It sure looks like it. I don’t know if we’ll ever know what happened here but I I certainly hope we do:
The two prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald J. Trump and his business practices abruptly resigned on Wednesday amid a monthlong pause in their presentation of evidence to a grand jury, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The stunning development comes not long after the high-stakes inquiry appeared to be gaining momentum, and throws its future into serious doubt.
The prosecutors, Carey R. Dunne and Mark F. Pomerantz, submitted their resignations after the new Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, indicated to them that he had doubts about moving forward with a case against Mr. Trump, the people said.
Mr. Pomerantz confirmed in a brief interview that he had resigned, but declined to elaborate. Mr. Dunne declined to comment.
Without Mr. Bragg’s commitment to move forward, the prosecutors late last month postponed a plan to question at least one witness before the grand jury, one of the people said. They have not questioned any witnesses in front of the grand jury for more than a month, essentially pausing their investigation into whether Mr. Trump inflated the value of his assets to obtain favorable loan terms from banks.
The precise reasons for Mr. Bragg’s pullback are unknown, and he has made few public statements about the status of the inquiry since taking office. In a statement responding to the resignations of the prosecutors, a spokeswoman for Mr. Bragg said that he was “grateful for their service” and that the investigation was ongoing.
Why am I not surprised?
Giving Bragg the benefit of the doubt, maybe he just felt the case was too hard to prove. Or maybe Donald Trump is just honest as the day is long and these people were harassing the poor man for political gain. Most likely, in my opinion, Bragg just didn’t want the political headache which would be immense.
Perhaps the IRS could do something (but they won’t.) Or maybe the Georgia prosecution will go some place. But sad to say, it appears that the Trump Organization and the family are probably free from any criminal exposure for their crimes. Trump may end up suffering some small financial loss in the civil case but he just considers that the price of doing business.
The sad truth is that Trump bought protection with his MAGA cult. Nobody wants to cross it.