A fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former US president Donald Trump. Mark
Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living a calm suburban life when he accepted an offer to join
the staff of the district attorney of New York County in February 2021. His brief: to work on
the investigation of former president Donald Trump and the Trump Organisation. Over the next
year Pomerantz interviewed potential witnesses scrutinised financial records and learned
everything he could about Trump’s business practices. He finally gathered enough evidence to
support the view—held by many of his colleagues on the case—that Trump should be indicted for a
number of financial crimes. But that indictment never happened. This book explains why. In
People vs. Donald Trump Pomerantz tells the story of his unprecedented investigation why he
and his colleague Carey Dunne resigned in protest when Manhattan’s district attorney refused to
act and why he believes Donald Trump should be prosecuted. He draws from a lifetime of legal
experience to tell a devastating and frequently entertaining story of how prosecutors think
how criminals act and how the American justice system works—and sometimes doesn’t work. It is
a cautionary tale that explores how Trump manages to dance between the raindrops of
accountability and how others might bring him to justice.
