On CNN Wednesday, former federal prosecutor Laura Coates explained how the newly coordinated criminal investigations by the Manhattan district attorney and New York attorney general into the Trump Organization escalate the legal problems for former President Donald Trump and his family.
“We treat your criminal sections and civil sections in the justice system differently,” said Coates. “Not because we don’t value above-board behavior, but because the penalties at stake are, one, liberty and the other a check being written. To combine these two raises the stakes for the attorneys. And to combine it from not only the AG’s office in New York, but also in Manhattan — it says that this is something far more expansive and there is some indication talking about criminal investigations. Some indication that it merits there to be a penalty of the deprivation of liberty as well.”
“It’s interesting that the New York attorney general’s office didn’t explain what prompted the change and why they released it publicly,” said anchor Poppy Harlow. “They don’t have to do that. What do you think?” Continue reading.