Article snippet: Federal prosecutors in New York are reportedly probing whether MORE’s inaugural committee misspent donated funds from the record $107 million it received for the 2017 event. In addition to examining possible financial wrongdoing, investigators are scrutinizing donors who may have written sizable checks in exchange for access to the Trump administration, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The probe’s findings could affect other matters involving Trump, namely special counsel MORE’s Russia investigation. Here are five things to know about the Trump inauguration probe. Wide range of potential crimes under examination Legal experts say there could be several crimes at play, including violations of bribery statutes as well as tax and wire laws. “Anytime someone donates to an inaugural committee, there is obviously some sort of generalized expectation of access,” Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor, told The Hill. “But if you can show that something goes beyond a generalized unspoken expectation, then you may have a bribery case.” Honig said there may be violations of tax statutes if members of the committee exploited the tax-exempt status granted to nonprofit organizations. If an individual diverts the nonprofit’s funds for their personal benefit, that could be viewed as a potential scheme to defraud people who donated to the inaugural committee. “If they were spending nonprofit money on expenditures that are not allowed for a nonprofit, it is a way to ... Link to the full article to read more