Trump latest – Trump's rally CANCELED ahead of Mexico border trip after reports Manhattan DA 'won't charge him'

DONALD Trump's most recent rally has been canceled ahead of the ex-president's Mexico border visit after reports announce he will not be charged related to ongoing investigations into the Trump Organization.

Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti told The Associated Press the meeting came as a grand jury nears a vote on an indictment this week following a more than two-year investigation into Trump’s business affairs.

He said prosecutors have told him Trump himself will not be charged at this time — “at least not with what’s coming down this week” — but added the investigation is continuing.

Fischetti claims that members of Vance's team said he was weighing charges against the Trump Organization and various employees regarding alleged failures to pay taxes on corporate benefits and other perks.

Trump's upcoming rally in Alabama was set to take place on Saturday but has since been canceled after officials fear it would be too 'partisan.'

On June 15, Donny announced that he accepted an invitation to visit the nation's "decimated" southern border tomorrow June 30.

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  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP ACCEPTED INVITATION FROM TEXAS GOVERNOR TO VISIT BORDER

    Last week, Trump said that he accepted an invitation to visit the nation's "decimated" southern border at the end of the month.

    "I have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation's decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021," a statement announcing his trip said.

    "The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in US history, and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in US history.

    "It's an unmitigated disaster zone," he continued.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP CRITICIZES HARRIS AS BORDER CZAR

    In a final dig, he insinuated that the vice president "would've never gone to the border" if he wasn't visiting.

    In another statement, the former president accused Harris of “ignoring the crisis at the Southern border.”

  • Julia Fields

    SHOCKING PICTURES OF BORDER RELEASED AHEAD OF TRUMP'S VISIT

    Shocking pictures show a migrant boy thought to be as young as two years old shirtless and surrounded by rubbish near the US-Mexico border ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to the region tomorrow. 

    The boy was found by Mexican authorities on Monday near an overcrowded truck that had carried more than 100 migrants in suffocating conditions, the national immigration institute said. 

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP'S LAWYER 'DOESN'T BELIEVE' CHARGES ARE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IF AT ALL

    CNN previously reported Vance's investigators had been looking into the allegations made by Daniels and Cohen.

    Trump and his organization could still yet be charged by Vance in relation to the allegations.

    However, Fischetti said he doesn't believe those charges are likely any time in the near future, if at all.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS SEIZED

    Earlier this year, Vance's team won big when the Supreme Court authorized them to seize Trump's personal tax returns, after years of him refusing to disclose the documents voluntarily.

    Then last month, the Washington Post reported that Vance had convened a grand jury to decided whether or not to charge Trump and the Trump Organization.

  • Julia Fields

    INVESTIGATION BROADENED TO INCLUDE OTHER ENTITIES

    Vance's investigation has since broadened into a wider review of the company's dealings with a variety of external entities, including Deutsche Bank and Ladder Capital, a commercial mortgage loans company.

  • Julia Fields

    INVESTIGATION BEGAN IN 2016

    Vance's office has been investigating Trump since 2016, during the early stages of his presidential campaign.

    The investigation began with a focus on the Trump Organization's reimbursement of a 2016 hush-money payment made by Michael Cohen to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him, including Daniels.

  • Julia Fields

    SHAKESPEARIAN CHARGES

    However, according to the Washington Post, his team has informed Trump's advisers that they will proceed with charges unless persuaded otherwise today.

    “It’s like the Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing,” Fischetti told Politico. “This is so small that I can’t believe I’m going to have to try a case like this.”

  • Julia Fields

    FIRST INDICTMENT COULD COME THIS WEEK

    The first indictment could come in as soon as later this week, officials say.

    “They just said, ‘When this indictment comes down, he won’t be charged. Our investigation is ongoing,’” he told Politico.

  • Julia Fields

    HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS NOT MENTIONED IN MEETING

    When pressed as to whether allegations made by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen and ex-porn star Stormy Daniels regarding supposed "hush money" payments were mentioned in the meeting, Fischetti said "no."

    "Nothing. Not a word on that," he continued.

  • Julia Fields

    'THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE'

    Fischetti claims that members of Vance's team said he was weighing charges against the Trump Organization and various employees regarding alleged failures to pay taxes on corporate benefits and other perks.

    The perks included cars and apartments and only involve a small number of executives, Politico reported.

    “We asked, ‘Is there anything else?’” Fischetti told the outlet. "They said, 'No.'"

    Fischetti said it was "crazy" that "that's all they had."

  • Julia Fields

    COMPANY, BUT NOT TRUMP, COULD BE CHARGED

    Lawyers have said that the grand jury brought together by Vance is nearing a vote on the number of indictments to issue.

    Fischetti said Trump won't be indicted – "at least not with what’s coming down this week." He added the company itself could be charged.

  • Julia Fields

    'GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME'

    "After hundreds of subpoenas, over 3 million pages of documents, 4 years of searching, dozens and dozens of interviews, and millions of dollars of taxpayer funds wasted, they continue to be ‘in search of a crime’ and will do anything to frighten people into making up the stories or lies that they want, but have been totally unable to get," Trump wrote in a lengthy sentence.

