Revived Trump probe puts Manhattan DA back in spotlight
When Alvin Bragg became Manhattan’s first Black district attorney last year, one of his first big decisions was to tap the brakes on an investigation that had been speeding toward a likely criminal case against former President Donald Trump.
The move won him few friends. Exasperated liberals dreaming of Trump in handcuffs threw up their hands. Conservatives gloated that the Democrat’s hesitation to bring a charge was proof Trump had been investigated for political reasons.
A year later, Bragg is shaking up that first impression.