John Dean calls for feds to take over Manhattan DA's halted investigation and 'indict Trump'

[BigBearJohn]

Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean is calling on federal prosecutors to take over the halted investigation of Donald Trump from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after the full text of the lead investigator’s resignation letter to DA Alvin Bragg was published in The New York Times.

It is now clear that Mark Pomerantz, a senior prosecutor who came out of retirement to lead the prosecution of the former President’s business dealings, including alleged fraud involving manipulation of the valuations of his properties for tax and credit purposes, resigned in protest.

The letter itself is scathing and makes clear the “team that has been investigating Mr. Trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes — he did.” It also throws into question Bragg’s claim that the investigation has not been halted and that it is continuing:

“You have reached the decision not to go forward with the grand jury presentation and not to seek criminal charges at the present time. The investigation has been suspended indefinitely,” Pomerantz states.

John Dean, now a CNN commentator, via Twitter said: “The latest Trump travesty is still unfolding. Why or why would any prosecutor give this openly criminal miscreant a pass?”

SOURCE: https://www.rawstory.com/john-dean-calls-for-feds-to-take-over-manhattan-das-halted-investigation-and-indict-trump/

[spanone]

1. ...K&R...

[malaise]

2. Get thee to the greatest page

RFN!

[dixiechiken1]

3. ...

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[CentralMass]

5. A strong stench permeates the air over that situation.

[Scottie Mom]

6. Kick and, hell, yes!!!! Dean is correct. EOM

[L. Coyote]

7. Agree.

Link to tweet

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[patphil]

8. If the investigation is reopened, DA Bragg's motives need to be part of it.

What did he get in return for halting the investigation?

[OMGWTF]

13. THIS!

[Marthe48]

31. Anonymous?

bragg is another person you should investigate. Thank you.

[Jetheels]

38. Lemme guess....

Annual Mar-a-lago vacations
Oligarch yacht privileges
Gets to stay alive.
Who knows really, but somethin’ sure is awful stinky.

[Obvious85]

48. He & his Family was threatened with harm - there was no pay off

of that I am sure.

[Cozmo]

52. Bingo!

[llashram]

9. low level

will get the shaft, the top level of the criminal enterprises in New York and higher are going to skate free, it seems. No indictments...nothing! So far Trump will skate also it seems. American justice, 2 joints years in prison. High crimes all the way to the White House to the POTUS and 640 million given to his grifting daughter et al? So far nada. I just hope there is a strategy to firmly plant trump and his grifting family BEHIND IRON BARS in a very small prison cell.

Four years of planting hate in his ignorant base of racist, sexist FOOLS! And now decent people are left with his garbage dump stinking to high heaven. I have am a very patient person yet this seems to be going on and on. But what do I know...

[Joinfortmill]

21. 👍

[L. Coyote]

10. Will Governor Hochul reassign the criminal investigation?

Link to tweet

[OnDoutside]

16. Is that a real possibility ?

[L. Coyote]

28. It is a county office responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws.

The New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan), New York. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws (federal law violations in Manhattan are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_County_District_Attorney

The District Attorney’s Office represents the People of the State of New York in bringing charges against a suspect in a court of law. The New York County District Attorney’s Office has the responsibility and authority to investigate and prosecute crimes in the borough of Manhattan.
https://www.manhattanda.org/criminal-justice-system/

New Manhattan DA's policies lead to calls for Hochul to act

(The Center Square) – Calls are growing louder in New York for Gov. Kathy Hochul to take action against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after the newly elected prosecutor announced policies his office will seek prison time only “for matters involving significant harm.”

.... Under Article XIII, Section 13 of the New York State Constitution, the governor can remove a district attorney who fails to “faithfully” prosecute someone charged in their jurisdiction. The provision calls on the governor to give notice to the district attorney. It also gives the DA a chance to defend themselves. ......

[OnDoutside]

53. Excellent ! Thanks for that.

[calimary]

67. Hey, DUers in New York! MAKE SOME NOISE!!!

Urge your governor to step in! She's in a position to do something about this!

DO IT!

[gab13by13]

47. Pomerantz was working for free, so he would be a bargain.

[DanieRains]

11. John Dean Went To Prison

He may have a different perspective.

[Grins]

27. Your point being...?

[Poiuyt]

12. Can anyone here see Merrick Garland doing this?

[CentralMass]

62. Add me to the long line who say no.

[FoxNewsSucks]

65. only if we are sufficiently patient

[quakerboy]

74. About 3 years after

The last person involved in any way has died of old age, then maybe it could be considered.

