Corruption investigators probing Trump’s inaugural committee

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President Trump’s inaugural committee is under investigation for potentially misspending some of the $107 million it received to organize a string of events celebrating the start of the president’s term, according to a report.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are also probing whether some of the committee’s biggest contributors donated money in order to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration in violation of anti-corruption laws, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

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