A supervising detective involved in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald Trump has been suspended for his contact with ex-Trump employee Michael Cohen.
Jeremy Rosenberg, who investigates financial crimes for Bragg, was suspended according to the New York Post. “The office is conducting a review of an investigator’s compliance with internal office protocols,” a Bragg spokeswoman said.
Cohen’s attorney, Lanny J. Davis said: “The interactions between Mr. Rosenberg, Michael Cohen, and myself were always professional and focused on Mr. Cohen’s personal security, which we appreciated.”
Trump was hit with 34 felony counts in March after Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg related to payments made to Stormy Daniels.
Former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Bederow said:
“It might not affect the case, but certainly from a defense standpoint they would want to know what’s the nature of their relationship.
“What did they talk about and did this detective investigator have anything that fits the form of a disclosure to the defense.”
Alan Dershowitz said of the case against Trump:
“Nobody should ever be arrested based on made-up laws or combining a federal and state statute.
“I taught criminal law for 50 years at Harvard, and the one rule was, no creativity is permitted by prosecutors.
“The law has to be clear.
“It’s not a righteous prosecution. It’s not a just prosecution.
“And I think every libertarian, whether you’re conservative, or liberal, should be opposed to it.”
John Bolton, no friend of Trump’s said:
“Speaking as someone who very strongly does not want Donald Trump to get the Republican presidential nomination, I’m extraordinarily distressed by this document.
“I think this is even weaker than I feared it would be.”
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— New York Post (@nypost) June 3, 2023
Bragg detective Jeremy Rosenberg involved in Trump case suspended for Michael Cohen ties: officials https://t.co/PM2HZhp7Hu via @nypmetro
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) June 3, 2023
