New York attorney general says Trump Organization investigation turned criminal

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday that it has informed the Trump Organization that its investigation into the business “is no longer purely civil in nature” and now has a “criminal capacity.”

The declaration by James, which also ropes in Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., marks an escalation in the New York-based inquiries that have been looking for possible bank, tax, or insurance fraud by former President Donald Trump and his businesses. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and in February decried what he dubbed a “new phenomenon of ‘headhunting’ prosecutors and AGs.”

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