by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
The big political and crime news yesterday was that Cy Vance, Jr, the District Attorney of New York County, New York (also known as the "Manhattan District Attorney") has empaneled a grand jury to study and hear evidence in New York's criminal probe into the Trump organization. In his dogged pursuit of justice in relation to the Trump family's business dealings, Vance had recently hired former mafia prosecutor Mark Pomerantz as a special assistant for the probe into Trump's finances. Pomerantz, while serving as a special prosecutor, had overseen the prosecution of John Gotti, the Gambino family crime boss.
Pomerantz was brought onto the Vance team in February of this year. That was also the same month that Vance had finally received the infamous Trump tax returns. The tax returns had been officially subpoenaed in August of 2019, but Trump's attorneys went to court and tried to block that move, In July of 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 vote (with Justices Thomas and Alito dissenting) that the Vance team was entitled to examine the tax documents in its probe of the Trump organization.
So while it would seem to many of us that things in New York's investigation of the Trump family and their businesses are moving at a snail's pace, they are definitely still moving - and heating up - and the snail (or, more accurately, the slug) is finally beginning to cook!
National journalistic treasure Dan Rather posted this clever observation on Twitter yesterday regarding the empaneling of a grand jury. It would appear to be his tongue-in-cheek take on what Trump's childlike view of the development might be:
“A grand jury? That’s all they got? My juries are the best juries. The most beautiful juries you’ve ever seen. They’re at least a hundred grand.”
Slow and steady wins the race, Cy Vance. Keep plugging along!
1 comment:
Mark Pomerantz is experienced with RICO cases, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He defended a mobster named Anthony Indelicato who had murdered two men in a Brooklyn restaurant; like young Michael Corleone in the Godfather. Pomerantz successfully argued, before an en banc hearing of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that Indelicato could not be prosecuted under RICO because one simultaneous double murder does not make a pattern of criminal conduct required by the statute. I would not be surprised to see allegations of racketeering emerge as charges from the Special Grand Jury.
In another case which bears noting Pomerantz served as a court appointed receiver tracking down the assets of a man convicted of fraud. Marc Dreier, a lawyer, was convicted of investment fraud involving a Ponzi scheme. Pomerantz and his team tracked down and recovered over $100 Million for the court to use in compensating victims. I would not be surprised to see allegations of fraud emerge as charges from the Special Grand Jury.
The Special Grand Jury will not just look at Trump. They will hear evidence regarding Trump's adult children and business associates for violating New York's Penal Code.
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