#Alvin Bragg sues Jim Jordan: Four takeaways 

#Alvin Bragg sues Jim Jordan: Four takeaways 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) ramped up his fierce battle with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday, filing a legal suit against the key Trump ally.  Bragg is the most recent nemesis of former President Trump, who was indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records last week in the…

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#Team Trump embraces Bragg indictment

#Team Trump embraces Bragg indictment

As the news cycle churns on one week after former President Trump was charged in Manhattan criminal court on 34 felony counts over a hush money scheme, Trump and his allies are doing what they can to keep his historic indictment front and center. Trump sat for an interview with Fox News’s Tucker Carlson to…

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#Trump indictment: Teaching unprecedented history as it unfolds

#Trump indictment: Teaching unprecedented history as it unfolds

The first-ever indictment of a former U.S. president is giving social studies and civics teachers a chance to teach American history as it happens. The opportunity is complicated, however, by the inherently divisive nature of Donald Trump. Some educators are avoiding the subject altogether; others let their students watch Trump’s arraignment live on Tuesday. Anton…

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#Indictment underscores media’s Trump obsession

#Indictment underscores media’s Trump obsession

Wall-to-wall media coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment this week underscores the former president’s hold on the press and the challenges for rivals to break through.   Cable networks breathlessly covered the indictment, even when there was little new to report.  Local news helicopters followed as Trump left his Florida home for the airport, prompting comparisons to the O.J. Simpson…

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#Bragg hits back at House GOP over subpoena for ex-prosecutor in Trump case

#Bragg hits back at House GOP over subpoena for ex-prosecutor in Trump case

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) hit back at House Judiciary Republicans on Thursday, after Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed a former prosecutor involved in his investigation into former President Trump. “The House GOP continues to attempt to undermine an active investigation and ongoing New York criminal case with an unprecedented campaign of harassment…

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#House GOP probe into Trump indictment spurs new battle

#House GOP probe into Trump indictment spurs new battle

A side battle over former President Trump’s indictment is emerging in Congress, where House Republicans fiercely condemning the probe have launched an investigation into Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and his office. The new investigation, added on top of a pile of aggressive House GOP probes into the Biden administration and beyond, has prompted…

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