A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has confirmed two of his prosecutors who were in charge of his criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization have decided to resign. According to a New York Times report, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz resigned after Bragg raised doubts about pursuing a case against former President Trump.
“We are grateful for their service,” Bragg spokesperson Danielle Filson said. She declined to comment further, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Both Dunne and Pomerantz were brought into the investigation by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. Dunne had even argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a successful fight for Trump’s tax records. Both were asked to stay on the investigation when Bragg took over for Vance Jr. as district attorney in January.
“I do think the one continuity is the staffing and (Vance) brought on incredible lawyers to do it,” Bragg said last month. “They’ve been dedicated and we’ve been working and keeping them in place and thinking about the kind of resources to continue the investigation in order to then be in a position to make [decisions on the direction of the probe].”
The prosecutors decided to resign a day after lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization filed court papers seeking to throw out the investigation. Weisselberg’s lawyers argued he was being targeted as punishment because he wouldn’t flip on the former president.
The resignations leave the future of the criminal investigation in question. So far, Bragg has not decided on a timeline for when he was going to decide whether or not to charge Trump.
“It’s a matter that’s personally, as you would imagine, on my radar screen and that I’m mindful of and paying attention to,” Bragg said.
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