[LiberalLovinLug]

66. Nope.

[ffr]

14. How about it, Merrick Garland?!! How about showing, FOR ONCE, there are NOT two legal systems.

[Hoyt]

15. Now we hate duly elected Democrats because they don't think they can convict trump based on evidenc?

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trump is still fu&*ing us over.

[KS Toronado]

23. Doubt if many Democrats "hate" Alvin Bragg

Majority of us are truly disappointed in his decision and believe he needs to be looked into.
Nobody should be above the law.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

77. +1

[Carlitos Brigante]

79. Right, because the prosecutors who resigned have no fucking clue what

constitutes valuable evidence. GTFO of here with that. Also, criticism, based on what his own team is saying, does not equal hate. You wanna keep doing this "Washington Generals" routine, which has taken us further down into the authoritarian hole, be my guest. The rest of us have had enough. FFS!

[Hoyt]

81. Calling for his removal sure ain't support. Being DA carries different responsibilities from some

guy hired just to look at trump.

If the voters wantt odump him in 2025, fine.

[Carlitos Brigante]

82. Why would people feel the need to support someone who according to his own colleagues is

not doing his job? Oh right, because the previous DA was just walking down the street and went:

"Hey you, whatever your name is. You're hired!"

"To do what?"

"To investigate Trump."

"Sure, but don't you want to know if I'm even a prosecutor?...."

I'm sure it went down something like that.

Your constant mealy mouthed fealty to authority (as if theory could never be wrong) gets really old. How is it that it's so terribly difficult to nab the dumbest, biggest mouth criminal in the history of this country? And why is it that lots of people who just happen to look like me, are filling up our jails for lesser crimes, while these dickheads keep walking between the rain drops?

[Hoyt]

83. Sorry, the colleagues weren't elected to make the tough decisions. His colleagues don't have the

same responsibilities.

And one of the DA's responsibilities -- as the only elected official in the office -- is to decide if the office should spend untold resources when they can't find a witness who is willing to testify that trump was directly involved in falsifying records.

Your "constant" need for retribution is holding us back from much more important things. It's not going to change a damn thing to indict trump.

I do agree that people are being incarcerated for lesser crimes way too much. I suspect Alvin Braggs -- the first POC elected to the DA office in NYC -- will do more about that, than recalling him.

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"A LIFETIME DEMANDING JUSTICE -- Alvin Bragg was overwhelmingly elected Manhattan District Attorney, becoming only the fourth person elected to this office in 80 years. A son of Central Harlem, Alvin has spent the better part of two decades standing up to the powerful and fighting to get justice."

https://www.alvinbragg.com/

[Carlitos Brigante]

84. First off, you're the one talking about recalls here. I don't even know if that's a mechanism

available. Nor have I advocated for that anywhere. So stick to handling the words out your mouth and I'll do the same. If asking this man to handle the difficult tasks is too much for him. Maybe he should think about the oath he took.

Second, my calls for law and order aren't doing jack shit to hold anyone back. Since I don't run anything and no ones gives half a fuck about what I have to say. Ironic that you chose those words, even though the one seemingly holding things back is the guy who you seem just so impressed with.

Lastly, I don't know what a link to his site telling me how awesome he is supposed to do. Or the courtroom sketch for that matter. I know what he looks like. As I have access to this thing called the internet, were one can find actual photos.

Sadly, it's people like you who will politely and with civility, just sit there and watch our descent into authoritarianism wondering what happened. Good luck with all that. Either we're a country of law, as people love to self-righteously proclaim. Or we're full of shit.

[Hoyt]

85. Cariltos, people like me want to see Democrats helping people. trump is past, as far as I'm concerne

d. The more we dwell on him, the more GOPers win.

You can spend the rest of your life bemoaning trump, bashing good Democrats like Bragg and Garland because things don't go your way, whatever. It will accomplish nothing and GOPers end up winning.

Take care.

[Carlitos Brigante]

86. BWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA

Whew! Sorry about that I'm



OK, OK I'm good now I promise...... Right, because your knee jerk, milquetoast, naive, wishful thinking need to only "look forward" has really taught those fascist pricks a lesson... I'll ignore the rest of your straw man bullshit, or let's just say "I'll look forward" past it, to say this is about criminals being held accountable. No mater their name, jab, status, connections, yadda, yadda, yadda. This need for accountability applies to the entire criminal enterprise known as the republican party. Your whole "thank you sir! may have another..." attitude (sadly shared by many) is what's gotten us to this point. We fucking told you if the Rumsfelds, Cheneys, Roves of the world were not taken to task. They'd devolve even further and get bolder. Now look what the fuck happened..... pathetic....

