Tag: Alvin

Alvin Bragg’s Team Begs Judge to Pile Even More Punishment on Trump

Prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office on Thursday urged Judge Juan Merchan to slap former President Donald Trump with four contempt charges for comments Trump made about his trial on charges of falsifying business records. Under a gag order issued by Merchan, Trump is barred from talking about the witnesses and jurors in […]

Alvin Bragg’s Top Trump Prosecutor Comes Under Official Investigation

Rep. Jim Jordan has written to Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking records regarding one of the Department of Justice’s most senior former employees. In his letter, dated April 30, the chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary said that the committee was “conducting oversight” of what he called “politically motivated prosecutions,” specifically those launched […]

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg fights Trump’s request for delay in hush-money trial over media coverage

Manhattan DIstrict Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is contesting former President Donald Trump’s request that his hush money trial be delayed due to “prejudicial pretrial publicity.” In a court filing made public Wednesday, prosecutors argue that Mr. Trump only has himself to blame for the media coverage. “Defendant’s own incessant rhetoric is generating significant publicity, and […]