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Former US Attorney Preet Bharara Says Trump Facing "A Good Likelihood of a Charge" in NYC
One of Donald Trumps first actions as President was to fire US Attorney Preet Bharara. The move was met with widespread condemnation. Bharara had become a hero in New York City after prosecuting a number of the citys worst financial cheats.
The former US Attorney now works as a distinguished scholar at NYU and hosts a couple of podcasts. Bharara recently talked about Trumps New York City legal troubles with Slates Dahlia Lithwick.
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Bharara responded, The one that we know about most directly and most prominently is the one you mentioned, the Manhattan district attorneys investigation into Trumps finances and business dealings. I dont know because Ive not been in the grand jury, Ive not interviewed the witnesses. Cy Vance doesnt call me up and tell me stuff, but there is some signaling going on.
The former US Attorney continued, Hes (Cy Vance) done something else that is less common, which is hire an outside lawyer, Mark Pomerantz, whos a very distinguished, well-respected lawyer in New York. Im not going to put too much weight on it, but it seems like the kind of move you make when you believe that theres going to be a charge or theres a good likelihood of a charge, because its a pretty public thing to do.
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The fact that AG Vance has hired an outside prosecutor to handle the litigation is a sure sign that it's all on the front-burner.