Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara delivered bad news for Donald Trump on Monday, saying during an interview with Slate legal columnist Dhalia Lithwick that he sees “signals” from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. that something significant is coming down the pike regarding the multiple investigations launched against the former president.
After addressing the falling out with Trump that led to his firing, Bharara suggested that a criminal charge may be coming soon against Trump.
“His tax returns are in the hands of Cyrus Vance Jr., the district attorney of Manhattan. They’re working to flip folks in the Trump organization. I wonder what piece of that you’re watching or are you just watching all of it? What do you expect to see in terms of accountability and having some sense that there is some closure to any of this?” Lithwick asked.
“The one that we know about most directly and most prominently is the one you mentioned, the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into Trump’s finances and business dealings,” the attorney replied. “I don’t know because I’ve not been in the grand jury, I’ve not interviewed the witnesses. Cy Vance doesn’t call me up and tell me stuff, but there is some signaling going on.”
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He added that Cy Vance “has done certain things, including hiring an outside forensic accounting firm, which is not super unusual but it’s not that common. He’s done something else that is less common, which is hire an outside lawyer, Mark Pomerantz, who’s a very distinguished, well-respected lawyer in New York.”
“I’m not going to put too much weight on it, but it seems like the kind of move you make when you believe that there’s going to be a charge or there’s a good likelihood of a charge, because it’s a pretty public thing to do,” he explained.
Bharara concluded by saying he feels Vance thinks it is worth filing a criminal charge because he has a good case.
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