The Manhattan DA is reportedly looking into Donald Trump Jr. as part of its investigation into his dad’s business dealings acollman@businessinsider.com (Ashley Collman)
The Manhattan district attorney is amping up its investigation into the Trump Organization.
The Daily Beast reports that the office is now looking into Donald Trump Jr. too.
Trump Jr. and his brother Eric ran the family business while their father was president.
Donald Trump Jr. has reportedly become a new focus of the Manhattan District Attorney Office investigation into the Trump Organization.
The Daily Beast reported that the probe into the Trump enterprise has been expanded, and that investigators have become interested in the activities of Trump Jr. and Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization s chief financial officer.
The Daily Beast reported that the investigation had expanded and that investigators had become interested in the activities of Trump Jr. and Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization s chief financial officer.
The Daily Beast didn t specify what about Trump Jr. and Weisselberg the investigators were interested in, but District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. has been opaque about the investigation from the get-go.
Court filings have indicated that his office is looking into extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization, The Associated Press reported in November.
A representative for the Manhattan District Attorney s Office declined to confirm The Daily Beast s reporting on Trump Jr. and Weisselberg. The Trump Organization has not responded to Insider s request for comment.