Federal prosectors are investigating President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee for possible misspending of donations, sources familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Such misspending by the committee, which was registered as a nonprofit, could constitute a violation of federal corruption laws. “We are not aware of any evidence the investigation the Journal is reporting actually exists,” the lawyer told the Journal. Thursday’s report follows an ABC News story in May that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, which is investigating possible misconduct by the Trump campaign, had interviewed multiple witnesses about donations to the inauguration committee. Many of the questions regarded donors with connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, sources close to the situation told the network.

Source: Huffington Post December 13, 2018 22:08 UTC