Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has doubts about the case, people familiar with the investigation say, in part because he does not want to use former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as a witness.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg , who took office in January, inherited a probe launched by his predecessor, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who was convinced that there was a case against Trump for crimes related to manipulating the value of property assets to secure tax advantages or better loan rates.in November with a mandate to hear evidence against the former president.
He is accruing a $10,000-a-day penalty, and his lawyers have filed notice that they will appeal. Trump’s lawyers are also appealing a ruling by New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron compelling Trump and two of his adult children to sit for depositions with the attorney general’s team.On Friday, Engoron rejected a bid by Trump to purge the contempt ruling after he and his attorneys submitted affidavits.
People familiar with Bragg’s thinking said his hesitation in going forward is due in large part to his lack of faith in Cohen, a former Trump attorney and a convicted felon. Cohen wrote Cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasion, campaign finance violations and giving false information to a bank for his role in negotiating hush-money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, allegedly on Trump’s behalf, during the 2016 campaign. Trump has said he was not involved with paying off Daniels and has denied having an affair with her. Cohen also pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his role in a Trump Organization project in Russia.
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