From: t, Geor et CID) (FBI Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 12:04:18 +0000 Importance: Normal From: Sent: weanesaay, May Lb, LUZ' 5:u4:12 AM Wit:mow wacmc Time (US & Canada) To: Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Wednesday, May 26, 2021 < Good morning - New York To Convene Special Grand Jury Over Investigation Into Former President Trump. ABC World News TonightVi (5/25, story 3, 1:15, Muir, 6.58M) reported that that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is "convening a special grand jury to decide whether to bring criminal charges" against former President Trump and his business associates. The investigation "has been going on for more than two years now," and the latest update "is a clear sign tonight it's entering a new stage." NBC Nightly NewsVi (5/25, story 6, 0:45, Holt, 5.16M) reported that while the announcement "is the next step that prosecutors would take in pursuing possible criminal charges," it "doesn't mean charges will be filed." CBS Evening NewsVi (5/25, story 5, 0:25, O'Donnell, 3.84M) reported that, according to sources, the investigation "centers on whether the Trump Organization manipulated its real estate portfolio to defraud banks or obtain illegal tax benefits." The Washington Post (5/25, 10.52M) reports, "Manhattan's district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself, should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development," and "the move indicates that District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.'s investigation of the former president and his business has reached an advanced stage after more than two years. It suggests, too, that Vance thinks he has found evidence of a crime - if not by Trump, by someone potentially close to him or b