I have a lot of pride in the many great journalists who had their start in the far recesses of The Day’s newsroom, some going from gathering Groton police logs to occupying lofty perches in American media.

One of those, Ted Mann, who occupied the cubicle next to mine, while he chronicled, among so many other remarkable stories, Pfizer’s ties to plans to destroy New London’s Fort Trumbull neighborhood, is now reporting for Bloomberg News, covering the election from Pennsylvania at the moment.

It was Mann’s tour at the Wall Street Journal that got some national scandals running, from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” to the Connecticut-based story about alleged sex trafficking by Vince McMahon, which is still unspooling, even as McMahon’s wife, Linda, two-time contender and loser in U.S. Senate races here, stands by as co-leader of the Trump transition team.

Indeed, the McMahon scandals deepened late last month, with a new lawsuit claiming Vince and Linda McMahon stood by and tolerated an announcer for their World Wrestling Entertainment who allegedly groomed and sexually abused young men called ring boys.

An investigation of Vince McMahon by the Justice Department was first reported early this year by the Wall Street Journal, under a Mann co-byline, a criminal probe that is presumably continuing.

The department has not commented, but lawyers for the woman who is suing McMahon for alleged rape and sex trafficking with other WWE executives ― honestly, the allegations of the wrestling mogul’s behavior is so despicable and heinous, involving human excrement, it is hard to report on ― said in the spring that they paused their lawsuit to allow law enforcement to pursue its own investigation.

It’s possible, of course, that the criminal investigation could run its course without any charges being brought. That happens all the time.

McMahon and WWE have strongly denied the allegations.

In this case, though, the charges against McMahon will presumably proceed in civil court, whether a criminal case develops or not.

I wonder what might happen to the investigation of Vince McMahon if Trump wins the presidency and Linda McMahon is in charge of filling out a new administration, including the Justice Department.

Of course candidate Trump has been very clear he intends to use the Justice Department to go after his enemies. He plainly promises to lock them up.

I wonder if he might also use the powers of the presidency to blunt investigations and prosecutions of his friends.

I have not heard him say that. But it seems logical, right? That would be the natural consequence of shattering the norms of respecting the Justice Department’s independence, as Trump has said he plans to do.

I suspect all of this is something that is occupying Vince McMahon’s mind, as the election fast approaches.

To get a flavor of all things McMahon, tune in to the new Netflix documentary, “Mr. McMahon,” which has just started streaming. Mann is interviewed at the outset.

It seems like this Connecticut billionaire has an especially large stake in the outcome of this election, maybe as much as all the other billionaires who have circled their money wagons around Trump.

This is the opinion of David Collins

d.collins@theday.com