One case he supervised in the state Attorney General's Office resulted in the Trump Foundation dissolving after paying $2 million to charities.īragg's office has won convictions in cases his predecessor filed against two Trump corporations and his chief financial officer. Live updates: Grand jury indicts Donald Trump in New York, first time a former president is charged criminallyīragg boasted during his 2021 campaign that he helped sue Trump more than 100 times.
When federal cases fizzled, Bragg initiated local charges against political strategist Steve Bannon after Trump pardoned him and picked up the hush-money investigation into Trump when the Justice Department declined to press charges. The latest case culminates years of Bragg investigations at the city and state level into Trump and his aides, the Trump Organization and the Trump Foundation. The grand jury has now voted to indict Trump, making him the first former president to face criminal charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is used to investigating Donald Trump, but his latest probe carries bigger stakes.īragg is leading the inquiry into whether Trump paid $130,000 to silence porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Trump and other Republicans criticize the investigation as politically motivated.
Bragg has boasted of helping sue Trump more than 100 times before the criminal case.Bragg could become the first prosecutor to criminally charge a former president.
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