New York attorney general says Trump probe is now criminal

The New York attorney general’s office has announced it is conducting a criminal investigation into former president Donald Trump’s business empire ((Alex Brandon/AP)

The New York attorney general’s office says it is now conducting a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s business empire after expanding what had previously been a civil probe.

“We have informed the Trump Organisation that our investigation into the company is no longer purely civil in nature,” Fabien Levy, a spokesman for attorney general Letitia James, said in a statement.