Trump’s attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s backing by George Soros: What to know
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Facing a potential indictment over hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, part of Donald Trump’s strategy is to portray the prosecutor, Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg, as being driven by partisan intent.
News reports Bragg’s office could soon charge Trump with falsifying business records related to the $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied wrongdoing, and he’s gone on the offensive on social media.
In a March 21 Truth Social post, Trump described Bragg as "George Soros backed," referring to the billionaire who has funded many liberal causes. Soros has been a target of conservatives for years.
A day earlier, Trump wrote a post that said Bragg had received "IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS from Radical Left Enemy of Trump, George Soros."
Soros did give a progressive racial justice group called Color Of Change $1 million in May 2021, and in the same month, Color Of Change endorsed Bragg and pledged to spend over $1 million supporting his campaign.
However, Soros’ $1 million wasn’t earmarked for Bragg; Color Of Change was supporting other progressive district attorney candidates that year in different cities, and had done so in previous election cycles as well.
