In 2015, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. declined to prosecute Harvey Weinstein when he was accused of groping an Italian model. Soon after, Weinstein's lawyer, David Boies, delivered a $10,000 donation to Vance's electoral campaign. The revelation comes just after a report documenting how Vance declined to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. after a Trump attorney gave Vance's campaign $25,000.
From the International Business Times:
Read Full Article »… Vance's office declined to bring charges against Weinstein, saying that “after analyzing the available evidence, including multiple interviews with both parties, a criminal charge is not supported.”
Soon after, Boies made a big donation to Vance: Campaign finance records show that Boies gave the district attorney's campaign $10,000 on August 24, 2015. In all, Boies has given $55,000 to Vance's campaigns since he first began running for office in 2008. Boies co-chaired a 2008 fundraiser for Vance. Since Vance began running for district attorney, Boies' son Christopher has given Vance's campaigns $35,000. Boies' law firm partners who gave to Vance included Jonathan Schiller ($26,000), Nicholas Gravante ($4,000) and Robert Silver ($62,785). Silver passed away in 2015.
