New York investigates Donald Trump for bank and insurance fraud

New York, August 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Manhattan district attorney may be investigating Donald Trump over bank and insurance fraud, according to a new filing from his office. 

District Attorney Cyrus Vance has been looking into hush-money payments made during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to women Trump had affairs with.  But the court filing, which seeks to compel Trump’s accounting firm to hand over eight years of his tax returns, suggests the investigation is much more expansive, as it cites reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization.” 

Earlier, Trump dismissed the news, saying it was part of a Democratic “witch hunt” against him.