Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Manafort's Real-Estate Deals Said to Be Probed by N.Y.'s Top Cop

 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman


by Erik Larson and Greg Farrell 

New York State has opened an investigation into the real-estate dealings of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, deepening the already intense legal scrutiny of the young administration.

The probe by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of the most outspoken critics of the president, is in a preliminary stage, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the investigation isn’t public. Manafort, who ran Trump’s campaign from April to August last year, has owned property in the Hamptons and Trump Tower in Manhattan.

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Source: Bloomberg Politics (via The Empire Report) 

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