Investigation includes matters such as hush-money payments to women on Trump’s behalf, property valuations and employee pay
ew York prosecutors have convened a special grand jury to consider evidence in a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s business dealings.
The development signals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office was moving toward seeking charges as a result of its two-year investigation, which included a lengthy legal battle to obtain Trump’s tax records.
Cyrus Vance Jr, the Manhattan district attorney, is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into a variety of matters such as hush-money payments paid to women on Trump’s behalf, property valuations and employee compensation.
Vance has been using an investigative grand jury through the course of his investigation to issue subpoenas and obtain documents. That panel kept working while other grand juries and court activities were shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The investigation includes scrutiny of Trump’s relationship with his lenders; a land donation he made to qualify for an income tax deduction; and tax write-offs his company claimed on millions of dollars in consulting fees it paid.
“It has the feeling of the quicksand getting thicker. It’s the next serious step in this thing,” says the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer on a grand jury convening for Trump criminal probe
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