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  • the Manhattan district attorney overseeing a criminal probe into former President Donald Trump's business will not seek re election in November.

  • The announcement Friday by Cyrus Vance Jr not to seek 1/4 term raises questions about the timing of the investigation into Trump Vance's office has set in court filings.

  • It is looking into possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the former President Trump organization, including tax and insurance fraud and falsification of business records.

  • Among those cooperating with investigators.

  • Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen being about Trump's family sometime later today.

  • The investigation got a boost last month after the Supreme Court ruled Vance's office could review eight years of Trump's tax returns.

  • Trump's accountants at Mazar is turned over millions of pages to the D A.

  • According to tax records and financial statements.

  • You know the dean's office machines after last week that sounds to me like the Holy Grail.

  • If indicted, Trump would be the first former president to face criminal prosecution.

  • Vance gave no specific reason for his decision not to run again.

  • In a statement, he said, quote, I never imagined myself as a district attorney for decades, like my predecessors.

  • The probe into Trump could continue beyond Vance's tenure.

  • He's tapped former federal prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to oversee the investigation.

  • Trump is also being investigated in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn that states 2020 election results, a step that could lead to criminal charges by local authorities.

the Manhattan district attorney overseeing a criminal probe into former President Donald Trump's business will not seek re election in November.

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