Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested Saturday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped the case against him for alleged campaign finance violations. “I think they’ve already dropped the case,” Trump told reporters aboard his plane after appearing at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas. “It’s a fake case. Some fake cases, they have … Read more
Former President Donald Trump blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a Saturday night rally in Texas and accused him of prosecutorial misconduct. “The district attorney of New York under the auspices and direction of the ‘department of injustice’ in Washington, DC, is investigating me for something that is not a crime, not a misdemeanor, … Read more
Washington CNN — The chairmen of three House committees sent a letter Saturday to the Manhattan district attorney leading the probe into Donald Trump, doubling down on their efforts to intervene in the hush money investigation ahead of possible criminal charges against the former president. The letter from the chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight … Read more
Former Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over his focus on potentially prosecuting former President Donald Trump and suggested the move is politically motivated. “I don’t understand why Bragg is putting such emphasis on this case,” the former governor told WABC Radio on Friday night. “A person breaks the … Read more
As the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office continued to lead a criminal investigation against former President Donald Trump, they received a threatening letter containing a white powder on Friday, according to multiple outlets. The envelope and its contents came amid repeated attacks on Bragg by Trump, who on Thursday called the prosecutor an “animal.” … Read more
Mick Mulvaney, a onetime acting chief of staff in Donald Trump’s White House, on Thursday said he expects the former president to be indicted by the Manhattan district attorney over his role in a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. In an interview with “CNN This Morning,” Mulvaney agreed that an indictment … Read more
CNN — The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused House Republicans of launching an “an unprecedent inquiry into a pending local prosecution,” while defending the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush money payments to an adult film actress during the 2016 campaign. In a new letter to Republican lawmakers who earlier … Read more
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office responded to a demand for testimony from top House Republicans on Thursday, calling it an “unprecedented” intrusion into a local prosecution after former President Donald Trump “created a false expectation he would be arrested” this week. Bragg’s office added that complying with the Republicans’ request would “interfere with law … Read more
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent letters Wednesday to two former Manhattan DA office attorneys seeking information that could support a claim District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump is politically motivated. The attorneys, Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne sought to prosecute Trump in 2022, but Bragg rejected their … Read more
CNN — Communications between adult-film star Stormy Daniels and an attorney who is now representing former President Donald Trump have been turned over to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Daniels’ lawyer told CNN. The exchanges – said to date back to 2018, when Daniels was seeking representation – raise the possibility that the Trump attorney, … Read more