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Manhattan DA was 'weeks' away from filing criminal charges against Trump in 2020, when he was still president, former prosecutor says

1 month ago   |   By Business Insider

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The Manhattan DA's office was weeks away from filing criminal charges against Trump at the end of 2020.
This is according to former special assistant district attorney Mark Pomerantz's new book.
Pomerantz resigned from the office when new DA Alvin Bragg decided against pursuing a Trump indictment.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office was just weeks away from filing criminal charges against then-President Donald Trump at the end of the 2020, but backed off when city lawyers downplayed Trump's alleged undervaluing of a historic building in...
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