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We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA.
— Fabien Levy, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office, commenting on the new criminal component of the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business, which had previously focused on civil fraud. Trump referred to the investigation as “a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of the United States,” further stating that “There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime. But, make no mistake, that is exactly what is happening here.”
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