New York Attorney General Letitia James issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank Monday, related to four failed Trump Organization projects, a move prompted by Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony that President Donald Trump lied on his financial statements.

According to a Monday New York Times report, the inquiry is civil and not criminal in nature, though the scope is still unknown.

The subpoenas reportedly seek information about the financing of the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., the Trump National Doral in Florida and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.

Per the Times, James is also unearthing documents pertaining to Trump’s failed bid to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014.the flow of cash from the Insurance Industry. Max Baucus and Arlen Specter can expect to see the same blanket TV ads in their states as well. Senators-- who actually do behave as though they hold peerages in an American House of Lords, haven't bee feeling any real pressure from the public; it's how they can get away with their distortions and weaseling postures.Chris Bowers at OpenLeft has launched an online campaign to make every senator declare in plain English where he or she is in the debate. (Russ Feingold has already responded -- very publicly and positively.) New Gallup polling shows that Americans distrust Republicans in Congress even more than they distrust the health insurance industry! But, as Jane Hamsher pointed out today, conservative Democrats like Kay