<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of <i>USA Today</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/25/prosecutor-trump-criminal-case-convenes-grand-jury-report-says/7438146002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/25/prosecutor-trump-criminal-case-convenes-grand-jury-report-says/7438146002/</a><div><br></div><div>————————————————-</div><div><h1 class="gnt_ar_hl" elementtiming="ar-headline" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-stretch: normal; font-size: 36px; line-height: 38px; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Trump investigation: NYC prosecutor convenes grand jury, signaling charges could be coming</h1></div><div><br></div><div><p class="gntarbp" style="margin: 10.5pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">WASHINGTON — The prosecutor overseeing the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/19/investigations-looming-over-donald-trump-his-company-what-we-know/5164284001/" target="_blank" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;"><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">criminal probe into former President Donald Trump, his close orbit and his business</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has convened a grand jury that could decide on any indictments, according to a report on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gntarbp" style="margin: 10.5pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-investigation-grand-jury/2021/05/25/5f47911c-bcca-11eb-83e3-0ca705a96ba4_story.html" target="_blank" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;"><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">The Washington Post first reported</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, recently convened the grand jury that will sit three days a week for six months. According to the Post, the grand jury will hear several matters beyond just Trump's during that time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gntarbp" style="margin: 10.5pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">The investigation has been examining potential tax and bank-related fraud. Prosecutors are especially interested in whether Trump overvalued his properties and obscured debts in order to obtain valuable loans and other financial negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gntarbp" style="margin: 10.5pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">The convening of the grand jury indicates that Vance believes he has a case against Trump or someone else in his orbit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gntarbp" style="margin: 10.5pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">Trump, who now lacks the immunity from prosecution he had as president and the power to pardon his allies, called the investigation politically motivated in a statement on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gntarbp" style="margin: 10.5pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">“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 the statement.</span></p></div><div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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