[Hoyt]

87. You teach GOPers by beating them at the polls. That's what is required in a Democracy. N/T

[Carlitos Brigante]

88. Alright Senator Collins, that's been working wonderfully so far.

As far as I can tell democracies have courts and laws. You're cool with the wealthy (in this case the fake wealthy) having a different lane. That's on you. Don't expect some of us to whistle pas the graveyard with you. Maybe you prefer the Russian or Turkish system. I hear they're doing great!

[Hoyt]

89. You keep adding stuff to my posts. Good luck, hope things work out for you.

[Carlitos Brigante]

91. Really?! Such as? nt

[Marius25]

90. His prosecutors sure thought they could.

What makes you think Bragg wasn't bought off?

[Hoyt]

92. What makes you think a Democrat, elected by 80% of NYC, without any previous evidence of bribes

was bought off?

The only thing you have is that Bragg didn't indict trump, but could later, just like Garland and prosecutors across the country.

Not sure that justifies your calling a Democrat a criminal because he didn't do what you want.

I enjoy seeing GOPers eat their own. I don't enjoy it when it's Democrats.

[CrackityJones75]

93. I have to agree with you completely.

[Marius25]

97. The fact that his prosecutor chewed him out and quit

tells me there's something wrong with him.

Most of NYC elected Eric Adams too, and one of his first actions was putting Anti-LGBTQ extremists in his administration.

[Hoyt]

98. Could be something wrong with the guy who quit too, like he can't

see the big picture and is a whiner.

Not sure why Bragg is considered the chump in this, other than we all want trump behind bars and some folks are fine bashing anyone who doesn’t throw caution to the wind and indict trump.

[MissMillie]

17. kick for Mr. Dean (n/t)

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[KS Toronado]

18. Alvin Bragg might find himself behind bars one day on account of this.

[SoCalDavidS]

24. LOL!

Wanna bet?

[lagomorph777]

19. It doesn't look like the Feds are doing anything with the "investigation" they are already running.

Not optimistic they will add anything to their scope.

Plus, the Manhattan investigation is about state violations. I don't think they have jurisdiction.

[MadameButterfly]

33. NY state was our hope

because a president can't pardon a state crime.

if NYS doesn't have the nerve to go after Trump, who will? Why can this guy commit crimes constantly and get away with it?

Does Hochul have the strength to step in? i'm convinced Letitia James would if she were governor. Now she's our only hope but a Civil Case won't put him in jail or keep him from running for president.

[lagomorph777]

35. I wish I could say something encouraging.

[Me.]

41. Quite Simply...The Governor Has The Power To Remove HIm From Office

[wnylib]

36. Interstate commerce? The Trump organization

was based in NY, but does business out of state.

Doesn't mean the Feds will take it over, but they might be able to if they were inclined.

[Joinfortmill]

20. Damn Straight!

[SoCalDavidS]

22. Oh John, This Isn't The 1970's

DOJ couldn't care less, and will do NOTHING.

For those who say otherwise, don't worry, I can wait. I'd just like to know when you'll admit that NOTHING is going to happen?

[jalan48]

29. +!

We're not the same Party we were back then.

[BadgerMom]

56. Beg to differ.

The Republicans are not the party they were then. During Watergate, Republicans could still be embarrassed by their own and fellow Republicans’ actions. They possessed a moral compass. They knew right from wrong and actually believed they should do the right thing. It seems as though afterwards they spent all their efforts trying to make certain they wouldn’t get caught or punished again, not that they wouldn’t act criminally again.

[jalan48]

59. The entire political spectrum has shifted to the right,including the Democratic Party.

Nixon signed the the bill setting up the EPA.

[MyOwnPeace]

69. Here's how much they've changed........

Back during the Watergate hearings and the 'tapes' came out, it was a group of Republicans that went to Nixon and told him to resign or he would be impeached.

Can you imagine ANY Republican having the integrity, guts, balls, courage to do that to TFG - or to take any positive action regarding TFG's obvious crimes?

HA!

[Carlitos Brigante]

43. You mean "looking forward" while the fascists consolidate their power is not a

good strategy? Nonsense!!!

[BlueJac]

25. $$$$

[Wild blueberry]

26. K&R a million

Appreciate getting to finally read Mr Pomerantz's letter of resignation.
Is DA Bragg a coward? Or being paid off? Something smells real bad.

[wnylib]

42. Or he's being threatened?

Someone has dirt on him or has threatened his family?

Or he ran for office with the intention of dropping the case because .... he has Trump contacts?

[Rebl2]

30. I can hope

this happens, but doubt it will.

[UCmeNdc]

32. K&R

Trump seems to control all of the prosecutors that try to pursue his criminal actions.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

76. Yes! He does. And throw in Rudy's unknown influence in NY

behind the scenes. I do wonder what financial statements they have and which ones they are looking at. There could be hundreds of them with different "as of" dates. The right is saying he undervalued his assets on FS's. Surely bullshit, but it would be very interesting to me to see accumulated statements. I mean, I could see them being conniving enough to make sure a particular statement on a particular date for a particular loan was closer to reality.

