A former prosecutor who resigned after leading a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's family business said that the Republican is "guilty of numerous felony violations" while disagreeing with the Manhattan District Attorney's indictment decision.
In his resignation letter that was published on Wednesday, Mark Pomerantz said that there was sufficient evidence to establish that Trump was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The former president is facing allegations that he falsified financial statements to secure loans and burnish his image as a wealthy businessman.
Trump Is Guilty?
The ex-prosecutor said that the team responsible for investigating Trump had no doubt of whether or not he committed the crimes. He said that they were sure that the Republican businessman was actually guilty of the felonies.
Pomerantz and his former co-leader on the Trump investigation, Carey Dunne, handed in their resignation on Feb. 23 after arguments with District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the future of the probe. The two legal experts were top deputies responsible for running the case against Trump on a day-to-day basis, as per Yahoo News.
The former prosecutor's letter included his statements that said he found Brigg's decision not to prosecute Trump was "misguided" and came contrary to the public interest. That was the reason he cited for handing in his resignation.
The investigation that Pomerantz and Dunne led has included fraud and tax evasion charges on the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. A spokesperson for Bragg, Danielle Filson, said during an interview on Wednesday that the probe was still ongoing and noted that the team involved experienced prosecutors.
According to CBS News, the Manhattan district attorney's office started the probe of the former president's business in 2019. At the time, it began looking into hush-money payments that were given to women on his behalf. It later grew into an investigation into whether or not the Republican businessman's company misled lenders or tax authorities regarding the value of its properties.
Fraudulent Valuation on Properties
Bragg's decision to pull back from the case came only a few weeks away when some believed that Trump was going to be prosecuted. Pomerantz said that there was no sense in the decision to postpone law enforcement proceedings regarding the former president's case.
On the other hand, the Trump Organization described the former prosecutor as a "never-Trumper" and was an example of a previously unseen "level of corruption" in the United States legal system.
The former president's lawyer, Ronald P. Fischetti, said that the claims laid in Pomerantz's resignation letter were unwarranted. He also argued that while the former prosecutor had the opportunity to present his so-called evidence to the district attorney and his senior staff, he failed, Newsweek reported.
Trump gave his Statement of Financial Condition, which is an annual snapshot of his holdings. The former president sent the information to banks to secure hundreds of millions of dollars worth of loans on properties. His lawyers said that the documents were accurate and claimed that the investigation saying that they were fraudulent was politically motivated.
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