Sep 8, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Federal prosecutors are investigating the Trump organization

Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen. Photo: Yana Paskova/Getty Images

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking into whether anyone in the Trump Organization violated campaign-finance laws in an effort to follow up on the conviction of Michael Cohen, Bloomberg reports.

Why it matters: The inquiry into the Trump Organization shows that the U.S. attorney's office is not satisfied with Cohen's guilty plea and believe there may be others complicit in Cohen's violations, including President Trump himself.

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