Mark Pomerantz says his book won’t make ‘slightest difference’ in case against Trump
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Attorney Mark Pomerantz defended his decision to publish a book about the investigation looking to prosecute former President Donald Trump for various types of business fraud.
Pomerantz served as a lead prosecutor for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and had been investigating whether Trump illegally lied about his asset valuations before stepping down last year in protest, claiming that Bragg was too tepid against Trump. Bragg’s office recently warned Pomerantz’s book could compromise prosecution efforts.
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“Everything that went into the book with regard to the Stormy Daniels investigation, the financial statement investigation, was in the public domain,” Pomerantz told NBC’s Meet the Press. “I don’t think my book is going to make the slightest difference if there’s a choice.”
The book People vs. Donald Trump was released last week. Bragg’s office warned the book’s publisher that releasing it could hamper the ongoing investigation against Trump. Bragg also countered Pomerantz’s criticisms of him during a recent press conference.
“I bring hard cases when they are ready. Last year when I took office, I did an exhaustive review of a matter put before me and came to the same conclusion that multiple senior prosecutors in my office independently came to,” Bragg said.
Pomerantz postulated that Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance, who presided over the start of the case, “would have loved to have seen this case indicted during his tenure,” but noted that lawyers were not ready at that time to bring forth a complex financial case against Trump.
In the time since Pomerantz’s resignation, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office reportedly shifted focus back to the alleged hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign, which had been the original focus of the inquiry.
Over recent weeks, prosecutors have begun unfurling evidence before a grand jury. Daniels allegedly received a payment in exchange for signing a nondisclosure agreement to keep quiet about an alleged affair she had with Trump.
Investigators are reportedly examining whether it amounted to a campaign finance violation or whether Trump’s team falsified documents. Trump has slammed Bragg’s office for its inquiry of him, chalking it up to a politically motivated onslaught against him.
Last month, the Trump Organization was hit with the maximum fine for a tax fraud scheme that Bragg’s office prosecuted, though Trump himself was not directly implicated.
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Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, and fixer, and former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg have reportedly met with investigators.
Attorney Carey Dunne also stepped down last February alongside Pomerantz amid frustrations with Bragg’s handling of the Trump investigation.