{"id":2275318,"date":"2024-06-21T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-prosector-alvin-bragg-drops-most-criminal-charges-against-pro-hamas-extremists-at-columbia-university\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:19:31","slug":"trump-prosector-alvin-bragg-drops-most-criminal-charges-against-pro-hamas-extremists-at-columbia-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-prosector-alvin-bragg-drops-most-criminal-charges-against-pro-hamas-extremists-at-columbia-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Bragg, Trump Prosecutor, Dismisses Majority of Charges Against Pro-Hamas Extremists at Columbia University"},"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\">28<\/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-prosector-alvin-bragg-drops-most-criminal-charges-against-pro-hamas-extremists-at-columbia-university%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=2275318&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>Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office in\u2064 Manhattan dropped \u200cmost of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">criminal charges<\/a> against\u2064 a group of pro-Hamas extremists accused\u200c of \u2064storming Columbia University earlier in \u2063the year. The charges dismissed were\u200b against 31 of\u2064 the 46\u200c defendants involved \u2064in the \u2062takeover of Hamilton Hall at Columbia. \u200bDespite\u2062 his previous assertions\u200c of no one being above the law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">highlighted<\/a> during\u2063 his prosecution \u2063of former President Donald Trump, Bragg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-to-financially-cover-gender-surgeries-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"California to financially cover gender surgeries for illegal immigrants\">office justified<\/a> the dismissals by citing\u2064 insufficient evidence to\u200d link\u2062 the suspects to the incident. The \u200dincident and the decision to\u200c drop charges subsequently drew significant \u200cattention and criticism.  <\/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>Manhattan District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alvin-bragg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvin Bragg\u2019s<\/a> office dropped the majority of criminal charges that were filed against pro-Hamas extremists earlier this year after they stormed Columbia University.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg \u2014 who prosecuted former President Donald Trump in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-mentioned-in-latest-batch-of-unsealed-epstein-court-documents\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. named in new unsealed Epstein court docs\">highly controversial case<\/a> because he claimed that no one is above the law \u2014 dismissed the trespassing charges against 31 of the 46 defendants.<\/p>\n<p>His office claimed that there was a lack of evidence to tie the suspects to the takeover of the Ivy League school\u2019s Hamilton Hall, which garnered significant national news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is turnstile justice,\u201d Michael Nussbaum, a 25-year member of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/20\/us-news\/outrage-as-manhattan-da-braggs-office-drops-nearly-all-cases-from-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the New York Post. \u201cThis a green light for chaos, a green light for destroying property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police sources raged at the move by Bragg, who is backed by Democrat megadonor George Soros, telling the publication that the decision to toss out the charges was outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLack of evidence?\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-jury-indicts-white-police-officer-in-shooting-death-of-andre-hill-an-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Grand Jury Indicts White Police Officer In Shooting Death Of Andre Hill, An Unarmed Black Man\">police officer responded<\/a>. \u201cApparently body-worn camera wasn\u2019t enough?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said:\u00a0\u201cWe have a DA giving them what amounts to a mandate to push the envelope further now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A popular conservative attorney responded to the news by posting on X that it was \u201cimpossible to ignore the fact that his office pursues political vendettas while giving actual criminals a pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Senior CNN political commentator Scott Jennings highlighted the contrast in how Bragg decided to go after Trump vs. the pro-Hamas extremists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump \u2013 filed the wrong sex paperwork \/ 34 felonies!\u201d he posted on X. \u201cVandals and terrorist sympathizers \u2013 meh, go about your business.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump \u2013 filed the wrong sex paperwork \/ 34 felonies!<\/p>\n<p>Vandals and terrorist sympathizers \u2013 meh, go about your business. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jRHZNHJIkL\">https:\/\/t.co\/jRHZNHJIkL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1803909104941043715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office dismissed most charges against pro-Hamas extremists who stormed Columbia University earlier this year. Bragg, known for prosecuting former President Donald Trump under the principle that no one is above the law, dropped the trespassing charges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2275319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Alvin-Bragg-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Alvin-Bragg-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}