they could accept a subpoena for documents from federal prosecutors, according to sources familiar.

The details of the request remain unclear.

Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen has been extensively interviewed by prosecutors in the Southern District office. Longtime family accountant and Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg has agreed to cooperate, though the extent of his help is unknown.

More: https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/york-prosecutors-seek-records-trump-inauguration-committee-sources/story?id=60841246

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BREAKING - New York prosecutors seek records from Trump inauguration committee (Original Post) MelissaB Feb 2019 OP

AWESOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!! lindysalsagal Feb 2019 #1

Great news dalton99a Feb 2019 #2

Kick and rec. Kingofalldems Feb 2019 #3

Things are beginning to get a little warm... peacefreak2.0 Feb 2019 #4

Welcome to DU! Delphinus Feb 2019 #15

Thank you! peacefreak2.0 Feb 2019 #21

Ohhh, delicious! Who was head of the inauguration committee? One Tom Barrack! And who was Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #5

Oh, this is getting too delicious! dhol82 Feb 2019 #9

Yes, and Barrack knows that Gates has sung like a canary, so he is utterly boxed in ! OnDoutside Feb 2019 #10

Maybe we'll find out more about that $26 million that went to Melania's buddy. tanyev Feb 2019 #6

Yeah, was she Russian? dhol82 Feb 2019 #8

I don't think so. tanyev Feb 2019 #11

That is a good thought. dhol82 Feb 2019 #12

Get the receipts! TwistOneUp Feb 2019 #13

Warms my heart. dhol82 Feb 2019 #7

Why this bit of BS from ABC? triron Feb 2019 #14

"Rick Gates Says It's "Possible" He Stole From Trump's Inauguration Committee" Izzy Blue Feb 2019 #16

LOL ck4829 Feb 2019 #25

" Mueller Homing in on Trump's Inauguration Graft " Izzy Blue Feb 2019 #17

K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Feb 2019 #18

It's a travesty that this took 2 years flibbitygiblets Feb 2019 #19

+1 ck4829 Feb 2019 #24

Kick Hekate Feb 2019 #20

knr triron Feb 2019 #22

K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #23

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)

1. AWESOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:13 PM

Feb 2019

dO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)

2. Great news

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:14 PM

Feb 2019

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)

3. Kick and rec.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:16 PM

Feb 2019

peacefreak2.0

(1,023 posts)

4. Things are beginning to get a little warm...

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:22 PM

Feb 2019

Delphinus

(11,831 posts)

15. Welcome to DU!

Reply to peacefreak2.0 (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:36 PM

Feb 2019

peacefreak2.0

(1,023 posts)

21. Thank you!

Reply to Delphinus (Reply #15)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 05:38 AM

Feb 2019

Actually back after a long break. Got bounced during the election hack and lurked ever since. Nice to be back.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

5. Ohhh, delicious! Who was head of the inauguration committee? One Tom Barrack! And who was

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:29 PM

Feb 2019

Tom Barrack’s right-hand man, his go-to guy, his #1 protege?

Oh, just a guy named RICK GATES!!!

I needed to hear this today, thanks Ms. B!!

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

9. Oh, this is getting too delicious!

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:45 PM

Feb 2019

OnDoutside

(19,960 posts)

10. Yes, and Barrack knows that Gates has sung like a canary, so he is utterly boxed in !

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:49 PM

Feb 2019

tanyev

(42,564 posts)

6. Maybe we'll find out more about that $26 million that went to Melania's buddy.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:44 PM

Feb 2019

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

8. Yeah, was she Russian?

Reply to tanyev (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:45 PM

Feb 2019

tanyev

(42,564 posts)

11. I don't think so.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:53 PM

Feb 2019

The committee responsible for organizing President Donald Trump's inaugural events paid a friend of first lady Melania Trump $26 million, part of more than $90 million the group spent on the festivities, according to a tax form filed to the IRS earlier this month and released Thursday.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a New York society events planner, also serves as a senior advisor to the first lady, although she is not paid for her White House work. The inaugural committee reported paying $26 million to WIS Media Partners, a limited liability company that Wolkoff set up in late 2016.

