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Too bad Che is no longer available to take him out back and Che him...
Mark Pomerantz investigated the world of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. The investigation led him to believe that the former president’s approach to business had much in common with the business practices of another well-known public figure—former mob boss John J. Gotti.
Ultimately, Pomerantz gathered enough evidence to support the view—held by many of his colleagues on the case, including former Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. - that former president Donald Trump should be indicted for a number of financial crimes. But that indictment never happened. This book explains why.
Pomerantz’s work ultimately led to the indictment of the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, who pleaded guilty to tax fraud. But that indictment was merely the prelude to a larger criminal case that Pomerantz urged the Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg, to bring against Donald Trump.
When the DA refused to authorize that prosecution, Pomerantz and his colleague Carey Dunne resigned. Aspects of the case Pomerantz wanted to bring are currently being pursued against Trump by the attorney general of New York State in a civil fraud case that does not involve criminal penalties.
About the author
Mark Pomerantz was born in Brooklyn and received a BA from Harvard College in 1972 and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School in 1975.
He worked as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Pomerantz has also been on the faculty of Columbia Law School and has lectured on criminal procedure and white-collar law at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools.
From February 2021 to February 2022, he worked pro bono as special assistant district attorney in the office of the New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to assist with that office’s criminal investigation into the personal and business finances of former president Donald Trump.
From the comments by F. Holister:
The most important information details how Mr. Pomerantz believes the misdemeanor charges of false business records (with a two-year statute of limitations) could be tried as felonies (with a five-year statute of limitations) because the records were used to cover up another crime.
Now, the "elevating crime" may be one or more violations of federal election law. The New York statue does not state that, that must be a state law violation to qualify. Mr. Pomerantz makes a powerful argument that is properly up to the courts to decide.
Eventually the Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg, came to agree with Mr. Pomerantz.
The Committee’s report about this made it very clear how hard they were trying to find ANYTHING they could try to pin on Trump. Definitely political targeting by “law enforcement”. The very fact that JD Vance assembled a group of lawyers to try to figure out some way to “get Trump” says about everything anybody needs to know.
Not only did he ‘plead the fifth’, he ‘plead the fifth MANY times’.... Although the first few times he tried to phrase it differently so it wouldn’t be obvious to the ignorant peasants that he was refusing to admit he was guilty.
But Gaetz kept at it, and the guy finally gave up, and showed himself for the scumbag shyster he is. So good job by Gaetz.
If I knew how easy it is to avoid accountability it would have been a lot easier when I was a kid getting in trouble..
Bfl
Just like Louis Lerner, IRS who attacked conservative groups for political reasons. Suddenly, they plead the fifth.
I think that people who accept government paychecks shouldn’t be able to plead the 5th during investigations about government abuse. Those Constitutional Amendments were designed to protect the people, not the government.
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