THE Donald Trump is “guilty” of “several” crimes, especially fraud, says a prosecutor who resigned a month ago over the fact that the former Republican president was not prosecuted, according to excerpts from his resignation letter published yesterday. The New York Times is Wednesday.
Mark Pomerang resigned on February 23, along with Prosecutor Carrie Dan. They conducted a criminal investigation against the former president.
Excerpts from Mr. Pomerang’s letter published yesterday by the newspaper confirm that both resigned in protest of the choice of the new Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, not to prosecute the real estate mogul.
The decision “runs counter to the public interest,” Pomerange said in a letter, according to the Times. “The team that carried out the investigation against Mr. Trump has no doubt as to whether or not he committed crimes – he did,” he added.
This criminal investigation file is primarily about suspicions of fictitious valuations of the Trump Organization’s assets – which include golf courses and clubs, luxury hotels and other real estate – either to secure soft loans from banks or to achieves the reduction of taxes due.
The two prosecutors intended to exercise prosecution against Donald Trump for forgery, according to the newspaper.
Mr. Bragg assures that the investigation continues, without the two resigned prosecutors.
Although they overlap, this investigation is separate from the civil investigation conducted by New York State Attorney General Leticia James. Mrs. James has asked – in vain, at least until today – the former president and his two children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, to go and testify before her.
THE criminal investigation had already led in July to prosecute the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer Allen Weiselberg, mainly for tax fraud. Donald Trump’s group and Mr. Weiselberg have pleaded not guilty. The trial is expected to take place later this year.
At the same time, a jury has been set up for the aspect related to the suspicions of fictitious asset pricing, in order to decide on the possible prosecution. In that regard, prosecutors have secured the tax returns of Mr. Trump – the first president not to publish them since the 1970s – in a Supreme Court ruling.
The Republican, who has always argued that the inquiries against him have political springs, still leaves the doubt as to whether or not he will claim his party’s anointing to run again in the 2024 presidential election.
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