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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg agrees to congressional testimony

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to testify before what’s likely to be a hostile, Republican-controlled congressional subcommittee, but likely not until after former President Donald Trump is sentenced in July. The House Judiciary Committee chairman, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, wrote Bragg in late May after Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial, accusing him of having conducted a “political prosecution” and requesting his testimony at a hearing June 13. In a reply letter, the Manhattan district attorney’s general counsel, […]

todayJune 8, 2024 1

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Fani Willis’ testimony evokes frustrations for Black women leaders

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. But as she parried questions about her own personal conduct from the witness stand against the legal teams for defendants her office has accused of election interference, many Black women recognized a dispiriting scene. “It absolutely feels familiar. There is no secret that the common sentiment among Black women in positions of power (is that they) must over-perform to be seen as equals to their counterparts,” said Jessica T. […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024 1

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Fani Willis ‘did what she needed to do’ during defiant testimony in misconduct hearing

Some believe District Attorney Fani Willis “did what she needed to do” while giving testimony during a Fulton County misconduct hearing to determine whether she should be disqualified from overseeing the criminal case in Georgia against former President Donald Trump.  “She understood the assignment,” said Reecie Colbert, a political commentator and host of Sirius XM’s “The Reecie Colbert Show.”  “She came out more on top than she started. When the news first broke, it was like, girl, come on…you knew […]

todayFebruary 16, 2024