The Latest Breaking News from Alvin Bragg

Mike Pence will comply with subpoena to testify before January 6 grand jury – as it happened

Former vice-president will not fight a judge’s order compelling him to appear before a special grand jury

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2023

Dump the Politicized Case Against Trump and Make Way for Serious Investigations

The New York charges look weak, and Americans think they’re politically motivated.

Reason · Apr 5, 2023

Donald Trump warned he is ‘walking a tightrope’ over judge attack

Donald Trump was warned on Wednesday that he was “walking a tightrope” after he launched a furious attack on the judge presiding over his historic criminal case in New York.

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2023

Trump charged with 34 felony counts linked to hush-money payments

Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 US election to suppress publication of their sexual encounters with him.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 5, 2023

Donald Trump’s prosecution is a triumph

While there’s not even a theoretical bar to prosecuting a president once they leave office, Alvin Bragg has bravely taken a stand

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2023

Central Park Five member takes out full page ad on Trump 34 years after he called for their execution

‘On the day he was arrested and arraigned, here is my ad in response,’ Yusef Salaam says

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Wednesday briefing: the Trump prosecutors have audio - and what else we learned in court

In today’s newsletter: Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan court yesterday, as he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

Mary Trump says uncle Donald gave away moment of terror outside court: ‘We saw humiliation’

Trump pleads not guilty to all charges during appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Analysis-To convict Trump on hush money charges, prosecutors must get into his head

For prosecutors to win their unprecedented case against Donald Trump unveiled on Tuesday, they must meet the heavy burden of proving that the former U.S. president knowingly tried to cover up a crime by hiding a hush money payment.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023

‘I’ll always support him’: Republicans back Trump as he faces charges

Many on the right liken the legal battle to an attack on democracy itself and have made threats to the district attorney

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2023