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FBI probing Manhattan district attorney’s office

By Dominick Mastrangelo
Published October 17, 2018 3:14pm ET
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FBI probing Manhattan district attorney’s office
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, right, is followed by Stan Patz, father of 6-year-old Etan Patz, as they arrive to talk to reporters after Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz, one of America's most notorious missing-child cases, was sentenced at Manhattan Supreme Court, in New York, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. | (Mary Altaffer/AP)

The FBI is looking into the office of the New York City district attorney office amid allegations of dropped cases against high-profile subjects whose lawyers made donations to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s campaign.

FBI agents are seeking information regarding the decision-making process of Vance, a Democrat, and his staff relating to certain well-connected and influential subjects, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

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