Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been the target of death threats and racist messages since former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts earlier this month in his hush money case.
That's according to a new report published Thursday in the New York Daily News, which said it obtained more than 100 abusive messages aimed at Bragg via his campaign website. The messages contained racial epithets such as the n-word and racist slurs such as “Savage […] primate, F---ing […] rapist” and “GORILLA," the report said.
The racist vitriol was sent through a signup form and have been forwarded to Bragg's security team, according to the report, which cited a source who wanted to remain anonymous.
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A photo of a noose was also reportedly mailed to Bragg’s campaign mailbox with a cutout of his head beside it.
“I am past the point of just wanting them in prison,” the photo was captioned.
Bragg gained the ire of many on the right due to his prosecution of MAGA leader Trump. Bragg declared that the jurors "have spoken" when they rendered a unanimous guilty verdict of all 34 counts of falsifying business records against Trump, and his team has opposed the lifting of a gag order against the former president even after the case's conclusion.
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"Defendant's letter asserts that the stated bases for the Court's Orders no longer exist 'because the trial has concluded,'" prosecutors for the district attorney's office wrote. "The Court's Orders, however, were based not only on the need to avoid threats to the fairness of the trial itself... but also on the Court's broader 'obligation to prevent actual harm to the integrity of the proceedings'; to protect 'the orderly administration of this Court'; and to avoid 'risk[s] to the administration of justice.'"
"[T]hese interests have not abated, and the Court has an obligation to protect the integrity of these proceedings and the fair administration of justice at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post-trial," the letter to Merchan added.