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Prosecutor returns donation from lawyer in closed Trump case
LBN thread: Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud
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Source: Associated Press
Prosecutor returns donation from lawyer in closed Trump case
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Oct 4, 2017, 4:01 PM ET
A top prosecutor says he has returned a $32,000 campaign contribution from a lawyer who represented the Trump Organization in a fraud investigation that was ultimately dropped.
The probe stemmed from a civil lawsuit in which some condominium buyers at the Trump SoHo hotel accused Donald Trump's children Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. of lying about how many units had been sold, saying half or more were in contract when sales were actually much slower.
The company said no laws were broken, but prosecutors in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. began investigating in 2010.
The probe was still active in 2012, when Donald Trump's personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz donated $25,000 to Vance's re-election campaign.
The New Yorker, ProPublica and public radio station WNYC reported Wednesday that four months after making the contribution Kasowitz met with Vance to discuss the case. Three months later, Vance halted the investigation.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Oct 4, 2017, 4:01 PM ET
A top prosecutor says he has returned a $32,000 campaign contribution from a lawyer who represented the Trump Organization in a fraud investigation that was ultimately dropped.
The probe stemmed from a civil lawsuit in which some condominium buyers at the Trump SoHo hotel accused Donald Trump's children Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. of lying about how many units had been sold, saying half or more were in contract when sales were actually much slower.
The company said no laws were broken, but prosecutors in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. began investigating in 2010.
The probe was still active in 2012, when Donald Trump's personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz donated $25,000 to Vance's re-election campaign.
The New Yorker, ProPublica and public radio station WNYC reported Wednesday that four months after making the contribution Kasowitz met with Vance to discuss the case. Three months later, Vance halted the investigation.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/prosecutor-returns-donation-lawyer-closed-trump-case-50287315
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