Two top prosecutors leading the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business resigned after the Manhattan district attorney said he was not prepared to authorize an indictment against the former President, a person familiar with the investigation said.
Former President Donald Trump's legal team for his upcoming impeachment trial quit following a dispute about the cost of his defense, according to Axios. Five of Trump's impeachment attorneys abruptly quit just over a week before his Senate trial is set to kick off on Feb. 8.
Susan Hoffinger, an experienced attorney, has been appointed to lead the investigative team. The New York Times first reported that the resignations followed a decision by Bragg to stop presenting evidence to the grand jury.
Trump was "infuriated" after Bowers told him the total budget would be $3 million, though he ultimately haggled the attorney down to $1 million while planning to use his political action committee to pay for "audiovisuals, a rapid-response team and legislative liaison."
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As Secretary of State, Vance approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April 1980, he resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. He was succeeded by Edmund Muskie.
Pomerantz was appointed to the six-member commission by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in August 2003. He resigned effective June 1, 2005, citing the time demands of his law practice.
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Cyrus Roberts Vance was appointed Secretary of State by President Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. He entered his position on January 23 and resigned on April 28, 1980 in protest over President Carter's decision to attempt a military rescue of American hostages in Iran.
Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. (born October 21, 1973) is an American politician and laywer from the state of New York who is serving as the New York County District Attorney. In 2021, he became the first African-American and first person of color elected to that office.
Pomerantz. Of Counsel in the Litigation Department at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Mark Pomerantz is a nationally known trial lawyer and litigator, and has extensive public and private experience in white-collar criminal and regulatory matters.
To become a prosecutor, you'll have to get an undergraduate degree, pass the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), go to law school, and pass the bar exam.
Attorney Eric GonzalezBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that Brooklyn made gains in public safety during 2021, as homicides and shootings declined compared to 2020. Those categories inched up in other boroughs and citywide.
Meg Reiss, Chief Assistant District Attorney.
Alvin BraggAlvin Bragg is the 37th District Attorney elected in Manhattan. Alvin – a lifelong Manhattanite who served as a state and federal prosecutor – has spent more than two decades fighting to make our communities safer and our criminal justice system fairer.
Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell resigned from the law firm Foley & Lardner Tuesday, the firm said in a statement, after the lawyer participated in President Donald Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger trying to overturn the presidential election results and her involvement in Trump’s post-election efforts became public..
Mitchell, a leading GOP attorney who has represented such clients as the National Rifle Association, has “been involved with ” the Trump campaign’s post-election legal efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on the call with Raffensperger, but her participation was first exposed Sunday when the Washington Post reported Trump’s call with Raffensperger..
Mitchell’s departure from Foley & Lardner is the latest instance of GOP-allied attorneys facing consequences for their participation in Trump and his allies’ post-election legal efforts, which have been overwhelmingly unsuccessful and widely derided by legal experts.