[Samrob]

34. John is assuming that the DOJ is not infested with Trump rodents. They are. nt

[FakeNoose]

37. I can see it happening eventually

After Biden wins his 2nd term, and some things get changed or moved around in DoJ. I believe that Merrick Garland wants to do it, but political realities keep hitting him in the face.

[GB_RN]

45. Can't Wait That Long...

Statute of limitations on Agent Orange’s crimes will have run out before then.

And this is why statute of limitations laws need to be reevaluated. Just because a crime is old doesn’t mean someone shouldn’t be held accountable for it.

[Takket]

39. Yes, and Bragg needs to be removed

Kick his worthless ass out. Prosecutors that won’t prosecute are asking for criminals to permeate their territory.

[aggiesal]

40. The best definition of Pendejo45 by a former gov't council ...

openly criminal miscreant

[fescuerescue]

44. Biden should write an EO directing Garland to do this

To take over the Manhattan DA investigation.

This would send a clear message to future Trumps

[Fiendish Thingy]

46. Doesn't work that way in a democracy. Nt

[fescuerescue]

78. Are you saying we have to vote on whether indite Trump?

I get it, if it doesn't work that way.

But I'm not sure what Democracy is the reason that Trump isn't indicted.

[Fiendish Thingy]

80. The President can't order the DOJ to do anything. Nt

[fescuerescue]

94. Merrick Garland reports directly to Joe Biden and is a member of his cabinet

For instance in August 2021, Biden wrote an executive order, directing the Attorney General to NOT renew contracts with private prisons.


https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/executive-order-reforming-our-incarceration-system-to-eliminate-the-use-of-privately-operated-criminal-detention-facilities/

[Fiendish Thingy]

95. Biden cannot direct the DOJ's prosecutions and investigations- that's fascism.

When it comes to law enforcement, there’s supposed to be a firewall between the WH/President and the DOJ/AG. They only communicate with each other through their respective legal counsels, and only in a very restricted manner,

He can fire Garland if he is unhappy with his performance, but that’s it.

[fescuerescue]

96. Is that a bright line law? Or just a good practice?

If that's illegal, it seems like we could have gotten Trump on this.

[Fiendish Thingy]

99. It's not illegal by statute, certainly could be an impeachable offence, and is corrupt regardless

[gab13by13]

49. Give the case to Tish or Mimi

if one of them indicts Trump then Bragg should resign.

[Evolve Dammit]

50. Like to see Bragg face some consequences for abdicating his constitutional legal duties?

[NBachers]

51. Another election season, another "exoneration."

[Scrivener7]

54. Bahahahahahahaha!!! Now THAT'S funny!!!

Too many i's to dot and t's to cross for the Feds on that one, John!

[gab13by13]

55. Yeah, but what excuse would they use,

seeing as the ducks are already lined up. The discovery is the one that makes me laugh out loud. DOJ can't indict because it would have to give up discovery that has already been plastered all over the MSM.

Give the case to Mimi or Tish, they have guts.

[Scrivener7]

58. I think so about Mimi and Tish, and I hope so, but it still remains to be seen.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

57. The shame of our country Nixon and Trump walking scott free

at least Dean realized what letting Nixon off created the ability for someone as shitty as Trump to come in and do what he did...

No one is above the law...unless they are a republican president, prove me wrong

[PatrickforB]

60. Good. There needs to be MASSIVE blowback on this, because Bragg is

clearly NOT acting in the public interest. When I first heard this, the first question the came to my mind is how much money changed hands for this kind of corrupt decision to happen?

[Snackshack]

61. My gawd....

What a gigantic disappointment garland and the doj is.

[gldstwmn]

63. "Why or why would any prosecutor give this openly criminal miscreant a pass?"

Is he a confidential informant?

[CentralMass]

64. ...

[Cha]

68. YEAH! Since the Fucker Bragg WON'T

do his JOB!

John Dean, now a CNN commentator, via Twitter said: “The latest Trump travesty is still unfolding. Why or why would any prosecutor give this openly criminal miscreant a pass?”

💙💛

[BSdetect]

70. That is essential

[orangecrush]

71. Let's see some action

And quickly.

[Meowmee]

72. Why...

He has been paid off, threatened or other factors maybe.

I hope they do what Dean suggests, but will whoever runs a federal case be any better?

[Blue Owl]

73. Drop the fucking hammer already

Jesus fucking Christ....

[bucolic_frolic]

75. Why? Fear.

Fear of something. TDFG has the dirt on everyone everywhere??