Manhattan DA Decides to Continue Criminal Probe of Trump
The decision by Alvin Bragg appears to reverse his earlier skepticism about the case, and comes as NY Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt for failure to turn over documents in her civil-fraud investigation.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has announced that his office’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump, his company and its leadership will continue, reports the Wall Street Journal. Bragg’s announcement, apparently overcoming his earlier reluctance to pursue the case, comes as New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt and fine him $10,000 a day for what she said was his failure to turn over documents for her civil-fraud investigation into the former president and his company.
Alina Habba, a lawyer who represents Trump in the civil case, called the contempt motion “frivolous and baseless,” and said the former president had consistently complied with the attorney general’s requests. James has said her probe found “significant evidence” that potentially indicated Trump’s financial statements contained such misrepresentations. The judge overseeing the indictment of the Trump Organization and its longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, on tax-fraud charges last year, that resulted from Bragg’s criminal investigation, said it could go to trial this fall.
