Wake Up Call: Kasowitz Donated to Cy Vance During 2012 Trump Probe - Report

• In 2012, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., were close to being indicted for criminal fraud for allegedly misleading investors about a Trump real estate project, according to a report by the New Yorker, ProPublica, and WNYC. The report says that after Trump senior’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, made a $25,000 donation to the reelection campaign of Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, Jr., and personally visited the prosecutor, Vance killed the criminal investigation. Vance and Kasowitz deny any connection between that decision and Kasowitz’s campaign donations. ( New Yorker ) ( ProPublica )

• The Real Deal published a plaintiff’s letter that supposedly convinced Vance to kill the probe. ( ...