One of the prosecutors who had led the Trump Organization’s fraud investigation wrote in his resignation letter that he believes former President Donald Trump is “guilty of numerous felony rapes.” The letter, confirmed by CBS News, was first published by the New York Times.
In a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Pomerantz expressed his frustration with Bragg’s handling of the case, and wrote, “I think your decision not to prosecute Donald Trump now, and according to the record. it is wrong and completely contrary to the public interest, so I cannot continue in my current position. “
Pomerantz and fellow prosecutor Carey Dunne resigned in February research in the company of the former president. The investigation has led to fraud and tax evasion charges against the company and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.
Danielle Filson, a spokeswoman for Bragg, told CBS News on Wednesday: “The investigation continues. A team of experienced prosecutors is working every day to follow the facts and the law. There is nothing we can and should say at this time situation in progress. investigation “.
Pomerantz wrote in his letter that “the team that has been investigating Mr. Trump has no doubt about whether he committed crimes, he did,” and added, “I and others have informed you that we have sufficient evidence. to establish Mr. Trump’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and we believe that prosecution would prevail if charges were brought and the matter was dealt with before an impartial jury. “
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office began investigating Trump in 2019, first examining the silent money payments paid to women on his behalf and then expanding an investigation into whether the president’s company deceived lenders or authorities. taxes on the value of their properties.
Pomerantz, a former mob prosecutor, was taken out of private practice by Vance to add his experience in white-collar investigations to Trump’s investigation. Dunne argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a successful, multi-year struggle for Trump’s tax records.
After taking office in January, Bragg said he was proud of the continuity that Dunne and Pomerantz had led in the direction of the high-profile investigation when he took over Vance’s prosecutor’s office. retired after a dozen years in office.
Also in January, New York Attorney General Letitia James stated in court documents in a parallel civil investigation that her office had discovered evidence that the Trump organization used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits.
Trump has given his Statement of Financial Status (an annual snapshot of his holdings) to banks to secure loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars in properties such as a Wall Street office building and a golf course. Florida, and financial magazines to justify its place among the world’s billionaires.
His lawyers have argued that the statements were true and that any attempt to turn disagreements over the value of real estate into a crime had political motives.
Some legal experts had said that Manhattan prosecutors faced a possible hurdle to show that Trump or his company intentionally falsified the financial statements.
In his resignation letter, Pomerantz wrote that Trump should be prosecuted “without further delay,” noting that much of the evidence related to Trump before he became president is that the investigation had already been prolonged by the battle. of tax returns and other fights.
Waiting to see if more convicting evidence could be found would be unsuccessful, he wrote, and would only “raise additional questions about not holding Mr. Trump accountable for his criminal conduct.”
“No case is perfect. Whatever the risks of filing the case, I am convinced that the lack of prosecution will pose much greater risks in terms of public confidence in the fair administration of justice,” Pomerantz wrote.
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