Jim Jordan (R-OH) has made himself the Republican gadfly attempting to sting Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan D.A. who has secured the first, and so far only, conviction of former president Donald Trump. But now the biter appears to have been bitten–by none other than Bragg. Bragg’s office is taking credit for being part of efforts […]
WASHINGTON — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the hush money case against former President Donald Trump, will testify before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in July, along with prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, a source familiar with the plans confirmed Tuesday to NBC News. “The Manhattan D.A.’s Office is proud to play a crucial role […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed on Friday to testify before Congress as Republicans attempt to discredit former President Donald Trump’s conviction, but indicated that could happen only after Trump is sentenced next month. Bragg’s office has resisted calls to testify before Congress citing the ongoing case against the former president, but in a letter […]
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should have settled the case against former president Donald Trump, but instead made a “political decision” to move forward with a trial. Romney called Democrats’ actions “political malpractice.” Trump was found guilty in a Manhattan court of falsifying business records after labeling payments to an […]
Donald Trump is officially the first president, acting or former, to be convicted of a felony. Such a historic moment for a young nation would ordinarily be quite somber, but both sides of the political aisle will be energized by the inflammatory result. But today I want to consider if the investigation and trial should […]
NEW YORK (AP) — When Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district attorney in 2022, he stunned the public and his own staff by pausing an investigation into former President Donald Trump that appeared to be hurtling toward an indictment. Two top prosecutors were so upset with the decision, they quit. One called Bragg’s hesitation […]
After Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finishes his trial with Donald Trump, he’ll have to turn to Harvey Weinstein. The disgraced former Hollywood mogul saw his 2020 conviction on sex crimes charges overturned Thursday by New York’s top court in a 4-3 decision that shocked the public. But Catherine A. Christian, a former prosecutor who […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg put YouTube on notice Wednesday for hosting tutorials on how to manufacture deadly weapons and pushing violent content about D.I.Y. guns to school kids. In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Bragg noted how “in a number of cases before my office, young individuals who are being investigated for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg spoke candidly about his unease with the job’s political demands. A former law professor, he’s more comfortable untangling complex legal questions than swaggering up to a podium. But when the first of Donald Trump’s four criminal […]
As former President Donald Trump’s trial on felony charges that he violated New York State tax and campaign finance laws by paying off two women to keep them from sharing their accounts of extramarital affairs with him, his lawyers move to keep Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen from testifying. In response, Manhattan Alvin Bragg’s team […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday accused an Arizona prosecutor of political “grandstanding” for refusing to send a New York City murder suspect back his jurisdiction. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell on Wednesday said she’s instructed her staff in Arizona not to cooperate in any efforts to extradite Raad Noan Almansoori, 26, back to […]
Raleigh police are investigating a fatal shooting after a 21-year-old died from his injuries Monday afternoon. Shortly after 1:40 p.m., police found Cristian Rodriguez suffering from a gunshot wound in the 400 block of Bragg Street. The area is off South Blount Street near downtown Raleigh. Rodriguez was taken to a local hospital, where he […]