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Profile: Alvin Bragg

08/04/2023

Alvin Bragg

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The New York prosecutor bringing criminal charges against Donald Trump.

Manhattan's district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has made history by bringing criminal charges for the first time against a former American president.

Alvin Bragg, Manhattan's district attorney, is making history and headlines by bringing criminal charges against Donald Trump. It's the first time a former American President has been indicted.

The first African-American to hold the office of New York District Attorney, Alvin Bragg is the single child of middle class parents. He was born and brought up in Harlem, although he attended an elite private school on New York's Upper West Side before going to Harvard to study Law. Despite his private education, Bragg was no stranger to the danger on the city's streets in the 1980s; he had guns pointed at him by both the police and a suspected drug dealer.

Adrian Goldberg speaks to friends and colleagues of Alvin Bragg about his rise to the job of district attorney in his home town, and how he'll manage the historic case against Donald Trump.

Presenter:  Adrian Goldberg
Production Team:  Sally Abrahams, Julie Ball, Georgia Coan 
Editor:  Simon Watts
Sound:  Neil Churchill
Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele

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