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☆ Trump faces deposition in New York AG Letitia James' fraud lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former US president Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on April 12, 2023. Donald Trump said he is being deposed Thursday in New York City as part of the state attorney general's $250 million civil lawsuit alleging widespread fraud by the former president and his company. Trump announced on social media overnight that he had "just arrived in Manhattan for a deposition in front of" New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of the sweeping lawsuit. Trump is "not only willing but also eager to testify before the Attorney General today," his attorney, Alina Habba, told CNBC in a statement. James filed the civil fraud lawsuit last September against Trump, three of his adult children, the Trump Organization and others.

Here’s what to know about Mr. Bragg’s background and career:The district attorney has lived in Harlem for most of his life. Mr. Bragg was born on Oct. 21, 1973, to Alvin Bragg Sr., a social services worker, and Sadie Bragg, a teacher. He attended Trinity, an elite private school in Manhattan, before going to Harvard. Mr. Bragg beat out eight other candidates to become the district attorney. In June 2019, Mr. Bragg declared that he was running for Manhattan district attorney.

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Lanny Davis, a lawyer for Cohen, called Trump's lawsuit "frivolous." "Mr. Trump is once again using and abusing the judicial system as a form of harassment and intimidation against Michael Cohen," Davis said. Trump's lawsuit said Cohen wrongfully called Trump "racist" in the disbarred lawyer's 2020 book, entitled "Disloyal," and fabricated conversations with Trump from when he served as his attorney. Once known for intense loyalty to Trump, Cohen has become a harsh critic and has assisted law enforcement agencies and lawmakers investigating his former boss. Trump filed a suit against James seeking to halt her civil case, but a judge dismissed it, writing that there was "no evidence" that the investigation was undertaken in bad faith.

April 12 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer Michael Cohen for more than $500 million, according to a filing in federal court in Florida on Wednesday. The lawsuit accuses Cohen of violating his attorney-client relationship with Trump by revealing his "confidences" and "spreading falsehoods" in books, podcasts and media appearances. It says Cohen wrongfully called Trump "racist" in his 2020 book, "Disloyal," and fabricated conversations with Trump. Cohen was a top executive at Trump's real estate company and then worked as his personal lawyer when Trump assumed office in 2017. Cohen in 2018 pleaded guilty to violating federal election law through the $130,000 payment to the porn star, Stormy Daniels.

Prospective jurors, they added, "will have the breathless coverage of President Trump's alleged extra-marital affair with Stormy Daniels still ringing in their ears if [the] trial goes forward as scheduled." Those charges concerned Trump's alleged concealment of a $130,000 hush money payment to buy Daniels' silence before the 2016 election about the porn star's alleged affair with him, which he denies. She is also suing Trump for battery over the alleged encounter, which Trump has also said never happened. The 79-year-old also sued Trump for defamation in November 2019 over his similar denial of her rape claim five months earlier. The case is Carroll v Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

☆ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ GOP's early 2024 pickle: Support 1 of 3 minority candidates for president or stick with the aggrieved white guy who could be a convicted felon by Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republican Sen. Tim Scott has inched closer to challenging Donald Trump in 2024. Current polling casts Trump, who is battling multiple investigations, as the odds-on favorite. Market research firm Morning Consult shows both Scott and Ramaswamy polling at only 1%, and Haley polling at 4%. And that's after he was arraigned on 34 counts of falsifying business records, charges Trump and his House GOP defenders assert are politically motivated. "Our divisions run deep, and the threat to our future is real," Scott said of the existential crisis at hand.

☆ Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Manhattan DA sues GOP Rep. Jim Jordan for launching an 'unprecedentedly brazen and unconstitutional' attack on Trump prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee, and a prosecutor who previously worked for Bragg. In the 50-page lawsuit, Bragg accused Jordan of launching an "unprecedentedly brazen and unconstitutional attack" on the DA's office while it's in the middle of an ongoing investigation and criminal prosecution against former President Donald Trump. Bragg's lawsuit went on to say that Jordan started a "transparent campaign to intimidate and attack District Attorney Bragg, making demands for confidential documents and testimony from the District Attorney himself as well as his current and former employees and officials." The letter called Bragg's investigation "an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority." Insider reached out to spokespeople for Jordan, Bragg, and Pomerantz for comment.

