New Prosecutor Named To Lead Trump Org Probe

Reuters reports:

A new prosecutor has been chosen to lead a criminal probe into former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Friday, after the departures of two top lawyers threw the investigation’s future into question.

Susan Hoffinger will now lead the probe into Trump and the practices of his family business, the Trump Organization, according to Danielle Filson, a spokeswoman for Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney.

This week Special Counsel Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz – who had been leading the probe begun by former District Attorney Cyrus Vance – resigned. The New York Times reported they left after Bragg indicated to them he had doubts about pursuing a case against Trump.

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