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A Jewish man who was beaten by a mob in a hate attack in Midtown told a courtroom Tuesday he couldn’t “fathom” why his attacker got a plea deal from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — as the assailant was handed an 18-month prison term. Joseph Borgen, 31, delivered a fiery victim impact statement at the Manhattan Supreme Court sentencing of Waseem Awawdeh, 24, for attacking Borgen during a clash between Israel and Palestine supporters on May, 20, 2021. “Why is he getting a break? I really can’t fathom why he’s getting a deal. Me, personally, I wanted to go...

The week that Donald Trump was arrested in New York, less than a mile away from the courthouse, Hunter Biden was all smiles as he checked in on his latest art exhibition in Soho, at the George Berges Gallery, where his paintings reportedly sell for as much as $500,000 apiece to persons unknown. The first son seemed untroubled by the ongoing investigations into the millions he was paid by China in return for leveraging the power of his father’s vice presidency around the world. As his wife Melissa Cohen flashed shopping bags from nearby boutiques, Hunter was positively cocky, posing...

Former President Donald Trump is slated to appear by video in Manhattan court Tuesday afternoon to hear an order barring him from publicly revealing evidence in the criminal “hush money” case he faces. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan earlier this month imposed a slew of restrictions on how Trump, 76, can handle evidence turned over to his defense team by District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office as the ex-president prepares to fight the 34-count indictment. Trump cannot publicly discuss or disclose any of the sensitive case materials on social media or otherwise, and he can only review the information with...

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has made the decision to charge Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old former Marine, in connection with the incident on a New York City subway train earlier this month involving a deranged homeless man named Jordan Neely. It is expected that Penny will turn himself in on Friday to face criminal charges. Penny was one of three individuals who helped subdue Neely to protect fellow passengers and is seen in video of the incident keeping Neely in a chokehold.NBC 4 New York is told this decision to charge Daniel Penny was made by the Manhattan District Attorney’s...

A judge Monday barred former President Donald Trump from making public evidence and other material related to a pending criminal case against him in New York, where he is charged with falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Judge Juan Merchan also barred Trump from viewing evidence in the case other than in the presence of his lawyers. The ex-president is not allowed to copy the material. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office sought the protective order due to concerns Trump would “inappropriately” use the material or post the information on social media...

Former President Donald Trump has been banned from talking — or posting — about certain evidence uncovered in the Manhattan District Attorney’s “hush money” criminal case. Justice Juan Merchan handed down the ruling Thursday during a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing after prosecutors sought a protective order to restrict Trump, 76, from publicly revealing any evidence handed over to his legal team as the case unfolds. The judge — who insisted he was not imposing a “gag order” — said Trump was prohibited from talking about evidence specifically obtained by the DA’s Office and turned over to the defense to prepare...

The New York Times reports that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is trying to "limit" former President Donald Trump's access to some of the evidence that Bragg has against Trump. Bragg is the district attorney who has gained notoriety by indicting Trump on 34 felony criminal charges. The charges relate to the so-called hush-money payment that Trump once made, via his former attorney - Michael Cohen - to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The New York Times reports that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is trying to "limit" former President Donald Trump's access to some of the evidence that Bragg...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against former President Donald Trump is legally "dubious" and motivated by political ambition, alleges legal expert Hans von Spakovsky. "It's an extremely dubious prosecution, and I say that as a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission," he told Just The News. Von Spakovsky, the manager of the conservative Heritage Foundation's Election Law Reform Initiative, said Bragg is going after Trump for alleged federal election crimes that are not within his jurisdiction. "No local state prosecutor has the authority to enforce federal campaign finance crimes in the first place," he explained. "There's just nothing...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said during his campaign that racial equity needed to be a priority and that he didn't believe thievery should be prosecuted since it was a "crime of poverty." During the May 2021 meeting, Bragg articulated his intention to focus on racial equity instead of prosecuting theft. "I grew up with friends disappearing over charges like that (theft) and even if there is an alternative [to incarceration, such as diversion programs, there is a] consequence of disruption for the family. We need to asking, 'Does something make us safer?' And prosecuting a young person, even if...

