NYC prosecutors of Trump Organization resign

One had been with the DA's office since 1984, the other hired more recently by the retiring DA for his expertise in white collar crime. Neither the prosecutors nor the newly elected DA had comment on the resignations.

[quote]Two New York prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business operations have departed the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, suddenly casting doubt on the future of the inquiry.

The resignations of Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz come just over a month into the tenure of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who succeeded longtime prosecutor Cyrus Vance. Vance did not seek re-election.[/quote]

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

Doesnt smell promising, Does it?😷

MistyCee

@whowasthatmaskedman I'd say it smells curious, more then promising or not promising at this point.

Could be significant, or might just be mostly irrelevant to the overall future of the investigation because their job was done or they were moving on after after working in the same place for 38 years.

Could be bad, could be good, but mostly it seems just head scratching, I wonder what's going on to me.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@MistyCee Exactly. You have a new DA and he wants his own team; he presumably was elected because the voters wanted more focus on street crime; NYC DA and State Attorney General always have turf battles to work out; civil cases are easier to win than criminal cases and Attorney General got the subpoena go ahead in the civil -- lots of moving pieces.

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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@MistyCee No problem either way. I actually had started to put the citation on it, and then thought it was so milquetoast plain -- no comments, no speculation -- that it might be overkill. But I agree with your general principle.

LeopoldBloom · M

@MistyCee They were there for 38 years? Gosh, something must have happened for them to quit so soon after they got there.

I think we need to look no further into why these two retired. Some people I've worked with have retired after less time than that. I haven't worked where I am for 38 years, and I could retire tomorrow.