NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office “recently” convened the grand jury that will decide whether former President Donald Trump and others will face charges in connection with the Trump Organization’s dealings, according to a report.
The newly-convened panel “is likely to hear several matters — not just the Trump case” over the course of six months, the Washington Post reported Tuesday evening, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and his office have been probing the Trump Organization for more than two years, the outlet reported. The Associated Press adds that "the investigation includes scrutiny of Trump’s relationship with his lenders; a land donation he made to qualify for an income tax deduction; and tax write-offs his company claimed on millions of dollars in consulting fees it paid."
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Convening the panel “suggests… that Vance believes he has found evidence of a crime — if not by Trump then by someone potentially close to him or by his company,” according to the outlet.
A spokesperson for Vance declined to provide a comment to the outlet.
Trump contends the investigation is a “witch hunt.”
“This is purely political, and an affront to the almost 75 million voters who supported me in the Presidential Election, and it’s being driven by highly partisan Democrat prosecutors,” Trump said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press.