District Attorney drops Fraud Case against Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump, then receives $50,000 Campaign Contribution from Trump’s Lawyer

Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump (Photo by Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images)

The New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance back in 2014 dropped a prolonged fraud case against Ivanka Trump and brother Donald Trump Jr., then received a campaign donation of $50,000 from their father’s lawyer, Marc Kasowitz.

Ivanka and Donald Jr. were under investigation in 2012 for misleading investors by inflating prices of their father’s Soho condos, according to ProPublica.

The case dragged on for 2 years, the two looking like they could be indicted for fraud charges.

Suddenly, the DA’s office dropped the charged against the Trumps.

Months later, Kasowitz donated $32,000, and another $18,000 raised from lawyers at his firm through a fundraising breakfast he hosted, to Vance’s campaign.

Vance returned $32,ooo to Kasowitz last week.

According to the LATimes, in a statement released by his spokesperson, Joan Vollero, he said:

Contributions have never influenced Cy Vance’s work and [they] never will. Every contribution is vetted through a rigorous process, accepted when appropriate, and returned when flagged.