he prosecute when he had the opportunity?
A Manhattan prosecutor who investigated Donald Trump’s financial dealings wrote in a resignation letter that he believed Trump “is guilty of numerous felony violations” and blasted the new district attorney for not moving ahead with an indictment, the New York Times reported.
Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, two top prosecutors on the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation of Trump, resigned abruptly last month, amid reports that the investigation into the former president’s finances was foundering.
The newly elected district attorney, Alvin Bragg (himself a major jackass), was reportedly more skeptical than his predecessor that the evidence his office’s attorneys had gathered against Trump would be enough to convict him.
In a February resignation letter obtained by the New York Times, Pomerantz wrote that the team of lawyers investigating Trump had “no doubt” he had “committed crimes” and that Bragg’s decision not to move ahead with prosecuting Trump “will doom any future prospects that Mr Trump will be prosecuted for the criminal conduct we have been investigating”.
“His financial statements were false, and he has a long history of fabricating information relating to his personal finances and lying about his assets to banks, the national media, counterparties, and many others, including the American people,” Pomerantz reportedly wrote.
The clock is ticking on the case against Trump, as the current term of the grand jury which has been hearing evidence expires in April.
Ronald Fischetti, an attorney for Trump, told the Guardian that the resignation letter simply reflected the prosecuting team’s failure to make a convincing legal case against the former president, describing his client’s “innocence”.
“Pomerantz had several occasions to meet with Alvin Bragg, the district attorney, and his senior staff to lay out exactly what he intended to present to the grand jury in order to get an indictment, and he failed,” Fischetti said. “He was unable to convince the DA and his senior staff that he had sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment.”
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To the best of my knowledge, the only party one owes truth to in regards to one's finances, is the federal and state governments for tax purposes and probably government-associated transactions (like an SBA loan). Corporations have legal duties not to lie to the SEC. Anyone else, lying is at best a basis for voiding a contract.
ReplyDelete"...banks, the national media, counterparties, and many others, including the American people,” Don't make me laugh that hard. What a nonsensical statement. There is no legal duty to disclose your finances to any of those groups. These attorneys should be disbarred, not resign.
Power corrupts, and absolute power... you know the rest.
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