NEW YORK, March 22 —Manhattan has started and stopped its investigation into Donald Trump’s hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels so many times that it has come to be...
NEW YORK, March 22 —Manhattan has started and stopped its investigation into Donald Trump’s hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels so many times that it has come to be known as a “zombie case” like the mythical character who returns from the dead.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg launched the probe after his predecessor Cyrus Vance twice looked into the payment and did not bring charges, in part because winning a conviction would rely on untested legal strategies, according to a new book by Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor in the office.
“The bottom line for me was that the ‘zombie’ case was very strong,” Pomerantz wrote. “But was it a crime under New York law?” Trump’s lawyers did not respond to requests for comment, but his lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, has said in television interviews that Trump was a victim of extortion by Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.A spokeswoman for Bragg declined to comment. His office late last year won a conviction of Trump’s family real estate company on tax fraud charges. Trump was not a defendant in that case.
Under New York state law, falsification of business records is a misdemeanor. It can become a felony if the intent is to conceal or advance another crime. “It’s an untested theory, but it’s not every day that a candidate for president violates a state law,” said Jerry Goldfeder, an election law specialist at the Stroock law firm, when asked whether state law could apply to a candidate for federal office.After hiring an outside law firm for advice, Vance’s office decided not to bring any charges, Pomerantz wrote.
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