Top Trump Prosecutors Cited Stalled Investigation in Resignation Letters

[babylonsister]

Top Trump Prosecutors Cited Stalled Investigation in Resignation Letters
FED UP
A public records request denial doesn't usually shed this much light.
Jose Pagliery
Political Investigations Reporter
Updated Feb. 28, 2022 6:10PM ET / Published Feb. 28, 2022 5:21PM ET

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The two prosecutors, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, resigned after an unnecessary, month-long pause in the team’s interactions with a special grand jury, The New York Times reported last week. The duo had grown frustrated that the newly elected DA—Alvin Bragg Jr.—wouldn’t read memos about the case for weeks at a time and seemed to ditch plans to eventually indict former President Donald Trump himself, according to The Washington Post.

It turns out that, not only did Dunne and Pomerantz write resignation letters, they wrote so extensively about the slow-moving probe that the DA’s office would not turn over copies of their letters.

In response to a public records request under New York’s Freedom of Information Law, the DA’s office told The Daily Beast that the letters would reveal too much information.

“The criminal matter both individuals were assigned remains pending; as such, the public release of the letters which reflect internal deliberations and opinions about an on-going investigation will likely interfere with that investigation,” the law enforcement agency responded on Friday. “Further, the documents reference matters attending a grand jury proceeding, which is exempt from disclosure.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-donald-trump-prosecutors-carey-dunne-mark-pomerantz-cited-stalled-investigation-in-resignation-letters?ref=home

[cilla4progress]

1. WTF

Is Bragg compromised?

I bet so.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Oh, the good type of resignation letter, one that embarrasses your employer. n/t

[spooky3]

4. When your employer allows bad behavior to occur

And obviously you did everything possible to get a serious problem resolved WITHOUT embarrassing anyone, and it is made public by FOIA request, “embarrassment” is entirely deserved and the result of EMPLOYER (management) behavior.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Exactly. n/t

[Me.]

3. DA Bragg Is A Disaster

and Gov Hocul should be careful because Suozzi promises to get rid of him if he is elected Governor. An enticing idea.

[edhopper]

6. Bragg is DA of Manhattan

elected, the Governor can't get rid of him.

[Me.]

8. Actually, It Seems, She Can

“Gov. Kathy Hochul's gubernatorial opponents have called on her to remove Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg from office over his controversial policies not to prosecute some crimes

Gov. Kathy Hochul will meet shortly with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as she told the New York Post she had "options" and knew "full well" her power to remove the controversial new DA from office.”

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/hochul-to-meet-with-bragg-knows-full-well-her-power-to-remove-him-report/3518446/

“Rep. Lee Zeldin, the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for governor, has already said he'd use the governor's power to remove district attorneys in order to get rid of Bragg. But with his new ad Suozzi becomes the most prominent Democrat yet to threaten the same.”

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/suozzi-says-hed-remove-manhattan-da-bragg-if-elected-governor/3507280/

[edhopper]

13. Thanks

That's strange.

[PoliticAverse]

16. The New York State Constitution specifically gives the governor the power to remove any DA

but the DA being removed has an opportunity to respond to the charges being made as grounds for removal.

[Me.]

37. Interesting, Did Not Know

[Me.]

21. It Is Strange

and I had no idea until it was discussed on the news because of his new rules regarding law breakers

[Cha]

36. TY, Me! This is

Last edited Tue Mar 1, 2022, 01:08 AM - Edit history (1)

great solid information to have.

What did Bragg think was going to happen with he Slowed the Traitor's investigation down in NYC?!

Link to tweet

Edit.. wrong word.

[Me.]

39. OMG, Love Those Sunflowers

I don't know what he was thinking only that a scream heard round the city went up when those two guys resigned...

[Cha]

43. So Good.. I hope Bragg is

Shaking in his boots.

In my previous pst I meant to write "Slowed" instead of "Closed"... I fixed it.. but smh.. sometimes my fingers have a mind of their OWN!

[Me.]

44. I Am Very Familiar With THe Fingers Having A Mind Of Their Own Syndrome

[Cha]

45. lol

Maybe it comes from Typing So MUCH.. with such Urgency?

[edhopper]

7. My worst fear about this new

NY regime. They will let the scumbag slip away again.

[Hoyt]

9. Honestly, a new DA has more important stuff to do than rush to indict trump, especially if

evidence is weak. Sorry. Maybe later after catching up on other priorities.

[Scrivener7]

10. Like what?

[Hoyt]

11. Like evaluating staff, setting priorities, working with Mayor, cold cases,

budgets, etc.

Personally, I’m tired of being mired down with that Orange POS. It is keeping us from more important things in society. Plus, I learned my lesson with Fitzmas, waking up 4 or 5 times to check to see if bush had been arrested.

[Scrivener7]

12. SMDH.

[Hoyt]

14. So am I SMDH. We've wasted too much time on that worthless POS.

It’s time for the Select Committee to release a preliminary report. If they don’t offer up some hard evidence, we need to gracefully wind this down before mid-terms are on us.

