{"id":2270571,"date":"2024-06-18T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-prosecutor-alvin-bragg-attended-fundraiser-for-group-that-fought-to-keep-trump-off-ballot\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:48:49","slug":"trump-prosecutor-alvin-bragg-attended-fundraiser-for-group-that-fought-to-keep-trump-off-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-prosecutor-alvin-bragg-attended-fundraiser-for-group-that-fought-to-keep-trump-off-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor Alvin Bragg attended a fundraiser for a group that sought to exclude Trump from the ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-prosecutor-alvin-bragg-attended-fundraiser-for-group-that-fought-to-keep-trump-off-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary describes the controversy surrounding Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who attended a fundraiser \u200dfor the \u200cNAACP \u2063Legal Defense Fund (LDF) \u2063along with filmmaker Spike Lee, known for his\u200c critical views of \u2063former President Donald Trump.\u2062 The event occurred \u2063a year after \u2062Trump&#8217;s \u200dconviction\u2064 on \u206434 felony charges and amidst ongoing\u2063 debates over Bragg&#8217;s handling of the case. \u200bBragg has been accused by Trump&#8217;s supporters of political prosecution, especially\u200b given the questionable legal basis of using \u2062an alleged minor \u200dinfraction to elevate charges to multiple felonies, which Trump was swiftly convicted of by a Manhattan\u2064 jury. It\u2064 was unclear who paid for Bragg&#8217;s attendance at the fundraiser. The LDF, supported by figures linked to George Soros and active in anti-Trump\u2063 legal actions, has faced \u200dcriticism for its extreme tactics, including efforts to prevent Trump\u200b from appearing on ballots and being reinstated on social platforms, \u200bactions they deem a threat to public safety. The\u200d involvement\u2062 of key\u200b figures with close political ties adds \u200bto the controversy \u2064surrounding Bragg&#8217;s participation and the perceived political motivations behind the prosecution\u200c of Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A year before former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felonies, and a month after Trump was indicted, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was attending a fundraiser for a group that wants Trump\u2019s name off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-democrats-to-file-lawsuit-seeking-to-block-third-party-group-from-2024-ballot\/\" title=\"Arizona Democrats to file lawsuit seeking to block third-party group from 2024 ballot\">ballot alongside<\/a> a man who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2021\/01\/spike-lee-donald-trump-hitler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">likened Trump to Adolph Hitler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, Bragg attended the main fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), which has been on the front lines of legal efforts to keep Americans from being able to hear from, and vote for, Trump. He was pictured alongside film director Spike Lee, who has said Trump \u201cwill go down in history with the likes of Hitler\u201d and that both Trump and \u201call his boys\u201d are \u201cgoing down on the wrong side of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bragg has come under fire by Trump\u2019s supporters for what they characterize as a political prosecution of the former president. Bragg used a dubious and unproven out-of-jurisdiction crime to transform an alleged paperwork misdemeanor into 34 felonies, all of which a Manhattan jury quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> the former president of. His attendance at a fundraiser will likely only fuel allegations that Trump was targeted only because he\u2019s the Republican nominee for president.<\/p>\n<p>The George Soros-backed district attorney\u2019s prosecution of Trump was in keeping with the aggressive rhetoric of the legal group, which is also supported by the Soros family.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Soros, the son of George Soros, who has spent heavily on district attorney races including Bragg\u2019s, is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\">the board<\/a> of the group, as is the wife of Matthew Colangelo, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-number-3-at-doj-left-to-prosecute-trump-in-ny-a-lawsuit-seeks-insight-into-the-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left a top role<\/a> in Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Justice to work for Bragg on the Trump case. Colangelo\u2019s wife, Anne Small, is listed as a top sponsor at the event, donating at least $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who exactly paid for Bragg to attend the fundraiser. His office said he was not an official guest of Lee, but did not respond to questions regarding the anti-Trump mission of the group.<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP LDF has used extreme tactics to keep Americans from being able to hear from, and vote for, Trump. When Colorado sought to simply take Trump off the ballot, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dems-rely-on-front-group-to-attack-republican-incumbent-while-decrying-dark-money\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dems Rely on Front Group To Attack Republican Incumbent While Decrying Dark Money\">fund filed<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/press-release\/ldf-files-amicus-brief-defending-full-enforcement-of-the-fourteenth-amendment-in-trump-v-anderson\/\">friend-of-the-court brief<\/a> supporting the move, saying Trump had \u201cengaged in an insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When every member of the Supreme Court, including its most liberal justices, said that this was unconstitutional, the group\u2019s president, Janai Nelson, called it a \u201cdisturbing and dangerous pattern of judicial overreach\u201d that threatened \u201cour multi-racial, multi-ethnic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wife-top-biden-doj-official-prosecuting-trump-donated-thousands-biden-obama.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">democracy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also blasted Facebook for allowing him on the platform by saying the company was not legally \u201ccompelled\u201d to reinstate him and saying being able to hear from a former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/press-release\/ldf-condemns-meta-decision-to-restore-former-president-donald-trumps-facebook-and-instagram-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cendangers\u201d<\/a> the public. It called allowing Trump on the platform a \u201creckless, unjustifiable, and irresponsible decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/gallery\/legal-defense-fund-dinner-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essence<\/a>, a black-oriented magazine, reported on the 2023 fundraising event by saying that money raised for the group would go towards fighting Trump\u00a0 \u201cin the courtroom and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bragg claimed that Trump violated federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-expands-security-efforts-ahead-of-2022-elections\/\" title=\"Google Expands Security Efforts Ahead of 2022 Elections\">campaign finance law<\/a> by not filing a report with the Federal Election Commission saying he paid a porn star to keep silent about an affair, arguing that the move was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fec-drops-its-inquiry-into-trumps-payments-to-stormy-daniels\/\" title=\"FEC Drops Its Inquiry Into Trump\u2019s Payments To Stormy Daniels\">campaign-related<\/a>. That\u2019s despite there being no precedent for campaign finance law being interpreted in this way, the federal government declining to charge Trump for it, and Bragg having no authority to charge federal crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The law-and-order approach to President Trump \u2014 whose alleged crimes had no identifiable victim \u2014 is in marked contrast to the usual philosophies of Bragg and the NAACP, which typically view the harsh enforcement of law and order as racist against blacks.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the NAACP LDF issued a \u201cStatement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/press-release\/ldf-issues-statement-honoring-george-floyd-and-calling-for-a-new-framework-for-public-safety-and-a-continued-commitment-to-racial-equity-four-years-after-his-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honoring George Floyd<\/a>,\u201d a violent felon who served only a short prison stint for robbing a pregnant woman at gunpoint. It used Floyd\u2019s death to propose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/framework-for-public-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replacing police<\/a> with a \u201cCorps of Unarmed Civilian Responders,\u201d and criminal punishment with \u201cRestorative Justice Programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bragg\u2019s prosecution of Trump failed to separate itself from politics in the eye of the public. A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/plurality-americans-trumps-guilty-verdict-correct-hush-money\/story?id=110744698\">poll<\/a> found that 47 percent of Americans think the charges against Trump were politically motivated, compared to just 38 percent who say they were not.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year before ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s conviction on 34 felonies and a month post-indictment, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg attended a fundraiser with a group advocating to remove Trump from the ballot. This group included someone who compared Trump to Adolf Hitler. 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