Former president Donald Trump is suing to block New York investigators from continuing their probe of his business activities in the years before and during his term in office.
Whether this has any likelihood of succeeding is an open question. One wonders where it says that someone can stop an official investigation that has only just begun. Moreover, civil investigations often take years. In addition, this one is a state investigation, and federal officials have no authority over what New York chooses to probe.
There's also the question of funding. News reports have detailed the ex-president's money-raising political activities even as his personal and business activities show a lack of funding.
So who's paying the investigators? Besides, if a person is innocent, why bother to stop a probe?
One answer would be a strong ego. Another would be ...
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