Book: DA Considered RICO Charges Against Trump

The New York Times reports:

Donald J. Trump grew his business, fortune and fame “through a pattern of criminal activity,” according to a new book by a veteran prosecutor, who reveals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office once considered charging the former president with racketeering, a law often used against the Mafia.

The prosecutor, Mark F. Pomerantz, resigned in protest early last year after the newly elected district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, decided not to seek an indictment of Mr. Trump at that time. By then, the inquiry was more narrowly focused on whether the former president had fraudulently inflated the value of his assets to secure loans.

But for months beforehand, Mr. Pomerantz had mapped out a wide-ranging possible case against the former president under the state racketeering law, according to the soon-to-be published book, “People vs. Donald Trump.”

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Breaking News: The Manhattan District Attorney’s office once considered charging Donald Trump with racketeering, a soon-to-be published book by a former prosecutor says. https://t.co/BmANHu0j3I

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 3, 2023