Inauguration of Donald Trump

=== Investigation by U.S. attorney's office in New York ===
''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The New York Times'' reported in December 2018 that federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn are investigating whether Middle Eastern foreigners sought to buy influence over American policies by using straw donors to illegally funnel donations to Trump's inaugural committee and a pro-Trump Super PAC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/trump-inauguration-investigation.html|title=Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign Donations|first1=Sharon|last1=LaFraniere|first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|first3=Adam|last3=Goldman|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 13, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205080411/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/trump-inauguration-investigation.html|archive-date=February 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-inauguration-spending-under-criminal-investigation-by-federal-prosecutors-11544736455|title=Trump Inauguration Spending Under Criminal Investigation by Federal Prosecutors|first1=Rebecca Davis|last1=O'Brien|first2=Rebecca|last2=Ballhaus|first3=Aruna|last3=Viswanatha|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=December 13, 2018|via=www.wsj.com|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213225502/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-inauguration-spending-under-criminal-investigation-by-federal-prosecutors-11544736455|archive-date=December 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Trump inaugural committee received a subpoena from federal prosecutors on February 4, 2019. The SDNY subpoena demanded a comprehensive array of documents involving the committee's donors, finances, attendees and activities. The subpoena named one person of interest: fundraiser [[Imaad Zuberi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-subpoena.html|title=Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|first2=Ben|last2=Protess|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 4, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205014712/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-subpoena.html|archive-date=February 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The subpoena reportedly covered allegations of [[Conspiracy against the United States|conspiracy to defraud the United States government]], [[money laundering]], [[Making false statements|false statements]], [[mail and wire fraud]], disclosure violations and prohibitions against contributions by foreign nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/politics/sdny-subpoena-trump-inauguration-committee/index.html|title=Federal prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee|first1=Erin|last1=Burnett|first2=Erica|last2=Orden|first3=Gloria|last3=Borger|first4=Caroline|last4=Kelly|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=February 4, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205005434/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/politics/sdny-subpoena-trump-inauguration-committee/index.html|archive-date=February 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-prosecutors-issue-sweeping-subpoena-for-documents-from-trump-inaugural-committee-a-sign-of-a-deepening-criminal-probe/2019/02/04/b6382642-28e5-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html|title=Federal prosecutors issue sweeping subpoena for documents from Trump inaugural committee, a sign of a deepening criminal probe|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 4, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205051749/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-prosecutors-issue-sweeping-subpoena-for-documents-from-trump-inaugural-committee-a-sign-of-a-deepening-criminal-probe/2019/02/04/b6382642-28e5-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html|archive-date=February 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>