Donald Trump faces new legal jeopardy after Manhattan prosecutors convened a state grand jury to investigate any role he may have played in making hush-money...
and three of his children inflated the value of the family firm’s assets and is seeking penalties including a permanent ban on the four running companies in the state.
The new grand jury inquiry also comes almost a year after two veteran prosecutors hired to investigate Trump by Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr., quit after Bragg concluded there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him at the time.
Although federal prosecutors in Manhattan investigated Trump over the payments and even identified him as “Individual-1″ in Cohen’s sentencing papers, they never charged him. The Federal Election Commission in 2021 closed its own inquiry into the payoff after its members deadlocked. The FEC had started its probe after several groups, including campaign finance watchdogs and Democratic organizations opposed to Trump, filed complaints alleging that the payment was an illegal contribution by Cohen, well above the $2,700 limit in force at the time for individuals.
Former American Media chief David Pecker, a longtime friend of Trump, struck an immunity deal in 2020 with federal prosecutors as part of their investigation of Cohen. The company, which agreed to sell the Enquirer, entered into a related nonprosecution agreement covering crimes including perjury and obstruction of justice.
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