Alvin Bragg clings to Trump conviction: Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024

The basis of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against President-elect Donald Trump was that Trump illegally influenced the 2016 presidential election by keeping 32 payments to a porn star out of the public eye (“Let ’em loose Bragg . . .Won’t let Trump go,” Nov.

20).The fact is that, earlier this year, a jury’s conviction of Trump on 34 felony counts did nothing to influence the outcome of 2024 presidential election.Trump’s landslide victory is proof that the original case doesn’t hold water.Donathan SalkalnManhattanWaiting until Trump’s presidency is over before sentencing him is tantamount to putting a noose around Trump’s neck for four years while making him stand on the gallows floor waiting for the trap door to drop.

This is prosecutorial misconduct and an abuse of power, driven by a hate for Trump.So, I have to ask you, are the people who voted for Trump in a landslide as the new president of the United States supposed sit by, knowing that office is being compromised by the Democrats? Gregory J.TopliffAiken, SCDA Bragg is nothing to brag about.

New Yorkers need to wake up.It’s time to turn the cards on Bragg and force him out.He is so worried about the threat of Trump, yet he is the master of revolving-door justice.

He wrote the book on recidivism and has allowed the city to sink into the abyss.The governor ought to show him the door, rather than focus on her congestion-pricing plans.Ronald G.FrankWest Orange, NJLet’s cut to the chase with Bragg: He’s a bigger disgrace than George Gascon in Los Angeles.

How foolish can Manhattanites be?Bragg frees felons, fare-beaters, larcenists and every manner of sociopath.He’s busy going after Trump and acting the “good Samaritan.”Jeffrey WiesenfeldGreat NeckIt used to be said that justice delayed was justice denied.

Not anymore.Nowadays, justice has all the time in the world.

Schellie HaganBrooklynAlvin Bragg’s plan to delay sentencing (of a manufactured case) wou...