Amnesty is futile, Trump tackles Manhattan’s large measure to step up criminal investigations-International-China Times

The sources said that Manhattan prosecutors have significantly increased their investigations into US President Trump in recent weeks and have interviewed several employees of banks and insurance brokers with whom he has been contacted. This latest sign shows that Trump cannot stop these investigations. Once you leave the White House, you are likely to face the threat of criminal prosecution.

According to a New York Times report on the 11th, Manhattan prosecutors investigated Deutsche Bank and Aon Corporation, the world’s largest insurance broker. Although Trump has a federal pardon, he cannot be protected from local criminal prosecution.

However, it is unclear if Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. will eventually prosecute him. For more than a year, local prosecutors have been asking the court to obtain the tax returns of Trump’s individuals and businesses, insisting they are the core of the investigation, and related cases are still on file in the Supreme Court.

Due to the sensitive nature of the matter, the source who requested anonymity revealed that the Fansi prosecution has recently stepped up its investigation. In addition to issuing new subpoenas, he also questions witnesses, some of whom are even held in front of a grand jury.

When Trump resumes his civilian status after January 20 of next year, he will lose the president’s immunity from criminal prosecution. Although he considered amnesty for three adult children, including Ivanka, before leaving the White House, and claimed the right to amnesty himself, this only applies to federal crimes, not to state or local crime investigations like Manhattan .

Trump insisted there was nothing wrong with what he did and continued to complain about the investigations, saying that Democratic prosecutor Fans was being persecuted. Regarding the focus of the Fan investigation, Trump’s behavior as a private business owner and whether he or his family business, that is, employees of the Trump Organization, are involved in financial crime.

(Zhongshi News Network)