Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced that his office has hired ex-DOJ official Matthew Colangelo, who previously investigated former Pres. Trump's charity foundation.
At the district attorney's office, Bragg said Colangelo will focus on cases, policies and strategies in the areas of housing and tenant protection and labor and worker protection, and will work on "the office's most sensitive and high-profile white-collar investigations."
In this Sept. 8, 2022 file photo Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, announces charges against Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, during a press conference in New York.The Manhattan DA's office has said it is continuing its criminal investigation into Trump and his business practices.
But in recent months, the DA's office has revisited an early focus of the investigation: the hush-money , the adult film performer who claimed a long-denied affair with Trump, sources familiar with the matter have told ABC News. Details of the probe's new focus were first reported by the New York Times.
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