(Holly Pickett/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
It’s a great day for most of the mainstream press outlets because they were given a special gift by the Attorney General of New York State last night. Nothing drives traffic like another Orange Man Bad headline, and Letitia James put out a press release last night saying that her yearslong investigation into every nook and cranny of the Trump Organization in New York has moved from “a civil investigation” to “
a criminal investigation.” (Insert dramatic hamster meme music here.)
Of course, few details were offered. The best explanation for this is the possibility that the complaints from bitter ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen may have resulted in the discovery of incidents where the Trump Organization inflated the value of some of its assets in an effort to negotiate favorable interest rates on loans or similar financial tricks. But as long as they can tie the word “criminal” to Donald Trump’s name, there were probably some champagne corks popping at the AG’s office on Tuesday evening. (NBC News)