Former President Donald Trump's team is more nervous than usual now that prosecutors have convened a grand jury in an investigation into Trump and organization executives, Politico reported Wednesday.
"There's definitely a cloud of nerves in the air," a Trump adviser told Politico. The increase in levels of concern from what Politico calls "the typical barrage of legal issues surrounding Trump" is reportedly attributed to fears that Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, whose taxes are under investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James' office, will flip.
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