前任的特朗普总统曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格(Alvin Bragg)周四在他自2月份辞职以来的首次公开声明中坚称，尽管负责此案的两名经验丰富的检察官最近辞职，但他的家庭成员和以他名字命名的房地产公司仍在曼哈顿接受刑事调查。
布拉格表示，该声明旨在回应近100天前他从前任那里继承的最引人注目的案件中反复出现的问题。
那些问题跟着离开检察官凯里·邓恩(Carey Dunne)和马克·波梅兰茨(Mark Pomerantz)，后者在辞职信中表示，特朗普“犯下了许多重罪”，但布拉格已经“决定不继续进行”刑事案件。
布拉格在声明中说:“调查团队由富有献身精神、经验丰富的职业检察官组成。”。“他们正在查阅文件，采访证人，探索以前没有探索过的证据。在曼哈顿地方检察官办公室白领起诉的悠久和自豪的传统中，我们正在彻底调查，并无所畏惧或偏袒地遵循事实。"
特朗普否认所有不当行为。
特朗普集团和特朗普长期任职的首席财务官艾伦·魏斯勒伯格(Allen Weisselberg)都否认有罪他们面临的指控与调查有关，该调查一直在调查特朗普集团(Trump Organization)某些高管获得的额外津贴是否缴纳了适当的税款。
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2021年11月2日，曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格在纽约向支持者发表讲话。
该案件还审查了特朗普在寻求贷款和税收优惠时如何评估他的房地产持有量。纽约司法部长办公室正在进行类似的调查民事调查。
布拉格坚称，刑事调查仍在进行，尽管在调查的早期阶段没有明显的公开进展，当时传票定期发出，证人定期出现在大陪审团面前。
布拉格拒绝讨论大陪审团的事情，这是保密的，但他在结束声明时向公众承诺:
“虽然法律限制我在这个时候进一步评论，但我保证办公室将公开宣布我们的调查结论——我们是结束工作而不提出指控，还是继续起诉。”
Manhattan DA insists Trump criminal probe remains active
FormerPresident Trump, members of his family, and the real estate business that bears his name remain under criminal investigation in Manhattan despite the recent resignations of the two experienced prosecutors leading the case, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg insisted Thursday in his first public statement about the case since the resignations in February.
Bragg said the statement was meant to respond to repeated questions about the highest profile case he inherited from his predecessor nearly 100 days ago.
Those questionsfollowed the departureof prosecutors Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, the latter of whom opined in his resignation letter that Trump "is guilty of numerous felony violations" but that Bragg had "reached the decision not to go forward" with the criminal case.
"The team working on this investigation is comprised of dedicated, experienced career prosecutors," Bragg's statement said. "They are going through documents, interviewing witnesses, and exploring evidence not previously explored. In the long and proud tradition of white-collar prosecutions at the Manhattan D.A.'s Office, we are investigating thoroughly and following the facts without fear or favor."
Trump has denied all wrongdoing.
The Trump Organization and Trump's long-serving chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, have each pleaded not guilty tocharges they've facedin connection with the probe, which has been looking into whether proper taxes were paid on perks given to certain Trump Organization executives.
The case also examines how Trump valued his real estate holdings when he sought loans and tax breaks. The New York Attorney General's office is conducting a parallelcivil investigation.
Bragg's insistence that the criminal probe remains active comes despite the absence of overt developments that were apparent during earlier stages of the investigation, when subpoenas were routinely issued and witnesses were regularly appearing before a grand jury.
Bragg declined to discuss grand jury matters, which are meant to remain secret, but he concluded his statement with a pledge to the public:
"While the law constrains me from commenting further at this time, I pledge that the Office will publicly state the conclusion of our investigation -- whether we conclude our work without bringing charges, or move forward with an indictment."
