Last night on the Ari show he asked the same question I asked here recently.

[fightforfreedom]

Why would Bragg reopen a high stakes case for a misdemeanor? That doesn't add up. Bragg suddenly shut down the case when he took office. Then he got a conviction in the Trump Org. fraud case. Guilty on 17 counts. Maybe something changed Braggs mind during that investigation. New evidence, new witness? Something changed his mind .Maybe he is going to charge Trump with some kind of fraud.

We need indictments so we can get some damn answers.

This case has been crazy from the beginning.

[Casady1]

1. Maybe he wants the glory

that it was HIS investigation.

[Ocelot II]

2. But if it fizzles he won't get much glory out of it.

I think he held back until he had some more corroborative evidence. On O'Donnell's show later yesterday evening, LOD talked a little about Bragg's background - sounds like for all the criticism he's pretty solid. I don't think he'd be sticking his neck out this far if he didn't have the goods.

[fightforfreedom]

3. Exactly, he is putting his career on the line by reopening this case.

I believe the grand jury meets again on Monday?

[Casady1]

4. The former investigators who quit

were well respected with a better resume than Bragg.

[Ocelot II]

5. Maybe so, but it's quite possible that Bragg has obtained more evidence

since then that makes the case more solid; they have interviewed witnesses like Michael Cohen multiple times since those investigators left. I wasn't there so I don't know what was going on or why. But "when you strike at the king you must kill him."

[SomedayKindaLove]

8. I thought I saw some buzz a few days ago

That there was more to Bragg’s case than the Daniels hush money. Perhaps they have more on him than Daniels, and are establishing a pattern?

[bigtree]

6. Bragg did not 'shut down the case'

...he publicly said it remained open.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/alvin-bragg-trump-investigation/index.html

[fightforfreedom]

10. Yes he said that after the public outcry of how he shut down the case.

He did not handle that well at first. He had to do some damage control. I remember it clearly.

[bigtree]

11. more likely that he found more evidence

...everyone forgets that Cy Vance also took a pass at the time.

The rap on both is that they didn't have the guts or something to move forward, but there's more indication that both were concerned about indictments that had uncertain paths to prosecution, especially Vance, after getting burned in the DSK prosecution and publicly dragged for losing the case. (https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/mr-vances-spectacular-botch/}

This is about getting it right, not just some rush to court to mollify internet patter.

[fightforfreedom]

12. I agree, I think he found more evidence.

[fightforfreedom]

13. I believe there could be more NY investigations into Trump.

Things are snowballing. AG James has her civil trial starting this fall I believe. If Bragg has some new evidence that shows federal crimes, that could get SNDY to take action. There is so much going on we don't know about. We get hints, clues, that all.

[dsc]

7. I am wondering why tax fraud isn't mentioned as the possible crime

Legal fees usually are deductible, campaign contributions are not. Tax evasion could be the felony to make the records case a felony.

[Ocelot II]

9. I think that was included in the criminal case against the Trump Org.