[ad_1] Rep. Adriano Espaillat speaks at a news conference to discuss the targeting of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amid the criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump on Monday in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Wesley Parnell 03/27/2023 03:09 PM EDT NEW YORK — A HouseContinue Reading
[ad_1] “I think that was an ill-advised post that one of his social media people put up, and he quickly took down when he realized the rhetoric and photo that was attached to it,” Tacopina added. Trump has not been indicated in the New York case, though he still couldContinue Reading
[ad_1] Jordan, Comer and Steil, in their Saturday letter, set a new deadline of March 31 for a swath of documents they are requesting regarding Bragg’s office, including any related to potential federal funding of or involvement in his work. They also doubled down on their request for Bragg toContinue Reading
[ad_1] The white powder was in a USPS envelope. It was been transported to a city lab for further analysis, the NYPD spokesperson said. Neither the office nor the courthouse was evacuated, the spokesperson said. The scare comes after Trump took to Truth Social to predict “potential death & destruction”Continue Reading
[ad_1] But four legal experts who worked in the DA’s office prior to Bragg’s tenure said such pauses didn’t necessarily signal a troubling turn for the investigation. They’re more likely the result of prosecutors weighing whether to present a rebuttal witness to counter claims the grand jury heard earlier inContinue Reading
[ad_1] Her letter amounts to a sharp rebuke of a GOP inquiry launched days after Trump personally predicted his own imminent arrest, nudging House Republicans to rally behind him. Dubeck indicated that Bragg’s office had adopted the Justice Department’s longstanding position to refuse to provide Congress with details of ongoingContinue Reading
[ad_1] “Alvin Bragg do your job!” they yelled. Despite Trump’s prediction Saturday that he would be arrested Tuesday and his call for supporters to “protest,” the courthouse was relatively quiet Tuesday as the grand jury on the probe only sits on Mondays and Wednesdays. Jurors heard what was believed toContinue Reading
[ad_1] “You need to respect our judgment, our decades of experience as prosecutors and defense lawyers, and the work that we have put into the case, more than you have to this point,” Pomerantz wrote in a private letter to Bragg, according to his book, saying Bragg doubted their assessmentContinue Reading
[ad_1] In his email, Alvin Bragg didn’t identify Donald Trump by name, referring only to the “public comments surrounding an ongoing investigation by this office.” | Brandon Bell/Getty Images Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg offered a private retort to Donald Trump’s message Saturday urging supporters to protest his expected indictment,Continue Reading
[ad_1] Cohen declined to give specifics about the sit-down, which he said was his 15th time talking with the district attorney’s office. He did say another meeting is planned. “A 16th meeting has already been set, which indicates to me DA Bragg’s resolve in not allowing this matter to beContinue Reading