The Trump Organization is another place the law microscope is focused on….

• Unless you’re a student of The Trump Organization — the thinly-staffed Trump family business — you may never have heard of Weisselberg, Lieberman or Calamari.
• But over the next year, these men and their colleagues may become household names as they endure a far-reaching, multi-armed investigation into Trump’s family business and personal finances.

The bottom line: “This organization has never had a proctology exam like it’s about to get,” Bloomberg’s Timothy O’Brien told me shortly after watching Cohen’s testimony. “It’s going to surface records. That’s going to become problematic for all of them to keep their stories straight.”

• O’Brien is in a good position to know. In 2006, Trump tried — and failed — to sue O’Brien for $5 billion for writing that Trump had a much lower net worth than he claimed.
• In the course of that litigation, because Trump went after O’Brien on financial grounds, O’Brien got his tax returns and financial records.

Here’s what Trump’s businesses face: 

• Five House committees (Financial Services, Intel, Judiciary, Oversight, Ways and Means) plan to look at Trump’s business deals and finances.
• The state of Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing Trump, alleging he violated the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by taking gifts from foreign governments through his properties.
• The New York attorney general has a lawsuit against the Trump Foundation, alleging Trump misused his charitable foundation in a “shocking pattern of illegality.” Cohen may have bolstered that case yesterday.
• The Southern District of New York has dealt with Trump Organization executives in its investigation of Cohen…..

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