Manhattan District

British

noun

Also called: Manhattan Project. (during World War II) the code name for a unit of US army engineers established in 1942 to construct secret sites for the development of the atomic bomb

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The FBI files show that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office was looking into allegations against Black in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal

A spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney declined to comment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Christensen was also in communication with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office about the allegations, the files show.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a January 2022 exchange, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and federal prosecutors discussed the claims, and federal officials said they had interviewed one of the women and didn’t plan to revisit the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hernandez's attorney Harvey Fishbein released a statement saying: "We are grateful the Court has now given Pedro a chance to get his life back, and I call upon the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to drop these misguided charges and focus their efforts where they belong: on finding those actually responsible for the disappearance of Etan Patz."

From BBC

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