Incoming New York attorney general plans wide-ranging investigations of Trump and family

Just-elected Letitia James, who takes office next month, tells NBC she will probe real estate deals, Trump Tower meeting, emoluments, Trump Foundation and more.

New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James says she plans to launch sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump, his family and "anyone" in his circle who may have violated the law once she settles into her new job next month.

"We will use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well," James, a Democrat, told NBC News in her first extensive interview since she was elected last month.

James outlined some of the probes she intends to pursue with regard to the president, his businesses and his family members. They include:

• Any potential illegalities involving Trump's real estate holdings in New York, highlighting a New York Times investigation published in October into the president's finances.

• The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian official.

• Examine government subsidies Trump received, which were also the subject of Times investigative work.

• Whether he is in violation of the emoluments clause in the U.S. Constitution through his New York businesses.

• Continue to probe the Trump Foundation.

"We want to investigate anyone in his orbit who has, in fact, violated the law," said James, who was endorsed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/incoming-new-york-attorney-general-plans-wide-ranging-investigations-trump-n946706?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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How the New York attorney general can take down the president

It's important to realize that more than Trump is at stake — New York business and politics in general is astoundingly corrupt. Indeed, as Frank Rich writes, Trump is in many ways a prototypical pustule on the diseased flesh of the New York body politic. He grew up in that milieu and was critically shaped by its rampant criminality and total lack of accountability. He made his career by constantly violating laws against white-collar crime, getting caught, escaping with a slap on the wrist, and doing it again.

In ordinary times, it would be awkward at a minimum for a law enforcement candidate to talk about investigating a partisan opponent. But it could not possibly be more obvious that Trump is almost surely corrupt to the bone, and committing one egregious constitutional violation after another. There is simply no choice for New York attorney general candidates other than directly addressing this tsunami of crime and corruption. (And obviously any prosecutions or lawsuits would have to take place in a court of law with full due process.)

https://theweek.com/articles/791950/how-new-york-attorney-general-take-down-president

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