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S&S signs lawyer’s inside account of the attempt to prosecute Trump
Simon & Schuster has signed People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account, described as a behind-the-scenes look at the attempt to prosecute former president Donald Trump, written by Mark Pomerantz, one of the lawyers who worked on the case and resigned in protest when Manhattan’s district attorney refused to act.
Ian Chapman, UK c.e.o., acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Matilda Forbes Watson at WME. Jonathan Karp, president and c.e.o at S&S, acquired in the US. Publication is scheduled for 7th February 2023.
In People vs. Donald Trump, the publisher says, “Pomerantz tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Trump investigation, why he believes Donald Trump should be prosecuted, and what we can learn about the nature of justice in America from this extraordinary case".
Karp said: “Mark Pomerantz has written an unprecedented and revelatory account of the challenges inherent in prosecuting a former president of the United States. His book is a case study in how the criminal justice system works and how prosecutors think.”
Pomerantz worked two stints as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, first leading the appellate unit and later returning as chief of the office’s criminal division, where he supervised cases involving financial fraud, corruption, narcotics dealing, police misconduct and organised crime. In private practice, he spent many years litigating criminal cases as a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP.
He has also been on the faculty of Columbia Law School and has lectured on criminal procedure and white-collar law at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. He is a member of the advisory board of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. From February 2021 to February 2022, he worked pro bono as special assistant district attorney in the office of the New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr to assist with that office’s criminal investigation into the personal and business finances of former president Donald Trump.
