15, 2022.Ĭhristopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesĪmong the candidates for D.A., Bragg was perhaps the most battle-tested against Trump and his company.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during an interview in New York, Dec. It's a case, Bragg noted, that federal prosecutors chose not to pursue against Trump. So I presume it could be, you know, accurate and charge ready,' Bragg said. And if it's a matter of, kind of, prosecutorial discretion, I mean, if they've already said it in a charging instrument. 'And so, presumably, the evidence is there. 'If the reporting about it has been accurate and you know, I mean, the Southern District of New York had a charging instrument where apparently the president was Individual-1, right?' Bragg said, later adding, 'a co-conspirator of someone who pled guilty and, you know, has said that the president was his co-conspirator.'

The charging document in Cohen's case describes him scheming with a person referred to as 'Individual-1,' an alleged 'co-conspirator' who was not named but who the document notes became president of the United States in 2017.īragg noted the 'Individual-1' moniker in the 2020 interview. He has since said the former president directed him to make the payment to prevent Daniels from speaking publicly about an alleged affair, and cover up the payment - allegations Trump has strenuously denied. Cohen, who was previously Trump's lawyer, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. 'You know, we haven't talked about Michael Cohen yet and the campaign finance part,' Bragg said during the interview, in which he stressed he could not 'prejudge' any case until he saw the evidence.Ī former New York state deputy attorney general who had previously clashed with Trump's company in civil suits, Bragg indicated he had followed media coverage of Cohen's federal case.Ĭohen entered a guilty plea to federal tax evasion and campaign-finance violations in 2018, in connection with a $130,000 'hush money' payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

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