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Mon Jul 23

As New York looks into whether the Trump Foundation broke the law, criminal charges remain unlikely

Written by Daniel Hemel, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago

A demonstrator in New York demanding that President Donald Trump's tax returns be made publicAP Photo/Mary Altaffer

New York authorities have opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation to determine whether the president or his charity broke state tax laws.

The state tax probe is just the latest example of the legal trouble the...

As New York looks into whether the Trump Foundation broke the law, criminal charges remain unlikely

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