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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is up with the SDNY in regard to trump and company, and why does it seem nothing is happening?
https://www.rawstory.com/indict-trump/ Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon with host Alex Witt, former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen urged the Merrick Garland -- expected to be approved as the next U.S. Attorney General -- to launch an investigation into the federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York office to see why they let Trump Organization officials off the hook for criminality.
Referencing his own role in paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her affair with Trump before the 2016 election, Cohen suggested that Trump Org officials also engaged in acts that should be prosecutable.
In particular, he focused on the ex-president and Don Trump Jr. among others.
"When I was forced to plead guilty by the Southern District of New York, their obligation, considering they actually wrote the elocution and they were insistent that we name, you know, individual number one with the hush money paid, so why they wouldn't now go ahead and convict him [Trump] or at least indict him on it?' he stated. "I am going to use the same word: it is a dereliction of duty. I believe they are obligated on behalf of the American people to indict not just him but others."
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What is up with the SDNY in regard to trump and company, and why does it seem nothing is happening? (Original Post)
still_one
Feb 2021
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Sneederbunk
(14,208 posts)1. SDNY, the same district that jerked HRC around.
BComplex
(7,984 posts)2. SDNY. Where trump will get a pass, yet again. Cy Vance is someone who has been
purchased in the past. He's a tool, and should never have been put in charge of trump's shenanigans. I've been saying all along, he won't ever hold trump accountable.
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)3. Isn't Cyrus Vance with NY state, not SDNY?
BComplex
(7,984 posts)4. He's with the Manhattan District Attorney's office. eom
apcalc
(4,461 posts)5. Investigations take time. I have faith in Letita James, AG.
Cy Vance is Manhattan. Totally separate.
msfiddlestix
(7,266 posts)6. It seems like nothing is happening, because Nothing Is Happening
I've always suspected Cy Vance was ghosting everything.