Welcome to FOX News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Friday, August 24, 2018 The Trump Organization and two senior company officials may face criminal charges stemming from the hush money former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, according to a report A war of words between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions broke out over a FOX News interview where Trump slammed Sessions for never taking ‘control’ of his Justice Department; Sessions has vowed the DOJ would not be influenced by politics The attorney for Mollie Tibbetts’ accused killer dismissed claims that his client is an illegal immigrant as ‘rhetoric’ EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter denied using campaign funds for personal spending and called the criminal indictment against him and his wife ‘pure politics’ in a FOX News interview Hurricane Lane, now a Category 3 storm, battered Hawaii with heavy rain and triggered landslides as emergency crews rescued five trapped tourists THE LEAD STORY – CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR TRUMP ORGANIZATION? – The Manhattan district attorney’s office in New York City may push for criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two senior officials at the company over hush money that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid to an adult-film actress, according to a report … Investigators led by District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. would look at how the company accounted for its reimbursement to Cohen for the $130,000 he paid to Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had an affair with President Trump, the New York Times reported. Two officials with knowledge of the matter told the Times that the possible action was still in its early stages and no decision has been made on whether the state investigators will go after the Trump Organization. TRUMP VS. SESSIONS: Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back Thursday at President Trump for saying he “never took control of the Justice Department,” putting out a sharp statement vowing the agency won’t be “improperly influenced” by politics … Trump had made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with “FOX & Friends.” The president, on the heels of the conviction of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, continued to fume over Sessions’ recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions countered in a written statement, saying, in part: “While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” The president for months has railed against Sessions over his recusal, but the attorney general has hung on, occasionally pushing back publicly. The president discussed Sessions when asked in the Fox News interview if he would fire his AG and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after the midterms. He didn’t rule it out, but said he wanted to stay “uninvolved.” The latest public spat between Trump and Sessions came as New York’s attorney general is reportedly looking to open a criminal investigation into whether Michael Cohen violated state tax law. The Associated Press reported that New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood recently requested a criminal referral from the state tax department to investigate and potentially
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