"House Judiciary Committee Holds A Field Hearing In New York On Victims Of Violent Crime In Manhattan"

A federal judge on Wednesday shot down Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s attempt to block a former prosecutor in his office from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about the criminal case against Donald Trump. The committee and its chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), had subpoenaed ex-assistant district attorney Mark Pomerantz to give testimony about the DA’s investigation into Trump, 76, that culminated in the former president’s indictment in March. Bragg filed suit against Jordan and the Judiciary Committee, claiming the subpoena was an overreach by the GOP-led House and an attempt to influence a state criminal proceeding.

A federal judge rejected an effort by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to block a Congressional subpoena of a former prosecutor for that office who had worked on an investigation into former President Donald Trump. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ruled that she has no standing to block the subpoena, writing that the House Judiciary Committee has claimed to have legitimate legislative purposes for its inquiry. The committee and its Republican chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, have aggressively confronted Bragg in the weeks since Trump was indicted in Manhattan. The Judiciary Committee says it is conducting its investigation in support of possible...

Jose Alba, the New York City bodega clerk who faced a murder charge for defending himself last summer, told House Republicans Monday that Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg did not "investigate" his case fully and that police and prosecutors should "be aimed at people committing crime, not an innocent man like me." Alba killed a man in self-defense in July 2022, after the assailant jumped a counter and assaulted him. Bragg’s office initially sought to bring murder charges against him before eventually dropping them. Alba, in a statement read out by his lawyer, called out Bragg's office for holding him...

Suspected felons have walked free in half of cases since Alvin Bragg took office, sparking fears that some of New York’s worst criminals still roam the streets, DailyMail.com can reveal. The proportion of cases in which the Manhattan DA’s office has not asked for felony suspects to be held on bail has more than doubled since 2018, according to its own data. It has sparked fears that more suspects will be released before trial, leaving them free to reoffend.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee spent Monday’s Manhattan field hearing blaming guns, not people, for crime. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee spent Monday’s Manhattan field hearing blaming guns, not the criminals behind them, for the nation’s crime epidemic. The committee held a field hearing in Manhattan as New York City deteriorates from an American centerpiece of capital ingenuity into a treacherous urban jungle where far-left prosecutors allow criminals to control the streets. “Today’s hearing is about the administration of justice, and keeping communities safe, something that has always been a central focus of the House Judiciary Committee,” opened...

OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author's opinion.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan believes there’s been a seismic shift regarding allegations against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.Jordan suggested “something is up” with the probe because of a new interest in the story by many of the same media outlets that initially dismissed reports of corruption evidence stemming from materials and emails obtained from a laptop he reportedly abandoned at a computer repair store in Delaware in 2019.“Well, what happened to that is you had 51 intelligence officers sign a letter saying that this Hunter...

Alvin Bragg is the District Attorney for Manhattan. The role of the DA is defined this way: The principal duties of the district attorney are usually mandated by law and include representing the State in all criminal trials for crimes which occurred in the district attorney's geographical jurisdiction. The geographical jurisdiction of a district attorney may be delineated by the boundaries of a county, judicial circuit, or judicial district. If you visit the Manhattan DA website, this is what you see "One Standard of Justice For All" It's a joke. Nothing could be further from the truth. Alvin Bragg is...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may have unlocked Donald Trump’s legal war chest by linking the former president’s 34-count felony indictment for falsifying business records to the 2016 election in charging documents. Mr. Trump has cashed in on the headline-grabbing charges, raising $4 million in the first 24 hours after the indictment was first announced and an additional $8 million leading up to his arraignment in a New York City courtroom. According to the Federal Election Commission, campaign funds can be used to pay up to 100% of legal expenses for cases related to campaign activity. Campaign finance laws place...

A Democratic New York City councilman plans to testify Monday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has contributed to the "lawlessness" on city streets in a field hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee. New York City Councilman Robert Holden, who has represented New York City’s 30th district since 2018, told Fox News Digital he is a Democrat but also a life-long New Yorker who has had his "issues" with Bragg since he took over as DA in 2022. Holden told Fox News Digital the crime wave in New York City is on the rise "because of Bragg." "When Bragg...

If I hear Alvin Bragg say he takes crime seriously in New York because he arrested Trump I am going to lose my ever-loving mind. New York does NOT take crime seriously. Case in point: this man was out on bail after shooting at cops and then was arrested later for an execution-style shooting at a liquor store. Surveillance footage caught the man shooting another man inside of a liquor store in a senseless act of violence and the suspect the police brought in on Tuesday was just there a little while earlier when he was brought in for shooting...