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THREAD: As Michael Cohen reports to prison today, here's a rundown of the criminal probes *still* facing Trump's world—I counted them up and there are at least 16 known investigations, not counting *any* of Mueller's 12 unknown criminal referrals: ... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
That tally of 16 ongoing probes involves as many as a *dozen* different federal, state, and local officials (and also doesn't count any congressional or inspector general probes either). The probes focus on....:
1) Two Mueller cases are still active, including Wikileaks, Roger Stone, and an ongoing Grand Jury effort to get the testimony of Andrew Miller.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
2) And Mueller's remaining team is also still probing Middle Eastern influence, part of an ongoing court case to force the cooperation of a foreign-owned entity.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
3) Then the Southern District of New York prosecutors are working the campaign finance violations that led to the naming of Trump as "Individual-1" in the Cohen case with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
4) SDNY is also investigating where Trump's inauguration money went.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
5) Whereas the Eastern District of New York is investigating where Trump's inauguration money came from.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
6) SDNY is also probing Trump's SuperPAC, Rebuilding America Now. Sam Patten, a Manafort associate who pleaded guilty to charges in Mueller’s case, has been cooperating with investigators.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
7) At the state level, New York is investigating Donald Trump's taxes and the Trump Organization's tax schemes.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
8) New York is still pushing to ban Trump family members from serving on nonprofit boards, after forcing the shutdown of the Trump Foundation.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
9) The New York attorney general is probing Trump's finances and subpoenaing Deutsche Bank for banking records.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
10) The New York attorney general got Twitter heat last week from Trump for her probe of the NRA.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
11) Two attorneys general, in Maryland and DC, have been pursuing a lawsuit claiming that the president is in breach of the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
12) Federal and state officials are investigating the Trump Organization's repeated illegal use of undocumented workers (and there were more new revelations about that practice just last week) .... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
13) The Manhattan District Attorney has filed charges against Paul Manafort for mortgage violations.... wired.com/story/trumps-w…
14) and, lastly, DC itself is also probing Trump's inauguration, separate from the federal criminal probes. wired.com/story/trumps-w…
That's a lot of shoes still to drop—and a lot of criminal exposure for people close to Donald Trump. At this rate, Trump’s investigations may outlast his presidency. // END
