Karl Racine launches third investigation of inaugural events.
By Peter Jamison Peter Jamison Reporter covering D.C. politics and government Email Bio Follow February 27 at 8:27 PM D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine has subpoenaed documents from President Trump’s inaugural committee, the latest of several requests from federal and state authorities probing how money was raised and spent for the January 2017 gala.
A spokesman for the inaugural committee said the committee had received the subpoena, and was in touch with Racine’s staff.Racine has been among the most aggressive Democratic attorneys general challenging the Trump administration. In June 2017, he and Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh filed a lawsuit alleging that the president’s ongoing attachments to his businesses violate anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution.
The committee, which raised and spent more than $100 million on inaugural events — more than twice the amount raised for President Barack Obama’s 2009 inaugural events — was headed by real estate developer Tom Barrack Jr., a longtime friend of the president’s. Federal Election Commission filings show that contributions came from an array of corporate interests and wealthy Trump supporters.
New York prosecutors appear interested, among other things, in foreign contributors to the inaugural committee. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s probe appears to focus on fundraising activities in New Jersey.
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