Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating whether officials in the Trump Organization violated campaign finance laws, a probe that follows a guilty plea secured last month for former longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen.
Bloomberg News reports that federal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking at current members of the company to determine whether other employees of the Trump Organization were involved in Cohen’s admitted hush payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, two women who claim to have had affairs with Trump.
Cohen admitted to campaign finance violations as part of his guilty plea last month, and a source close to the investigation told Bloomberg that federal prosecutors are looking at whether other top officials in the company were involved as well.
Among those already cooperating with the probe is Trump Organization chief financial officer (CFO) Allen Weisselberg, who has been granted limited immunity in the investigation, according to reports last month.
A source told Bloomberg that Weisselberg has narrowly cooperated with authorities regarding details of Cohen’s hush-money payments.
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Trump Organization officials under investigation for potentially breaking campaign finance law https://t.co/hEHqIRCdkj pic.twitter.com/lqOJ1RFmCm
— The Hill (@thehill) September 7, 2018
Here’s the Bloomberg scoop on federal prosecutors in Manhattan not
standing down following the Cohen guilty plea — they’re investigating Trump Organization staff for any possible campaign finance law violations. https://t.co/BNfq0qjfXg— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 7, 2018
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