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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4867835" data-attributes="member: 48469">Fox News: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-ags-office-says-trump-organization-probe-now-criminal-investigation" target="_blank">New York AG’s office says Trump Organization probe now ‘criminal’ investigation</a>&quot;The office of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york" target="_blank">New York</a> state Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement to Fox News on Tuesday night, confirming a change in its investigation of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank">Trump</a> Organization.The case has now become a criminal investigation after initially being a civil matter, the statement said.&quot;We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature,&quot; James spokesman Fabien Levy wrote in a statement to Fox News.&quot;&quot;We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank">criminal</a> capacity, along with the Manhattan DA. We have no additional comment at this time.&quot;&quot;James’ office has been investigating possible violations by the Trump Organization over the way it has valued its holdings as it has sought tax breaks and loans, WABC-TV of New York City reported.&quot;&quot;If the investigation results in any criminal charges, those charges would be brought forth by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, not James’ state office, WABC reported.&quot;&quot;As James’ office pursued civil charges, the potential risk to the Trump Organization was believed to be only financial. But the change in status to a criminal case raises the possibility of other penalties for any Trump Organization officials, should they be convicted of a crime&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4867835, member: 48469"] Fox News: [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-ags-office-says-trump-organization-probe-now-criminal-investigation']New York AG’s office says Trump Organization probe now ‘criminal’ investigation[/URL] "The office of [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york']New York[/URL] state Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement to Fox News on Tuesday night, confirming a change in its investigation of the [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump']Trump[/URL] Organization. The case has now become a criminal investigation after initially being a civil matter, the statement said. "We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature," James spokesman Fabien Levy wrote in a statement to Fox News." "We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime']criminal[/URL] capacity, along with the Manhattan DA. We have no additional comment at this time." "James’ office has been investigating possible violations by the Trump Organization over the way it has valued its holdings as it has sought tax breaks and loans, WABC-TV of New York City reported." "If the investigation results in any criminal charges, those charges would be brought forth by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, not James’ state office, WABC reported." "As James’ office pursued civil charges, the potential risk to the Trump Organization was believed to be only financial. But the change in status to a criminal case raises the possibility of other penalties for any Trump Organization officials, should they be convicted of a crime" [/QUOTE]

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