    "It is a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time."

  • Julia Fields

    FUTURE CHARGES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION

    Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti said the president for now won't be getting charged – but added that doesn't mean future charges are out of the question.

    "I can’t say he’s out of the woods yet completely," Fischetti said.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP 'WILL NOT BE CHARGED'

    Former President Donald Trump blasted New York City and State prosecutors after Trump was told by his lawyer he would not be charged in the prosecutors' two-year-old investigation into his assets.

    "Radical Left New York City and State Prosecutors, who have let murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and all other forms of crime skyrocket to record levels," Trump wrote.

    And "who have just announced that they will be releasing hundreds of people involved in violent crime back onto the streets without retribution of any kind, are rude, nasty, and totally biased in the way they are treating lawyers, representatives, and some of the wonderful long-term employees and people within the Trump Organization," he continued.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP MADE A BET ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS' BORDER VISIT

    In an interview with The Rubin Report, Trump said he made a bet that Harris would go to the border after he announced his trip.

    "As soon as I announced I'm going to the border, I actually made a minor bet.

    "I said watch what happens she's going to announce it right after I announced, as you know she announced that she's going down."

    In a final dig, he insinuated that the vice president "would've never gone to the border" if he wasn't visiting next week.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP SLAMS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR BORDER SITUATION

    Trump also took the opportunity to blast Biden's administration and its response to the border situation.

    "The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in US history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in US history.

    "It's an unmitigated disaster zone," he continued.

    The former president said that the US went from having "border security that was the envy of the world" to a "lawless border" that is pitied around the world.

    He went on to slam Biden and Kamala Harris for not visiting the Southern border or the "ICE heroes risking their lives to defend our Nation at a time when the White House is doing everything it can to make their jobs totally impossible."

  • Julia Fields

    DA'S PROBE BEGAN AFTER HUSH MONEY PAID TO TWO WOMEN

    Weisselberg has not been accused or charged with any crime and Trump has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

    The DA's probe began after Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen paid hush money to silence two women, including porn star Stormy Daniels, before the 2016 election about alleged sexual encounters with Trump.

    Cohen started working for the Trump Organization in 2006, and in 2018 he was sentenced to three years for his involvement in assisting tax evasion and campaign finance fraud. He was released last April.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP CALLS INVESTIGATION A 'WITCH HUNT'

    Trump has already called Vance's investigation a politically motivated "witch hunt."

    His niece Mary Trump said earlier this month that her famous uncle "would fully expect" his five kids "to take a hit for him" but "would never do anything to protect them if it were at his expense".

  • Julia Fields

    DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S TARGET

    The district attorney appears to be targeting Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization.

    This includes his personal finances and benefits given to his son Barry who long worked for the organization, according to the New York Times.

    It was reported in The Wall Street Journal that the Manhattan District Attorney's office had filed a subpoena against Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School over $500,000 in fees for Weisselberg's grandchildren.

    It's claimed the payments were made between 2012 and 2019 and checks were signed either by Weisselberg or Trump.

  • Julia Fields

    WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION?

    Vance's investigation concerns a variety of matters, such as alleged hush-money payments paid to women on Trump’s behalf, property valuations and employee compensation.

    The investigation also includes scrutiny of Trump’s relationship with his lenders, a land donation he made to qualify for an income tax deduction, and tax write-offs his company claimed on millions of dollars in consulting fees it paid.

  • Julia Fields

    LONG RUNNING INVESTIGATION

    The charges stem from a long-running investigation into Trump's business dealings. No charges have been filed so far.

    Prosecutors have been scrutinizing Trump’s tax records, subpoenaing documents and interviewing Trump insiders and company executives.

    Law enforcement officials familiar with the matter say the investigation has reached a critical point with a grand jury selected to weigh evidence.

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP ORGANIZATION LAWYER SPEAKS OUT

    Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti told NBC: "It looks like they are going to come down with charges against the company and that is completely outrageous."

    Fischetti said he met virtually with prosecutors for around nine minutes on Thursday to discuss the case.

    He added: "In my more than 50 years of practice, never before have I seen a district attorney’s office target a company over employee compensation or fringe benefits. It’s ridiculous and outrageous.

    "The corporate office will plead not guilty and we will make an immediate motion to dismiss the case against the corporation."

  • Julia Fields

    TRUMP COULD BE CHARGED FOR PERKS PAID TO EXECUTIVES

    Donald Trump's company could face criminal charges as soon as next week over benefits paid to executives – a move slammed as "outrageous" by the organization's lawyer.

    The former president's business is under scrutiny for perks it gave top staff, such as use of apartments, cars and school tuition.

  • Julia Fields

    WHEN IS TRUMP GOING TO THE BORDER?

    On June 15, Donny announced that he accepted an invitation to visit the nation's "decimated" southern border at the end of the month.

    "I have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation's decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021," the statement said.

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