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Manhattan prosecutors closed the Trump SoHo investigation without charges

Date
2012-08-03
Entry type
business-fraud-investigation
Current status
Investigation closed without charges

Kasowitz gave Vance's campaign $25,000 and later met him; the office closed the investigation without charges, and Vance denied influence.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpdaughter and Trump Organization executive who promoted Trump-branded developmentsIvanka Trump
  2. Donald J. Trumpson and Trump Organization executive involved in Trump-branded development marketingDonald Trump Jr.
  3. Manhattan District Attorney's Officeinvestigated developer sales statements and closed without chargesTrump SoHo

Money trail

  1. paymentKasowitz campaign contribution$25,000
    Paid by / source
    Marc Kasowitz
    Received by
    Cyrus Vance Jr. campaign
    realized · 2012-01-31 · observedPopulation January 2012 campaign contribution described in the Trump SoHo investigation chronologyPeriod 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31Basis Use the campaign-contribution amount reported by ProPublica.Limits The donation and later meeting are chronological facts; the amount does not prove influence over the no-charge decision, which Vance denied.Open cited evidence

Claims and evidence

  1. factreported

    ProPublica reported that Manhattan prosecutors investigated Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. over Trump SoHo sales statements, that District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. received a $25,000 campaign donation from Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz in January 2012 and met Kasowitz in May, and that the office ended the investigation without charges on August 3; Vance denied being influenced and said the evidence did not prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.