Why do we have a Manhattan DA that we don't even know we can trust?

[Boydog]

Is Bragg an elected official? In a report on MSNBC there is concern that he might be lying when he says investigation of Trump is vigorous and ongoing.

[calguy]

1. Correct me if wrong....

But I believe he was elected to the office he holds.

[bottomofthehill]

2. You are correct, 183,000 of his fellow new yorkers voted for him. He got over 80 percent of the vote

[choie]

4. Unfortunately, I'm one of the 80%

and am full of regret.

[Golden Raisin]

28. Me too. His resume/qualifications seemed fine and

he received sterling endorsements from Preet Bharara, Dan Goldman and many other folks I respect. I am having serious regret/remorse. Something down there smells extremely fishy.

[Princess Turandot]

31. He won the Democratic primary with 34% of the vote. The runner-up got 31%. The margin was 9k vote

The remainder was split among 6 other candidates. None of the 8 were exactly household names.

In local NYC races in heavily Democratic NY/Manhattan County, the primary effectively was the election, since no Republican would have mounted a serious challenge to a nearly guaranteed loss.

(Disclosure: Personally, I only voted in the primary, largely because I forgot to order an absentee ballot for the general. With the exception of Bragg, every candidate whom I voted for in the primary easily won their general election.)

[elleng]

3. Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. (born October 21, 1973) is the current New York County District Attorney.

On November 2, 2021, he became the first African-American and first person of color elected to that office.[2] Bragg previously served as chief deputy attorney general of New York and as an assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Bragg

[Boydog]

5. Be that as it may but there is some speculation

that he is allowing the investigation with the evidence that Cyrus Vance said was substantial enough to indict Trump to go down the toilet.

[brush]

7. Deciding to go slow, or whatever, on the trump case...

it will probably make him a one-term DA.

IMO he miscalculated tremendously. Seems he'd jump at the chance to be the one who finally got trump. Could've let to the Senate, Governor's mansion...maybe even the WH.

Not smart.

[poli-junkie]

6. Didn't Bragg return documents/evidence back to

to people his office requested such evidence one month after he started his job? Where did the evidence go? And back to whom? And why was it returned in such haste?

[Boydog]

8. He needs to be removed or step down and the people of that district need to demand it.

[getagrip_already]

9. but we can trust him..... to do the mafia's bidding

In this case, the russian mafia. scary bunch.

But he is not qualified for that office and should be recalled, or impeached.

[Hoyt]

10. Yes, he is a duly elected DEMOCRAT, and I trust he knows what he's doing

and has bigger and more importantly things to do than commit the resources of the DA’s Office to going after trump to please those who need retribution beyond trump losing and dying a pitiful old POS.

If he has hard evidence and at least one witness who’ll testify against trump, great. If not, he’s doing the right thing.

[MyOwnPeace]

13. You make it sound like.....

the 'driving force' for charges against TFG (aka: IQ45) is that people want/need 'retribution' in the case of TFG (aka: IQ45).

I would argue that the 'people' want JUSTICE - and the failure to correct wrong-doings would only allow MORE wrong-doings in any corrupt administrations that would follow.

Two attorneys working the case said it was clear that there were laws broken. They were not concerned about 'any one person' - they believed they had the facts.

YES, people want him to be 'nailed!'

But, more importantly, people want JUSTICE - EQUAL RIGHTS for ALL. NOBODY is ABOVE the LAW!

[Hoyt]

16. Fine, spend the rest of your life hating on trump, so he keeps winning.

He was convicted by the only court that matters to me, voters.

We have more important things to do that concentrating on trump.

And, the bashing of a duly elected Democrat, new in the job, is not something I’m going to participate in, while trump laughs at us eating our own.

[iemanja]

19. Fine, spend the rest of your life working to ensure

that the rich, powerful, and corrupt are above the law.

[Hoyt]

24. He is not above law. And he's a beaten POS. I'm not going to crucify Bragg.

[iemanja]

25. Asking an elected representative to do his job

is not "crucifying" him. What an absurd claim.

[Hoyt]

29. His job is to run the DA's office, not participate in retribution. Do you live

in Manhattan. If so, vote Bragg out in 2025. Don’t crucify him.

[Boydog]

18. Cyrus Vance was pretty certain there was plenty enough evidence to indict Trump.

We hat keeps Bragg from agreeing.

[Hoyt]

21. Yet Vance didn't indict him. In fact, he chose not to run again. Bragg's

assessment is they won’t be able to convict him with at least one inside witness willing to testify against trump.

Yet, we crucify Bragg - a duly elected Democrat - for some dang reason. trump keeps winning.

[Amishman]

27. yup, I'm going to assume that I don't have all the information before damning Bragg

There is a painful trend to jumping to conclusions when a pattern fits what we want to believe.

Vance didn't indict, Bragg isn't doing it either. Either both otherwise respected Democratic DAs are in Trump's pocket, or the case isn't as strong or clean-cut as we want to believe. The latter definitely seems to be the explanation that passes Occam's Razor.

[Hoyt]

30. Exactly. If Bragg is in trump's pocket, lock Bragg up or vote him out.

[SoCalDavidS]

14. Retribution Beyond Losing & Dying A Pitiful Old POS

I guess I'm relieved to know that he's not going to run again in 2 years, or be a factor in elections until the day he dies. Thank you for putting my mind at ease.

[Hoyt]

17. So, you want to get him so he doesn't run again? Sorry, that ain't Democracy.

[iemanja]

20. Elected representatives serve at the will of the people

and there are provisions for recalling them. They are not imperial fiefdoms, and just because someone holds office as a D doesn't make them right, as you have claimed in this thread. Whereas you seem to suggest that mere citizens have no right to criticize their elected officials. THAT is not democracy.

[Hoyt]

22. Fine, crucify Bragg. If trump runs, IMO we need to prepare to beat him at polls.

[iemanja]

23. And how does ensuring a lawful prosecution

detract from beating Trump at the polls? It would seem to me that it would in fact help it. Or is this a can't walk and chew gum at the same time analysis?

[Hoyt]

26. If Bragg doesn't think conviction is likely, I trust him. He's closer to it and

thankfully knows trump is not the most important issue his office has to deal with. In fact, it would detract from those other issues.

[brooklynite]

11. Bragg has said the investigation is proceeding.

[NCjack]

12. proceeding to swirl in the toilet bowl?

[Sneederbunk]

15. Translation: Bragg feeling political heat. Process is ongoing but not going anywhere.