NEW YORK (AP) – The Manhattan district attorney who declined to charge Harvey Weinstein in a 2015 sexual abuse case says he will stop taking campaign contributions pending a review by an outside ethics group.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr. has come under fire for accepting thousands of dollars from a lawyer who represented the Hollywood mogul.
His campaign enlisted the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity to scrutinize how he accepts such donations.
FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2014, file photo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. speaks to the media during the inaugural National Prosecutorial Summit, in Atlanta. The Manhattan district attorney who declined to charge Harvey Weinstein in a 2015 sexual abuse case says he’ll stop taking campaign cash pending the review of an outside ethics group. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)
An Associated Press review of Vance’s most generous givers shows the prosecutor has taken money from lawyers defending people his office has charged.
Vance says election donors have never influenced his decision-making.
FILE – In this July 9, 2013, file photo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., center, addresses a news conference, in New York. Vance has come under fire for accepting thousands of dollars of contributions from a lawyer who represented media mogul Harvey Weinstein. (AP Photo/Bethan McKernan, File)
FILE – In this July 12. 2013, file photo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., right, speaks to the media in New York. The Manhattan district attorney who declined to charge Harvey Weinstein in a 2015 sexual abuse case says he’ll stop taking campaign cash pending the review of an outside ethics group. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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