Alvin Bragg dodges mentioning signature Trump case as he campaigns for district attorney re-election
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has distanced himself from even mentioning his 2024 prosecution of President Donald Trump over falsifying business records as Bragg works to secure re-election as the...
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has distanced himself from even mentioning his 2024 prosecution of President Donald Trump over falsifying business records as Bragg works to secure re-election as the Manhattan, New York, top cop. Bragg is running for re-election in 2024, as New York City also votes to elect a new mayor in a highly anticipated race. The Manhattan district attorney was first elected to the job during the 2021 election cycle. Bragg prosecuted Trump in 2024, when the president was in the midst of his own re-election effort for the Oval Office, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump was found guilty in the case after reporting to the Manhattan, New York, courthouse for weeks to stand trial. On the 2025 campaign trail, however, Bragg has distanced himself from his signature case. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ACCUSE TRUMP OF TRYING TO 'STEAL' $230M FROM TAXPAYERS THROUGH DOJ "Congratulations on your success in prosecuting Donald Trump," a supporter told Bragg during a campaign event earlier in October, The New York Times reported, but Bragg did not acknowledge the comment. Bragg joined a debate stage Oct. 24 against Republican challenger Maud Maron, a veteran public defender in the city, and independent candidate Diana Florence, who worked for the Manhattan district attorney's office for 25 years, and again did not mention the signature case that consumed news cycles just more than a year ago. At one point, Bragg rattled off high-profile cases prosecuted in recent years, with the moderator of the debate and Republican challenger remarking that the current district attorney did not include Trump in the lineup. "My experience throughout my office, and some of these cases I directed, and some I oversaw," Bragg said from the debate stage. "I prosecuted two mayors, a Senate majority leader, a council member, an FBI agent, without regard to their political party . If it was a Democrat, a Republican, Independent." The moderator chimed in: "I think t…