Looks like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will be the first criminal trial for Donald FRAUD Trump in an American courtroom.
Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. (born October 21, 1973) is an American politician and lawyer who serves as the New York County District Attorney, covering Manhattan. In 2021, he became the first African American elected to that office. Bragg had previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of New York and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.
According to published reports, Bragg has faced off with Trump a number of times. During his time with the New York Attorney General's Office, Bragg was involved with civil lawsuits against the Trump Foundation. A 2018 lawsuit accused the foundation of misusing funds for Trump's personal or political benefit. The foundation agreed to close under court supervision, and in 2019, a New York court ordered Trump to personally pay $2 million to settle the suit.
Bragg handled another significant case involving Trump's business that year.
Two entities of the Trump Organization — the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corp. — and the company's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, had been charged in a tax fraud caseunder Bragg's predecessor. They were accused of reducing payroll liability from executive salaries through untaxed bonuses and luxury perks worth millions.
Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to five months in jail and agreed to testify against the Trump companies. Bragg oversaw the prosecution that resulted in the companies being found guilty on all counts in December. The Trump Corporation was fined $810,000 and the Trump Payroll Corp. was fined $800,000. (Trump was not personally charged in the case and denied any wrongdoing.)