Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Gains Spotlight, Scrutiny As He Comes For Trump

As news spread that Bragg is getting ready to charge Trump, Republicans have continued to attack the prosecutor. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy accused Bragg of ”abusing his office to target President Trump” and threatened to investigate Bragg and other “Soros-backed DA’s across the country,” a reference to billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, a […]

Alvin Bragg elected Manhattan’s 1st Black district attorney

Democrat Alvin Bragg was elected Tuesday as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, a position that will give him oversight of prosecutions and ongoing investigations involving former President Donald Trump. Bragg, a civil rights lawyer and former federal prosecutor, defeated Republican Thomas Kenniff to join a growing wave of progressive, reform-minded prosecutors across the country. He […]