[1/2] U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is asked questions by a journalist as he walks to the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah MillisNEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Republican U.S. Representative Jim Jordan to stop what Bragg called an "unconstitutional attack" on the ongoing criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump in New York. The lawsuit aims to block a subpoena of Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who had led the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Trump. The subpoena, issued last week by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, which Jordan chairs, seeks Pomerantz's appearance before the committee for a deposition. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York and Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Doina Chiacu and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Manhattan DA Bragg sues Rep. Jordan over House probe of Trump investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a House Judiciary Committee subpoena issued last week to a former prosecutor who played a key role in Bragg's criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump. Bragg's suit escalates a battle that began when the Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and other Trump allies in the House recently opened an inquiry into the D.A. The suit calls that inquiry an "unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan says that "Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecution." "The suit names as defendants Jordan, the Judiciary Committee and Mark Pomerantz, who resigned last year from Bragg's office as a special assistant D.A.

☆ Alvin Bragg's staff urges Jim Jordan to stay at home in Ohio if he wants a look at high murder rates rather than trekking to NYC
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with falsifying business records. House Judiciary chair Jim Jordan is holding a field hearing in New York to try and shame Bragg. A Bragg aide said Jordan could more effectively crack down on crime by looking at murders in Ohio. A Bragg spokesman called the pending congressional visit a political stunt, telling Bloomberg News that murders in New York City were three times lower than the murder rate in Columbus, Ohio. New York City, which has a population of roughly 18.9 million, closed out 2022 with 433 murders, the Wall Street Journal reported, for a murder rate of 2.3 murders per 100,000 citizens.

A 30-year veteran of the DA's office told Insider that Bragg will lay the specifics out in a so-called "bill of particulars" down the road. "When you have an indictment, anything you put in the indictment, you must prove it," Florence, who ran against Bragg for DA in 2021, told Insider in an interview. Bragg laid out 4 alleged underlying crimes in post-arraignment presserThough Bragg didn't include the specifics of Trump's alleged underlying crimes in the charging documents, he laid them out in his post-arraignment news conference. Bragg elaborated on that alleged underlying falsehood in a statement of facts included as an addendum to the indictment. "The prosecution is boxed in at this stage of the game," Ty Cobb, who served as White House special counsel during the Trump administration, told Insider.

☆ Trump attorney laces into Manhattan DA, calls the indictment a 'rancid ham sandwich' and says the former president's legal team is 'confident' in the long run
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Taylor Ardrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's attorney blasted the Manhattan DA's office during an ABC News interview on Sunday. Jim Trusty called the former president's indictment a "rancid ham sandwich." "We should not have a criminal justice system that starts off with targeting people," Trusty told host Jon Karl. He continued, "It is an absurd situation that multiple prosecutors passed by this rancid ham sandwich of an indictment." On "This Week," Trusty said that the team has "a lot of confidence" as the Trump case unfolds.

☆ Opinion: Texas judge’s stunning ruling caps extraordinary week
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Tennessee legislators targeted three members of the state House for joining a gun control protest in the chamber, expelling two young Black men while failing to oust a 60-year-old White woman. (He gave the Biden administration a week to appeal the ruling before it goes into effect. Thus, the week that began with Trump facing a judge in Manhattan ended with a Trump-appointed judge overturning more than two decades of medical practice. “They go far too fast to be safe on the sidewalk” and aren’t right for bike lanes or roads either.

☆ Trump attorney says Manhattan is an 'unfair venue' for the former president, calling it 'pro-Joe Biden.' Yet that's where he built his empire.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump's attorney argued the former president can't get a fair trial in Manhattan. Donald Trump was born in New York City, where his family built their empire. Even before he was officially charged, Trump complained that the investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was politically motivated. Donald Trump was quoted in the obituary saying he was grateful that his father focused his construction business in Brooklyn and Queens. ''It was good for me,'' a chuckling Donald Trump said, according to the Times.

☆ Trump might try these 3 defense strategies, but none are likely to get the Manhattan DA's case dismissed, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump is now expected to challenge the charges on several fronts, and his defense will start from a stronger place than you might assume. But if his lawyers are hoping to get the charges dismissed altogether, they'll likely be disappointed, experts say, and the case is almost certainly headed toward a blockbuster trial. Of the alleged state law violations, Brand said that "these are misdemeanors under New York law, and the only way you get to felonies is by coupling it with another crime." "To the extent that is based on federal law, I don't know that a state can do that," Brand said. But legal experts say that, whatever the flaws in the indictment itself might be, the case will almost certainly go to trial.

