The district attorney leading a high-profile investigation into former President Donald Trump plans on leaving office later this year. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, a Democrat, told the New Yorker that he will not seek reelection and plans on retiring on Dec. 31. Vance said he’d essentially made the decision before taking on the Trump case. The 66-year-old cited the pressure of being the Manhattan district attorney. “It turned out to be tougher than I thought it would be,” he said, adding: “There’s nothing worse than a politician who doesn’t know when to leave.” Vance is conducting a secretive probe of Trump. He has repeatedly declined to shed insight on the investigation, though court filings indicate prosecutors believe the former president may have falsified records and committed fraud. Vance’s office was able to obtain Trump’s tax returns last month after the Supreme Court decided not to block him from doing …
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