Prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office had opposed the ... Merchan sits for a portrait in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) In ...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who prosecuted Trump ... Merchan sits for a portrait in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. Credit: AP/Seth Wenig The punishment phase of the ...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg ... first year in the White House. On official business records, the payments were described as legal expenses. Bragg’s office successfully argued ...

Merchan sits for a portrait in his chambers in New York ... The criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was the first of four filed against Trump after his first term ...

Beside him at his Mar-a-Lago property was defense lawyer Todd Blanche, whom Trump has tapped to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official in his incoming administration.

In 2017, Trump’s inaugural address — penned in large part by Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller — was centered around the dark theme of “American carnage,” his ominous portrait of national ...