☆ The GOP risks blowing its 2024 chances by enlisting fringe pols and pushing issues normal voters don't care about
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The New York Times reported Trump wanted to hire far-right xenophone Laura Loomer to his campaign. The potential hire shows how far the Republican Party has moved from the median voter. It's just another example of how out of touch the Republican Party has become with the average voter. The Republican Party has yet to win the popular vote in presidential elections since 2004. Should the party keep hiring oddballs and pursuing culture war issues while failing to address substantive issues affecting the country, it's unclear that will change.

☆ House GOP's attempt to shut down Alvin Bragg is unlikely to save Trump but could serve despots in training, say oversight experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Donald Trump's formal arraignment in Manhattan criminal court sent House Republicans into a tizzy. Stretton wondered about House Republicans' attempt to defang state prosecutors they consider to be political persecutors. "It's hard to say what overstepping bounds are any more," Davis told Insider. "When you defend somebody before you've even seen the indictment, you're kind of hitching your wagon to all the investigations," Goldberg told Insider. He also warned that spotlight-chasing House Republicans risk drowning in unfinished business at the end of the term by floating new Biden-focused inquiries "every couple of weeks."

☆ Stormy Daniels says Trump shouldn't go to prison over a hush money payment: 'I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But she also thinks Trump shouldn't go to prison over hush money payment-related charges. "I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration," Daniels told Piers Morgan. "I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration. The crimes Trump was charged with are connected to an election-eve hush money payment of $130,000 made to Daniels in 2016 by Trump's former fixer and personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. The appeals court ruling was not legally connected to the charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney last week.

☆ Trump's team is way more worried about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case and the Georgia elections investigation, Maggie Haberman says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump and his aides are far more concerned about the Georgia elections probe and the Mar-a-Lago case. She added that his aides are privately worried about the Mar-a-Lago case, which is "clearer-cut." "Some of his aides are very worried about the documents investigation that the Justice Department has," Haberman said. She added that the Mar-a-Lago case is a "clearer-cut issue" in comparison to the other investigations. In March, the conservative lawyer and pundit George Conway told Insider that of the cases Trump faces, he's most likely to face prison time over the Mar-a-Lago documents case.

☆ Democrats are betting Republicans' defense of Donald Trump's criminal charges will age like milk on the 2024 campaign trail
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Republicans facing tough 2024 races are defending Donald Trump against criminal charges. Democrats are betting their defense of Trump will hurt them in competitive 2024 races. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) April 4, 2023Boebert is on House Democrats' list of 31 vulnerable Republicans and two competitive open seats that they are targeting to take back control of the House in 2024. Biden hasn't commented on Trump's charges, and Democrats in Congress are treading carefully. Democrats shouldn't get ahead of the judicial process, said Rodell Mollineau, a cofounder and partner at Rokk Solutions in Washington, DC.

☆ The Targeting of Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Daniel Henninger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When New York Mayor Eric Adams heard that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was coming to the city for Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg ’s arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump, he said: “Control yourselves. New York City is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger.” Where’s he been? For Manhattan’s professional progressives, the indictment of Mr. Trump was just another day at the playground. Politics as the American left’s personal playpen probably began with the Occupy movement in 2011. Who today remembers what its point was? For nearly 60 days, the Occupy Wall Street movement took over Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.

☆ What Happens Now in New York v. Trump? A Big Break in the Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump arriving at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York on Tuesday. Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to his alleged role in paying hush money to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. The charges represent the first criminal counts ever lodged against a former U.S. president. Mr. Trump has denied wrongdoing and has said the probe by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg , a Democrat, is politically motivated.

☆ The President Can Pardon Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Vivek Ramaswamy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg campaigned on investigating Donald Trump, and he convinced a grand jury to deliver an indictment using a dubious legal theory that charges a misdemeanor (falsification of business records) as a felony by tying this to an “intent to commit another crime.” Legal experts and press reports suggest the other crime relates to federal campaign-finance violations and on Tuesday Mr. Bragg claimed that Mr. Trump’s payment to Stormy Daniels “was illegal” and exceeded the federal campaign-contribution cap. This prosecution sets a dangerous precedent that will likely lead to many more politically targeted prosecutions. President Biden can avert this danger and unify the country by issuing a pardon. If he fails to do so and I am elected president, I will pardon Mr. Trump on Jan. 20, 2025.

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