Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

Racist threats toward Bragg after indictment

- By Molly Crane-newman

NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been inundated with racist death threats amid his office’s historic indictment of former President Donald Trump, The New York Daily News learned.

Included in a litany of profane, typo-laden emails sent to Bragg’s office on the heels of Trump’s Thursday indictment were overtly racist and antisemiti­c insults and threats on the DA’S life.

“Hay George Soros a—hole puppet If you want President Trump come and get me to,”one email said. “Remember we are everywhere and we have guns.”

Trump was indicted Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money probe, a historic legal developmen­t marking the first criminal charges brought against a current or former U.S. president. He is expected to surrender Tuesday and face arraignmen­t in Manhattan Supreme Court.

People unhappy about Bragg’s still-sealed indictment against Trump targeted multiple email addresses associated with Bragg’s website. The correspond­ence was shared exclusivel­y with the Daily News by an adviser to Bragg, who asked to remain anonymous.

On a section of Bragg’s website, where people can sign up to receive updates about Bragg’s work, scores of people entered fake names using racial epithets targeting the DA. The majority included despicable language like “bl--- trash (f---)” and “Aids Infested.”

The charges against Trump are expected to remain under seal until he appears in court this week. He reportedly faces more than 30 counts, including at least one felony related to business fraud and hush money payoffs to women on the eve of the 2016 election.

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