2 Prosecutors Leading N.Y. Trump Inquiry Resign, Clouding Case's Future

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85. The NYT article has quite a bit in it that suggests the reasons - basically you have this-

(and you have to really go scrolling down to get to it)

2 Prosecutors Leading N.Y. Trump Inquiry Resign, Clouding Case’s Future

By William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Kate Christobek and Nate Schweber
Feb. 23, 2022Updated 2:50 p.m. ET

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The pause coincides with an escalation in the activity of a parallel civil inquiry by the New York state attorney general, Letitia James, whose office is examining some of the same conduct by Mr. Trump. Ms. James, who last week received approval from a judge to question Mr. Trump and two of his adult children under oath, has filed court documents describing a number of ways in which the Trump Organization appeared to have misrepresented the value of its properties.

She concluded that the company had engaged in “fraudulent or misleading” practices, and although she lacks the authority to criminally charge Mr. Trump, she could sue him. Mr. Bragg’s office must meet a higher bar to bring a criminal case and has encountered a number of challenges in pursuing Mr. Trump, including its inability thus far to persuade any Trump Organization executives to cooperate.

Mr. Trump has disputed the notion that he inflated his property values or defrauded his lenders, and has accused Mr. Bragg and Ms. James, both Democrats who are Black, of being politically motivated and “racists.” As Mr. Bragg’s grand jury presentation has come to a halt, another serious criminal inquiry into the former president has been gaining steam. In recent weeks, a district attorney in Atlanta asked a judge to convene a grand jury for an investigation into Mr. Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

Another criminal investigation, in New York’s Westchester County, is examining Mr. Trump’s financial dealings at one of his company’s golf courses. The Manhattan investigation, which proceeded in fits and starts for years, was the most developed of the three criminal inquiries into Mr. Trump. It resulted in the indictments last summer of The Trump Organization and its long-serving chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg, on separate tax-related charges.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/nyregion/trump-ny-fraud-investigation.html

So you have a pile of overlapping cases and the potential to step on toes and I think the credos of prosecutors also applies - to go with what is the strongest case (and probably the easiest). The borough's case has a higher standard and requires witnesses who are willing to testify (which they have been unable to get) and the state is limited on what can be done as they are doing it as a civil case (which probably has a lower standard and thus a bit easier as a low-hanging fruit type thing).