After the new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg signaled pullback about moving ahead with the Trump probe, both Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne resigned, those sources told the newspaper.
Bragg was "grateful for their service," a spokesperson for the district attorney told the Times, noting that it was an ongoing investigation. The newspaper noted that it was not immediately clear why Bragg had doubts about the case.
Dunne declined to comment about the matter to the Times, while Pomerantz confirmed to the newspaper his resignation.
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Last week, James received approval from a court to question Trump and two of his adult children under oath, and has filed documents which accuse the Trump Organization of misrepresenting the value of its properties. According to one filing, the company engaged in "fraudulent or misleading" practices. While James lacks the authority to criminally charge Trump, she has the option of suing him.
Trump has denied inflating property values or defrauding lenders - accusing both Bragg and James of being politically motivated "racists."
Trump's accounting firm, Mazars USA, fired the Trump Organization and announced that it would no longer stand behind a decade of Trump's financial statements. That said, Mazars says it has not, "as a whole," found material discrepancies between information provided by the Trump Organization and the actual value of Trump's assets.
That said, even with Mazars' actions, a criminal case is highly unlikely according to the Times. Meanwhile, prosecutors have been unable to convince Trump CFO Alan Weisselberg to cooperate with the investigation.