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DA Alvin Bragg: New evidence helped lead to Trump charges

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The Manhattan district attorney said former president Donald Trump and his associates were involved in a “catch and kill" scheme to suppress negative information about Trump in the 2016 election.

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  1. Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA who is prosecuting Trump

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

  2. Trump's attacks on Alvin Bragg could come back to bite him: Ex-Manhattan DA

    Headline from Newsweek ·

  3. Newest

    DA Alvin Bragg: New evidence helped lead to Trump charges

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  1. New York Post

    Democratic Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has a bad case of bias (opens New York Post)

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    Donald Trump has racked up a number of ignominious firsts in American history, and now he will add another: the first ex-president to be charged with a crime.

  2. New York Times

    The prosecutor in the Trump case waded into treacherous political waters. (opens New York Times)

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    Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has indicted former President Donald J. Trump. The political firestorm has already begun.

  3. CNN

    Who is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA leading the probe into Trump's role in hush money scheme? (opens CNN)

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    Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, drew national attention when he made history as the Manhattan District Attorney's Office first Black district attorney. Now, he is back in the spotlight after a grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump after a yearslong investigation into t…

  4. Fox News

    The indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Bragg leaves America with this legal puzzle (opens Fox News)

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    Former President Donald Trump was indicted Thursday following an investigation into hush money payments. The move by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is unprecedented.

  5. Washington Times

    Alvin Bragg made his tough-on-Trump record central to his campaign for Manhattan DA (opens Washington Times)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump makes good on the Democratic prosecutor’s campaign boast that he is tough on Mr. Trump.

  6. Ricochet

    Breaking: Bragg Indicts Trump (Update: Trump Responds) (opens Ricochet)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted President Trump late Thursday. This is the first time any president has been charged in a criminal matter. During Bragg's campaign…

  7. Hot Air

    Trump is the big winner in Bragg's indictment (opens Hot Air)

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    The other fear which should have held back Bragg is that business records mismanagement and even campaign finance violations are typically dealt with via either administrative penalties or fines. Most...

  8. Digital Journal

    Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA who is prosecuting Trump (opens Digital Journal)

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    Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg became the first prosecutor in US history to charge a former or sitting president when he filed his indictment

  9. Politico

    ‘Unlawful political interference’: Bragg defends Trump indictment against GOP attacks (opens Politico)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued his first public response to Hill Republicans since news of the former president's indictment, defending his office’s decision in a letter to lawmakers Friday.

  10. CBS News

    Who is Alvin Bragg? What to know about the Manhattan D.A. weighing charges against Trump (opens CBS News)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has faced off with former President Donald Trump and his companies before.

  11. Newsweek

    Alvin Bragg Might Have Just Re-Elected Donald Trump (opens Newsweek)

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    Bragg's case against Trump is facially absurd.

  12. Gopusa

    Who is Alvin Bragg? What You Need to Know About the Manhattan DA Who Indicted Trump (opens Gopusa)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg convened a New York grand jury earlier this year, which voted on Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump for allegations linked to a business records investigation related to a “hush money” payment to adult entertainment actress Stormy Daniels in 2016…

  13. Townhall

  14. Newsweek

    Trump's attacks on Alvin Bragg could come back to bite him: Ex-Manhattan DA (opens Newsweek)

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    "If I were his lawyer...I would be mindful of not committing some other criminal offense like obstruction of governmental administration," Cyrus Vance Jr. said.

  15. Washington Examiner

    For prosecutor Bragg, Trump indictment is campaign promise kept (opens Washington Examiner)

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    FOR PROSECUTOR BRAGG, TRUMP INDICTMENT IS CAMPAIGN PROMISE KEPT. Alvin Bragg, the local district attorney in Manhattan who has led the effort to indict former President Donald Trump, is an elected official. He ran for his current office in 2021. In that campaign, he won a Democratic primary crowded…

  16. Fox News

    Manhattan DA Bragg defends Trump indictment on alleged 'catch and kill' scheme, claims 'additional evidence' (opens Fox News)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg provided new information Tuesday about the alleged "catch and kill" scheme former President Trump orchestrated.

  17. Rolling Stone

    Alvin Bragg: Trump 'Repeatedly' Broke New York Law (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The Manhattan district attorney addressed reporters following the arrest and arraignment of former President Donald Trump

  18. Fox News

    Trump sounds off on Biden, Alvin Bragg, Jack Smith on social media hours before arraignment: 'This is illegal' (opens Fox News)

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    Donald Trump ranted on social media about his indictment and upcoming arraignment at a Manhattan courthouse and told District Attorney Alvin Bragg to 'indict himself.'

  19. CBS News

    Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg saw case against Trump as potentially "charge ready" years ago (opens CBS News)

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    In a 2020 interview with CBS News, Alvin Bragg​​, then a Democratic candidate for Manhattan district attorney, shared some thoughts about the probe into then-President Trump and his former "fixer," Michael Cohen.

  20. Washington Times

    Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg must be held to account (opens Washington Times)

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    William P. Barr, ex-attorney general of the United States — and no Donald Trump sycophant — called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment against the former president an “abomination,” the “epitome of the abuse of prosecutorial power” and a classic textbook case example of “banana repu…

  21. Politico

    ‘We cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct’: Bragg addresses media after Trump arraignment (opens Politico)

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    "These are felony crimes in New York state, no matter who you are," Bragg told reporters Tuesday.

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  23. New York Post

    Tough-on-Trump Bragg goes soft on actual public menaces (opens New York Post)

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    Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has no problem inflating dubious misdemeanor charges against President Donald Trump into felonies, yet when it comes to real-live career criminals he does the opposite.

  24. Fox News

    Manhattan DA Bragg to give highly anticipated speech after Trump arraignment reveals 34 felony counts (opens Fox News)

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    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will address the media Tuesday after former President Trump's arraignment in a New York City courtroom.

  25. PJ Media

    Could Trump Prosecutor Alvin Bragg Go to Prison? It's Possible (opens PJ Media)

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    On Monday night, it was leaked that Donald Trump will be charged with 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records. The details of the indictment were not supposed to be released, and Tr...

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