{"id":215048,"date":"2021-03-12T10:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=215048"},"modified":"2021-03-12T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:42:37","slug":"manhattan-da-leading-trump-investigation-announces-intention-to-leave-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-da-leading-trump-investigation-announces-intention-to-leave-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan DA Leading Trump Investigation Announces Intention to Leave Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanhattan-da-leading-trump-investigation-announces-intention-to-leave-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=215048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The district attorney leading a high-profile investigation into former President Donald Trump plans on leaving office later this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-manhattan\">Manhattan<\/a> District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-cy-vance\">Cy Vance<\/a>, a Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/03\/22\/can-cyrus-vance-jr-nail-trump\">told<\/a> the New Yorker that he will not seek reelection and plans on retiring on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Vance said he\u2019d essentially made the decision before taking on the Trump case.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old cited the pressure of being the Manhattan district attorney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt turned out to be tougher than I thought it would be,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing worse than a politician who doesn\u2019t know when to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance is conducting a secretive probe of Trump. He has repeatedly declined to shed insight on the investigation, though court filings indicate prosecutors believe the former president may have falsified records and committed fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 28, 2021. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Vance\u2019s office was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trumps-tax-returns-obtained-by-manhattan-district-attorney-spokesman_3711053.html\">able to obtain<\/a> Trump\u2019s tax returns last month after the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-allows-release-of-trump-taxes-to-manhattan-prosecutor_3706091.html\">decided<\/a> not to block him from doing so. Last year,\u00a0Chief Justice John Roberts wrote an opinion for a 7\u20132 ruling that rejected Trump\u2019s argument that he was immune to state-level investigations while he was in office. Trump left office on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Trump in a statement said the city \u201chas been looking at almost every transaction I\u2019ve ever done\u201d and asserted the nation\u2019s highest court \u201cnever should have let this \u2018fishing expedition\u2019 happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something which has never happened to a President before, it is all Democrat-inspired in a totally Democrat location, New York City and State, completely controlled and dominated by a heavily reported enemy of mine, Governor Andrew Cuomo,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-reacts-to-supreme-court-letting-ny-prosecutor-obtain-his-taxes_3706564.html\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the city\u2019s political makeup, Vance\u2019s successor is all but assured to be a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine candidates are running for the office, including former\u00a0Manhattan Assistant District Attorneys Liz Crotty, Diana Florence, and Lucy Lang, Assemblyman Dan Quart, and attorney Janos Marton.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Phillips contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The district attorney leading a high-profile investigation into former President Donald Trump plans on leaving office later this year. 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