Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has distanced himself from even mentioning his 2024 prosecution of President Donald Trump over falsifying business records as Alvin works to secure re-election. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
"Congratulations on your success in prosecuting Donald Trump," a supporter told Bragg during a campaign event earlier in October, The New York Times reported, but Bragg did not acknowledge the comment.
Bragg joined a debate stage Oct. 24 against Republican challenger Maud Maron, a veteran public defender in the city, and independent candidate Diana Florence, who worked for the Manhattan district attorney's office for 25 years, and again did not mention the signature case that consumed news cycles just more than a year ago.
At one point, Bragg rattled off high-profile cases prosecuted in recent years, with the moderator of the debate and Republican challenger remarking that the current district attorney did not include Trump in the lineup.
"My experience throughout my office, and some of these cases I directed, and some I oversaw," Bragg said from the debate stage. "I prosecuted two mayors, a Senate majority leader, a council member, an FBI agent, without regard to their political party. If it was a Democrat, a Republican, Independent."
The moderator chimed in: "I think there's an ex-president in there, too."
"I noticed that Mr. Brag skipped that one as he was running through the politicians that he prosecuted," Republican candidate Maron added.
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower, May 30, 2024, after being found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)
"The DA, a Democrat, brought those charges in the middle of a contentious Presidential election in which President Trump was the leading Republican candidate," Trump's attorneys wrote in their appeal of the conviction. "These charges against President Trump were as unprecedented as their political context."
Despite distancing himself from the case in 2025, Bragg celebrated Trump's conviction in 2024 as an example of the district attorney's office "following the facts and the law."
"While this defendant may be unlike any other in American history, we arrived at this trial, and ultimately today at this verdict, in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors — by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor," Bragg said at the time.
Despite distancing himself from the case in 2025, Alvin Bragg celebrated President Donald Trump's conviction in 2024 as an example of the district attorney's office "following the facts and the law." (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
"I did my job," he added. "Our job is to follow the facts and the law without fear or favor. And that's exactly what we did."
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Bragg brushed off questions from The New York Times when asked about his lack of remarks surrounding the signature case while on the campaign trail, saying the case was still in appeal and that prosecutors are limited on what they can discuss regarding ongoing cases.
"I’ll point you to our briefing," he told the outlet. "I’ll point you to prior public statements."
Fox News Digital reached out to Bragg's campaign for comment on why he has distanced himself from his signature case against Trump while on the campaign trail but did not immediately receive a reply.
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