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The Trump Organization, the conglomerate owned by the family of former US President

Donald Trump,

is the subject of a criminal investigation, the

New York

state attorney announced Tuesday

.

"We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is

no longer purely civil in nature,"

said a spokesperson for the attorney general's office,

Letitia James.

"We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in criminal matters, along with the Manhattan district attorney."

The organization is the holding company for hundreds of Trump entities,

from hotels to golf courses.

Trump, who left the White House in January, denies any wrongdoing and has previously called the investigation into his finances by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, a Democrat, as "a continuation of the biggest political witch hunt. of the history of our country ".

Meanwhile, James' office has also been investigating the

bank fraud

and insurance fraud

allegations

through civil proceedings.

The Trump Organization strengthened its legal team with the hiring in early April of a veteran criminal lawyer,

Ronald Fischetti,

84.

The district attorney's investigation initially focused on payments

to buy his silence made to two women

who claim to have had affairs with Trump, but has expanded to allegations of tax evasion and bank and insurance fraud.

That investigation is being conducted behind closed doors in front of a grand jury, and it appeared to be moving forward when Vance's team received

eight years of tax returns

from Trump in March.

Six months after losing the presidential election in the United States, millions of Republicans continue to view Trump as their leader, despite his repeated unsubstantiated claims that President

Joe Biden

prevailed with fraud.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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