still facing 'a dozen' legal threats from federal and state prosecutors

Donald Trump is still facing around a dozen legal threats from federal and state prosecutors despite reports Mueller will not be indicting anyone else, reports say. 

The end of the probe, which has cast a dark shadow over Trump's presidency, does not remove the legal peril for the 72-year-old. 

In fact, while the closure of the 22-month probe without additional indictments by Mueller was welcome news to some in Trump's orbit there remained the possibility of indictments already sealed, or that another body such as the Southern District of New York wold bring indictments.

That would see the focus shift from Mueller in Washington to New York.

Retired federal judge John S. Martin Jr. told The New York Times: 'The important thing to remember is that almost everything Donald Trump did was in the Southern District of New York.

'He ran his business in the Southern District. He ran his campaign from the Southern District. He came home to New York every night.'

Donald Trump is said to be still facing around 'a dozen' legal threats from federal and state prosecutors despite reports Robert Mueller will not be indicting anyone else

Trump was implicated in a potential campaign finance violation by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who says the president asked him to arrange the transactions

Donald Trump is said to be still facing around 'a dozen' legal threats from federal and state prosecutors despite reports Robert Mueller will not be indicting anyone else. Trump was implicated in a potential campaign finance violation by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who says the president asked him to arrange the transactions

Special Councel Robert Mueller, and his wife Ann pictured Sunday after he handed his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday

Special Councel Robert Mueller, and his wife Ann pictured Sunday after he handed his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday

United States attorneys' offices in Brooklyn, the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Virginia are also each said to be handling different strands of inquiry.  

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, told MSNBC there was a 'high probability' that additional indictments happen.

'I think there is a strong possibility of additional indictments, including president Trump's family,' Blumenthal said Friday evening.

'Maybe not by the Department of Justice, main Justice. But by other offices. I know that you want to stick to the Mueller report. But the Mueller

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