The subpoena from Attorney General Karl Racine is the latest attempt by prosecutors and lawyers to uncover potential wrongdoing by Trump’s inaugural committee, currently under criminal investigation for possible misspending of donations. As a nonprofit organization, the inaugural committee is subject to certain statutes enforced by Racine’s office. It also seeks documents that could help identify the roles Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump played on the committee. Trump’s inaugural committee raised a record $107 million, roughly twice as much as its predecessors, according to the Times. Tax law prohibits nonprofits like inaugural committees from paying inflated prices to businesses owned by individuals who also control or influence the nonprofit’s operations.

Source: Huffington Post February 27, 2019 21:56 UTC