[uponit7771]

18. Good DAs can walk and chew gum at the same time

[Hoyt]

19. So this guy is not a good DA? OK.

[uponit7771]

20. I'll wait on confirmation of stories from the two that quit to decide that, aint looking good so far

[Hoyt]

23. Yeah, two guys who got upset because the new DA was looking at a bigger picture, or just trying to

understand the picture before doing something stupid.

[uponit7771]

24. Got a source for that? I haven't read the DA say this yet. We'll see

[Hoyt]

26. If you've ever worked in that type environment, you've likely seen the same thing often.

[Me.]

22. He Wasn't Working THe Case Personally

two excellent prosecutors were, his contribution was to put an end to it.

[Hoyt]

25. What I understand is that the new DA wasn't moving fast enough for the 2 guys. I've been there too.

Sorry, if that is the case, the guys should have kept investigating until they had a slamdunk case that the new DA wouldn't see as a big risk to his future if he failed.

The other thing I understand, but could also be wrong, is that they can't find anyone who can, or will, testify that he saw trump draw out the scheme with a sharpie or something like that where one could convince a jury.

[Me.]

27. From THe Article

"wouldn’t read memos about the case for weeks at a time and seemed to ditch plans to eventually indict former President Donald Trump himself, according to The Washington Post"

We'll find out if the resignation letters are released which so far his office is refusing to do. He started out on a bad foot when he released his new rules and there was an immediate uproar.

[Hoyt]

28. NYT article says same thing I did, although better.

"That investigation suffered a critical blow yesterday when its two leading prosecutors abruptly resigned, following a monthlong pause in which they stopped presenting evidence to a grand jury, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

"According to those people, the prosecutors, Carey R. Dunne and Mark F. Pomerantz, submitted their resignation because Mr. Bragg told them he had serious doubts about proceeding with the high-stakes criminal investigation into the former president’s business practices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/nyregion/trump-criminal-investigation-manhattan.html?auth=login-email&login=email

[Me.]

29. He Is Not Inspiring Confidence

please excuse me if you are a NYer and already know this

• “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent out a letter to prosecutors Friday clarifying what he called some of the "confusion" from an initial memo regarding prosecutorial guidelines that caused controversy.
• Bragg took office on Jan. 1 and came under fire almost immediately for a set of guidelines he issued to prosecutors, ordering them not to charge certain crimes at all and to downgrade others to lesser charges.
• However, in the letter Bragg sent out Friday, his office clarified that it will prosecute robberies with weapons as felonies, that gun possession cases will be default prosecution as felonies, and any attempt at violence against police will be prosecuted.”

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/manhattan-da-bragg-issues-letter-clarifying-confusion-over-controversial-guidelines/3535100/

“Nine days ago, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg released his “day one” memo directing his staff not to prosecute armed robberies — and since then, he’s gotten relentless criticism. Bragg could fix this by saying: “I was wrong.” Instead, he’s saying: You were wrong.

Bragg laid out five sections of law that cover armed robberies — and tells his staff not to prosecute them.”

https://nypost.com/2022/01/11/lets-break-down-exactly-what-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-memo-says/

[Hoyt]

30. First 3 bullets seem reasonable to me. Might have taken him awhile to

get it right, maybe because he had to spend too much time on the Orange buffoon’s investigation.

[Me.]

31. No That Wasn't It

It was more involved than that. They wouldn't be charged with armed robbery if no one got hurt. The new head of the NYPD went ballistic with the new rules. I'm willing to bet that if he declines tfg's case he will be gone sooner than later. Governor Hocul is 'going to meet with him". But I'll get back to you after this has played out.

[Hoyt]

33. But he backtracked. So I'm good with him. So the Governor might

overrule him. Kind of makes it tough to say politics has nothing to do with the investigation.

Far as I’m concerned, trump was convicted by the ultimate jurors— voters. But, if someone gets him locked up, I’ll dance in the street with everyone else and eat crow dung.

[Me.]

35. I Want To See Him In Tatters

and the recent law removing the anonymity behind LLCs will prove to be another blow to him. As for Bragg, I didn't vote for him as I thought Daniel Goldman was a better choice, so we'll see.

[Hoyt]

38. Me, I'd like that too. But I'm just sick/tired of trump and think odds are

it’ll all end up another Fitzmas.

But, trump is forever a loser and he and his family will suffer, if only financially. If some hard evidence arises that convicts the MFer, all the better.

I get the new DA might have dragged his feet so as not to be another unnecessary victim of trump.

[patricia92243]

15. In other words Trumps wins. Delay is what he always does.

[PoliticAverse]

17. The man is a master at making problems like this go away. n/t

[SoonerPride]

32. Trump will never face Justice.

Ever.

Stop hoping for it.

[Silent3]

40. But don't you worry, Merrick Garlard couldn't *possibly* be fucking up like Bragg!

Right?

[spanone]

41. Sounds like mr bragg jr. got the results he hoped for. The fix is in.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

42. This is a farce

Bragg is the fixer, TFG always seems to find a fixer.

Money talks and the truth walks...