“Jim Jones was a religious cult leader, Donald Trump is a political cult leader.”

— Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), quoted by The Guardian, recalling when she lay bleeding from five gunshot wounds in the Guyana jungle after traveling to the Jonestown settlement on a congressional probe.

“Once his impeachment trial concludes and former president Donald Trump returns to his business, he will face some obvious challenges, such as declining real estate income and investigations from New York authorities,” the Washington Post reports.

“But he may also have to finally face two tax issues that have been simmering in the background, either of which experts say could carry significant consequences should they materialize now that he is out of office.”

“One is a massive income tax refund Trump received before entering office… The other issue Trump faces is the possibility that Democrats, after five years of trying, will finally pry free Trump’s tax returns now that the party controls both Congress and the White House.”

“In the final months of the Trump administration, senior Justice Department officials repeatedly sought to block federal prosecutors in Manhattan from taking a crucial step in their investigation into Rudy Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, delaying a search warrant for some of Mr. Giuliani’s electronic records,” the New York Times reports.

“The actions by political appointees at the Justice Department in Washington effectively slowed the investigation as it was gaining momentum last year.”