“The inquiry focuses on whether people from Middle Eastern nations — including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — used straw donors to disguise their donations to the two funds.” The hits just keep coming. From the NYT: Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign Donations. This follows yesterday’s WSJ report that Trump’s Inauguration spending is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors.

+ ABC News: Michael Cohen says Trump knew it was wrong to make hush-money payments during campaign.

+ Trump has so many running scandals that it’s hard for news consumers to keep up and stay focused. The same is not true for federal prosecutors. I think Donny Deutsch gets things just about right.