Alvin Bragg may be close to issuing an indictment against Donald Trump. Who is Manhattan’s district attorney and what has prompted him to pursue a case against the former president?
, a porn star who claims to have had an affair with him. He may have falsified records about the money, a misdemeanour under New York law. Such an act becomes a felony when there is intent to commit or conceal another crime. In this case, the second crime may have been taking an illegal and undeclared campaign contribution in the form of hush money. Mr Bragg’s investigation has enraged Mr Trump’s supporters.
. His plan not to prosecute certain crimes, such as fare-dodging and prostitution, was controversial.’s office is probably one of the most well-known in America thanks in part to “Law and Order”, a television drama which placed the department at its centre. Mr Bragg’s $146m budget is buoyed by hundreds of millions of dollars from Wall Street settlement forfeitures; it uses the money to dole out grants to criminal-justice and community programmes.
Mr Trump and some other Republicans call the hush-money probe politically motivated and a potential “unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority”. But Mr Bragg’s record suggests he is driven by law and facts. Weeks after taking office, he was criticised by many Democrats for pausing his predecessor’s sweeping investigation into Mr Trump’s finances.
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