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New York prosecutors seek records from Trump inauguration committee. SDNY prosecutors contacted Trump’s inaugural committee on Monday and plan to subpoena them for documents, indicating that another inquiry into Trump is widening.
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More via @nytimes: Trump’s inaugural committee has been ordered to turn over documents about donors, finances, and activities to SDNY federal prosecutors. Prosecutors also showed interest in whether foreigners illegally donated to the committee.
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A Trump inaugural committee lawyer received a subpoena Monday evening seeking documents related to all donors & event attendees; any benefits handed out, including tickets & photos with Trump; federal disclosure filings; vendors; contracts; & more.
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via @ShimonPro: The violations alleged in the subpoena served to Trump's inaugural committee by SDNY prosecutors include: Conspiracy against the US, false statements, mail & wire fraud, money laundering, contributions by foreign nations.
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Former Yanukovych CoS Serhiy Lyovochkin, a pro-Putin Ukranian oligarch with ties to Russian mob boss Mogilevich who funneled $42M to Manafort between 2010-2013 and to whom Manafort gave polling data, illegally funneled money Trump's inaugural fund.
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Manhattan federal prosecutors have also asked Tennessee developer Frank Haney for documents related to a $1M donation he made to Trump’s inaugural committee in December 2016.
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In early 2017, Frank Haney, who gave $1M to Trump's inaugural fund, hired Trump fixer Michael Cohen as a consultant. In Apr 2017, the pair pitched an investment in Haney's nuclear plant to the Qatar Investment Authority.
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Several billionaires with deep ties to Russia attended exclusive, invitation-only Trump inaugural events reserved for top donors and were given unprecedented access to Trump’s inner circle.
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“...a Russian strategy of gaining access to our political leaders when they're just forming a government. These powerful, wealthy people are in a position to influence US policy makers then report back to Russian intelligence on what they learned.”
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Several Ukrainians who came to DC for Trump's inaugural were promoting pro-Russia “peace plans” that included lifting sanctions. Within days of the inaugural, Trump's White House made inquiries to State & Congress on how to ease Russian sanctions.
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The investigation into the Trump Inaugural Committee by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York was NOT a referral from the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which has also been investigating Trump's inaugural slush fund.
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Guests of Tom Barrack's Chairman’s Dinner included an array of foreign dignitaries, who the Trump inaugural committee treated to a dinner of butter-poached lobster & coffee-crusted beef tenderloin and entertained with showgirls flown in from Vegas.
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