As DA Vance prepares to leave office….
And a new DA will continue the investigations….
The Trump Organization comes under additional scrutiny for criminal charges from a second criminal grand jury….
One person familiar with the matter said the second grand jury was expected to examine how former president Donald Trump’s company valued its assets. The people familiar spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private legal proceedings.
That appears to be a separate issue from the one described in indictments from the first grand jury, which has dealt with allegations that Weisselberg and other Trump executives evaded taxes on their pay by systematically hiding some of their compensation from the IRS. Both Weisselberg and the two companies have pleaded not guilty.
The second grand jury’s term indicates that it could outlast District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. (D) — who leaves office at year’s end — and extend into the term of his successor, Alvin Bragg (D).
Vance declined to comment Thursday. Bragg previously declined to talk about the Trump case while campaigning.
The seating of the new grand jury does not signal that any other Trump entities or executives will be charged. The second grand jury could end its term without indicting anyone.
The former president has not been charged with any crime. On Thursday, neither Trump’s company or his post-presidential office responded to requests for comment. Ron Fischetti and Phyllis Malgieri, two of Trump’s personal lawyers, declined to comment.
In the past, Trump and his family have criticized Vance’s investigation — and a separate civil inquiry into his business by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) — as motivated by politics and not the law…
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These probes could increase Donald Trump’s business tax bill’s to the IRS and New York State…