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- The Manhattan DA's office was weeks away from filing criminal charges against Trump at the end of 2020.
- This is according to former special assistant district attorney Mark Pomerantz's new book.
- Pomerantz resigned from the office when new DA Alvin Bragg decided against pursuing a Trump indictment.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office was just weeks away from filing criminal charges against then-President Donald Trump at the end of the 2020, but backed off when city lawyers downplayed Trump's alleged undervaluing of a historic building in the Financial District, Mark Pomerantz, former special assistant district attorney, says in his new book, "People vs. Donald Trump," out Tuesday.