Two prosecutors working on Manhattan DA’s Trump Organization probe resign
By Sonia Moghe and Devan Cole, CNN
Two top prosecutors working on the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into the Trump Organization resigned Wednesday, leaving the years-old probe without two key players as it appeared to have entered a crucial phase.
Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz submitted their resignations to the DA’s office, Danielle Filson, a spokeswoman for the office, told CNN in a statement, adding that “we are grateful for their service.”
“The investigation is ongoing,” Filson said. “We can’t comment further.”
The New York Times first reported the prosecutors’ resignations. CNN has reached out to Pomerantz and Dunne for comment.
The resignations come as the new Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has “indicated to them that he had doubts about moving forward with a case against” former President Donald Trump, the Times said, citing conversations with people with knowledge of the matter.
Bragg’s concerns ultimately led to a pause in the probe’s use of a state grand jury, according to the Times, which said Dunne and Pomerantz “have not questioned any witnesses in front of the grand jury for more than a month.” The newspaper said that the investigators “late last month postponed a plan to question at least one witness before the grand jury.”
The “precise reasons for Mr. Bragg’s pullback are unknown,” the Times said, noting that “he has made few public statements about the status of the inquiry since taking office.”
CNN reported in December that the investigation appears to be coming to a head, with prosecutors focusing on the accuracy of the Trump Organization’s financial statements when seeking financing, according to people familiar with the matter.
Following his election last year, Bragg pledged to personally focus on the probe, saying in an interview that it’s “obviously a consequential case, one that merits the attention of the DA personally.”
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