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Martin Pengelly in New York

Who is Alvin Bragg, the DA who got a grand jury to indict Donald Trump?

Alvin Bragg in New York City on 7 April 2022.
Alvin Bragg in New York City on 7 April 2022. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Alvin Bragg’s official biography describes him as a “son of Harlem” who became Manhattan district attorney after “a lifetime of hard work, courage and demanding justice”.

In obtaining a grand jury indictment against Donald Trump over his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels in 2016, the Democrat has now carved himself a place in history, as the man behind the first vote to criminally indict a former president.

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