Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump makes good on the Democratic prosecutor’s campaign boast that he is tough on Mr. Trump.
Mr. Bragg put his tough-on-Trump bonafides front and center as he faced off against other Democratic contenders in the 2021 race to become the top prosecutor in one of the country’s most liberal-leaning cities.
“I have investigated Trump and his children and held them accountable for their misconduct with the Trump Foundation,” he said. “I know how to follow the facts and hold people in power accountable.” At the time, Mr. Bragg attempted to head off complaints that he was running a campaign to target Mr. Trump by saying he was running on his record.
Soon after taking office in January 2022, Mr. Bragg was forced to defend his campaign rhetoric after he declined to charge Mr. Trump in the Trump Organization case he inherited from his predecessor.
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