Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has quickly become a national figure for bringing an indictment against former President Trump, the first criminal charges against a current or former president in U.S. history.
Many of Bragg’s critics have accused him of being political based on his past rhetoric expressing his intent to go after Trump as he was running to be DA. Bragg has also been slammed for his financial ties to liberal billionaire George Soros, a megadonor in Democratic politics and the justice reform movement.
In May 2021, the progressive Color of Change PAC endorsed Bragg and pledged to spend $1 million to aid his campaign. Days later, Soros made a $1 million contribution to the PAC, which later spent roughly $500,000 on Bragg’s campaign rather than the full million it pledged.
However, several members of the media have attempted to shield Bragg from the Soros line of attacks.
NBC reporter Ben Collins attempted to use an CNBC report, which insisted in its headline that Bragg’s ties to Soros “are not as close as Republicans claim,” by suggesting since the two men have never interacted with each other means the billionaire’s money could not have possibly been funneled to the D.A.
“Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ron DeSantis have all claimed Alvin Bragg is ‘Soros-backed’ or aligned since the news of the indictment dropped. In reality, Soros has ‘has never met or spoken to Alvin Bragg,’ according to a CNBC story from last week,” Collins tweeted, quoting an unnamed Soros adviser.
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