New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has opened the possibility of pursuing a criminal case against the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
Presenting an obstacle to the 2020 Democratic contender, the state attorney general’s office said it hadn’t yet determined if the purported allegations warranted a criminal referral.
Yahoo! News reports:
“At Governor Cuomo’s direction, the state stands ready to provide the (New York) Attorney General with the appropriate criminal referral on this matter if and when she asks for it,” Alphonso David, the governor’s counsel, said in a statement.
The state’s attorney general, Barbara Underwood, filed a civil lawsuit against President Donald Trump, three of his children and his foundation in June, saying Trump had illegally used the nonprofit as a personal “checkbook” for his own benefit, including his 2016 presidential campaign.
Underwood would need a criminal referral to file a criminal suit.
“We continue to evaluate the evidence to determine what additional actions may be warranted, and will seek a criminal referral from the appropriate state agency as necessary,” Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for Underwood, said in a statement.
Underwood argued before a state judge the need to dissolve the Foundation and to ban Trump and his immediate family from holding leadership roles in New York charities, citing a possible conflict of interest.
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