FBI Investigating Whether Manhattan DA Who Refused to Prosecute Ivanka and Trump Jr Took Bribes

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FBI Investigating Whether Manhattan DA Who Refused to Prosecute Ivanka and Trump Jr Took Bribes: Report
Cy Vance Jr. overruled his own prosecutors to clear the Trump children.
By Martin Cizmar / Raw Story
October 17, 2018, 6:31 AM GMT

https://www.alternet.org/fbi-investigating-whether-manhattan-da-who-refused-prosecute-ivanka-and-trump-jr-took-bribes-report

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is being investigated for closing cases against the wealthy and powerful after getting big campaign donations, the New York Daily News reports.

According to the report, the FBI is looking at whether Cy Vance Jr. and his staff dropped high-profile cases after “lawyers for the well-connected subjects made donations.”

Vance, a Democrat, once refused to bring criminal charges against Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in an alleged real estate scam. The Trump children were facing charges of fraud for allegedly lying about the number of condos that had been sold in one of their properties.

At the time, Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz was once of Vance’s largest donors. The lawyer went directly to Vance to have the investigation dropped, and the DA complied with the request. Kasowitz had given Vance $25,000 before dropping the charges and another $32,000 after.

According to reporting by The New Yorker, Vance overruled his own prosecutors to clear the Trump children.

The investigation is looking at the office’s “decision-making” and “considering whether undue influence was at play.”

The issue got some publicity last year after it was revealed that Vance made the decision not to pursue charges against Harvey Weinstein in 2015 when model Ambra Battilana accused him of groping her.

Weinstein’s lawyer had given Vance $24,000 for his campaign and another attorney sent him an additional $10,000 after the decision.




This is the son of Jimmy Carter's SoS.

[beachbum bob]

1. trumps typically paid off local DA's and other politicians to get their way. For decades

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2. Like Lenny Bruce said, "you get all the justice you can afford."

[3Hotdogs]

3. FUCKIN' - A

[a kennedy]

4. Oh for gawd sakes.........

The whole damn family ARE CRIMINALS AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Y E s !

[kacekwl]

6. Boy they work cheap.

I'm sure he could have gotten much more from these criminals. Must have read the Art of the deal.

[lindysalsagal]

7. Mobsters owning the judges. LIke it's the 1920's.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Was Rudy involved too?

[2naSalit]

11. How could he not have been?

[calimary]

9. With a very low price tag, obviously. Why didn't he just ask for

30 pieces of silver?

[aeromanKC]

10. Perhaps they can go after Pam Bondi next.

Florida, Attorney General , Trump Univ., bribes.

Just sayin........

[MagickMuffin]

12. EXACTLY THIS

I guess we'll have to wait and see if they go after one of their own.

I'd be shocked if they did go after Pam Bondi.

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13. No argument from me. Where's a Grand Jury when you need one? To be fair: NYC vs FLA.