While the media is concentrating just on the Mueller and Southern District of NY US Attorney investigations and possible charges?
New York State is waiting in the wings to possibly go after Donald Trump himself, his businesses and any person that did business with him, or was associated with him in the past….
New York State has already shut down his Trump University operation and has put his Trump Foundation out of business and is investigation the Trump Organization….
Trump was based in New York….
After two years of legal wrangling, the Trump Foundation will soon be no more. Last month, in the midst of a dramatic month for cases that stem from President Trump’s pre-presidency life, a judge signed off on a plan to shutter Trump’s much-criticized personal foundation. Under the new agreement, the foundation will be dissolved under court supervision.
In effect, the deal implies that the foundation cannot be trusted to disburse its remaining $1.7 million to legitimate nonprofits. But even though the foundation is dissolving, the lawsuit against the foundation will continue, with the New York attorney general seeking damages for the foundation’s alleged “extensive and persistent violations of state and federal law,” including the illegal use of foundation money to pay off legal settlements, buy portraits of Trump, and promote Trump’s 2016 campaign.
The December settlement is an important reminder of the risk that the state of New York poses for Trump. In particular, New York is uniquely well-positioned to go after Trump where it could hurt him most — through his businesses. In fact, New York has been one of the most significant and I’d argue most underrated legal hazards for Trump since he began his campaign for president. Here are three reasons why….
Note…
Presidential pardons do NOT apply to separate state crimes or civil actions…