He was also involved in suing the Trump administration during his time as the state’s chief deputy attorney general. Jerrold Nadler and former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara. He has also won the support of the New York political establishment, including endorsements from US Rep. (She issued a statement saying she and her husband paid federal, state and New York City taxes in six of the last 11 years, adding that they did not pay income tax in the other years because they earned no net income.) Farhadian Weinstein also interviewed with Trump administration officials for a federal judgeship, according to the New York Times.Īlvin Bragg, on the other hand, has a strong base of support in Harlem, where he grew up.

According to recent reporting from ProPublica, Farhadian Weinstein and her husband paid almost zero income tax in four recent years, a potentially thorny reality for the person vying to prosecute a former president who famously avoided paying federal income taxes for years.

While there is scant public polling available, oddsmakers as well as many political insiders believe it’s really a two-horse race between Democratic candidates Tali Farhadian Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor and general counsel for the Brooklyn district attorney, and Alvin Bragg, a prosecutor in the state attorney general’s office.įarhadian Weinstein, the wife of hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein and a favorite among the Wall Street set, has plowed more than $8 million dollars of her own fortune into her campaign. Related article New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/AFP via Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks during a 'Make America Great Again' rally at the Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky, on October 13, 2018. In a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 6-to-1, it is all but ensured the winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary election will go on to win the general election this fall (the election is not among the NYC races using ranked choice voting this year). The stakes of Tuesday’s primary couldn’t be higher. Nine contenders – eight Democrats and one Republican – are now vying for the position. Many experts now believe he will venture into uncharted legal terrain and bring charges against either the former president or his organization (or both) before he leaves office. The investigation seems to have reached a fever pitch, but Vance, who became the Manhattan DA in 2010, announced earlier this year that he would not be seeking re-election. James’ office, which had been conducting its own civil investigation, issued a statement last month saying, “We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA.” Trump responded by calling it a “witch hunt” and wrote, “There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime.” In an unusual move, the Manhattan DA’s office has teamed up with State Attorney General Letitia James.

The Manhattan DA’s office has also suggested it is looking into allegations that the Trump Organization inflated property values in statements to lenders and insurers while undervaluing assets for tax purposes. For more than two years, the office of Cy Vance Jr., the current Manhattan DA, has been conducting a sprawling investigation into the inner workings of the Trump Organization’s finances stemming in part from hush money payments made to women who said they had extramarital affairs with Trump (which he has denied). Whoever wins the election will be handed a caseload that will include, in all likelihood, the prosecution of the Trump Organization in what could be the most consequential legal case in our nation’s modern history.

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