Event planners typically pay most of their fees to subcontractors such as florists, caterers and venues. A committee source told The New York Times that Wolkoff's share of her $26 million fee was $1.62 million.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/trump-inaugural-committee-paid-26-million-to-friend-of-melania-trump.html

I've wondered if a large chunk of that is being held for Melania as her fee for postponing the divorce for four years.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

12. That is a good thought.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #11)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:57 PM

Feb 2019

Melania has to be feathering her nest for the finale.
Bet she hopes the hubbie will croak before she has to execute her plan.
Although, I don’t know what the prenup has in it. She might make out better the $25 million.

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)

13. Get the receipts!

Reply to tanyev (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:59 PM

Feb 2019

Fraudulenting receipts is a felony...

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

7. Warms my heart.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:44 PM

Feb 2019

triron

(22,006 posts)

14. Why this bit of BS from ABC?

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 08:46 PM

Feb 2019

"indicating that even as the special counsel probe appears to be nearing an end"

Fuck off ABC.

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)

16. "Rick Gates Says It's "Possible" He Stole From Trump's Inauguration Committee"

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:43 PM

Feb 2019

"On cross-examination, Paul Manafort's lawyer asked Gates about lying, stealing, and having an extramarital relationship."

"Rick Gates, the former deputy chair of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and a member of Trump's inauguration planning committee, testified Tuesday in the criminal trial of his former boss Paul Manafort that it was "possible" Gates stole money from the inauguration.

The revelation of that potential theft — Gates was asked if he had submitted personal expenses for reimbursement to the inauguration committee; he said it was "possible" — came as Gates was questioned Tuesday by Manafort's attorney. It was one of a series of crimes that Gates confessed to this week or said he may have committed."

read
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/rick-gates-says-its-possible-he-stole-from-trumps

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

25. LOL

Reply to Izzy Blue (Reply #16)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:43 AM

Feb 2019

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)

17. " Mueller Homing in on Trump's Inauguration Graft "

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:50 PM

Feb 2019

May 5,2018

"There are twin scoops today that suggest a new direction in the Mueller investigation. The AP broke the report that Mueller’s team interviewed Tom Barrack — who on top of being an actual billionaire (unlike Trump), one of his closest friends, and the guy who recommended he hire Paul Manafort, was his Inauguration Committee Chair — in December.

One of the people who spoke to AP said the questioning focused entirely on two officials from Trump’s campaign who have been indicted by Mueller: Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort’s onetime deputy, Rick Gates. Gates agreed to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and false-statement charges in February and began cooperating with investigators.

A second person with knowledge of the Barrack interview said the questioning was broader, including financial matters about the campaign, the transition and Trump’s inauguration in January 2017.

Rick Gates, who served as Deputy Chair of the inauguration, flipped in late February.

In early April, the press reported that multiple oligarchs were being questioned about inauguration donations by Mueller.

Investigators are asking whether wealthy Russians illegally funneled cash donations directly or indirectly into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and inauguration.

Yesterday, NYT confirmed that the oligarch stopped in NY was Viktor Vekselberg. In addition to the inauguration, Vekselberg attended the RT dinner attended by Mike Flynn, and ran a corrupt Cypriot bank with Wilbur Ross."

more
https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/05/mueller-honing-in-on-trumps-inauguration-graft/

spanone

(135,844 posts)

18. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:13 PM

Feb 2019

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)

19. It's a travesty that this took 2 years

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:15 PM

Feb 2019

Can you imagine if Obama, or, God forbid, Hilary Clinton, acted so overtly corrupt?

Just shameful.

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

24. +1

Reply to flibbitygiblets (Reply #19)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:42 AM

Feb 2019

Hekate

(90,714 posts)

20. Kick

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:50 PM

Feb 2019

triron

(22,006 posts)

22. knr

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 01:16 PM

Feb 2019

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

23. K&R

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:42 AM

Feb 2019

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