The criminal conviction of former President Donald Trump has remained the top priority on Democrats’ agenda for seven years. So naturally, any prosecutor who could accomplish such a feat would become an immediate folk hero to the American left, which today encompasses legacy media.
Trump warned followers in a weekend post on Truth Social that his arrest could come Tuesday. On Monday night, the eve of Trump’s speculated arrest date, Politico published a glossy profile of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is pursuing a potential indictment of the former president over payments apparently made on Trump’s behalf to onscreen prostitute Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors in Bragg’s office accuse the president of improperly recording the payments as legal expenses.
New York Times, Politico Cover for Bragg amid Outcry
News of Trump’s possible imprisonment drew immediate backlash from those concerned about the precedent for self-governance that the arrest of a political enemy would set. The former president encouraged followers to respond with protest.
“TAKE OUR NATION BACK,” Trump wrote.
The post provoked The New York Times to make a comparison to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, when the president encouraged supporters to protest “peacefully” before a joint session of Congress was interrupted by demonstrators.
“Trump Claims His Arrest Is Imminent and Calls for Protests, Echoing Jan. 6,” headlined The New York Times.
The first police barricades were breached well before the president finished speaking at the White House.
Trump’s Republican rivals condemned the potential
