Did Alvin Bragg find his conscience and/or his courage?

We assumed this was dead in the water.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has moved to jump-start its criminal investigation into Donald J. Trump [...] seeking to breathe new life into an inquiry that once seemed to have reached a dead end.

Under the new district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, the prosecutors have returned to the long-running investigation's original focus: a hush-money payment to a porn star who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump.

The district attorney’s office first examined the payment to the actress, Stormy Daniels, years ago before changing direction to scrutinize Mr. Trump’s broader business practices. But Mr. Bragg and some of his deputies have recently indicated to associates, supporters and at least one lawyer involved in the matter that they are newly optimistic about building a case against Mr. Trump.

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It is unclear whether Mr. Bragg or the special counsel will ultimately seek charges against Mr. Trump, who just announced a third presidential run.

  NYT

Do NOT tell me Bragg is going to say, well, now that Trump has announced candidacy, we CAN'T prosecute. Do not tell me that.

For Mr. Bragg, the hush-money developments suggest the first signs of progress since he took office at the beginning of the year, when he balked at indicting Mr. Trump in connection with his business practices.

But in bringing the inquiry full circle to the hush-money payment, Mr. Bragg is focusing on an aspect of the investigation that previously failed to bear fruit.

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Under Mr. Bragg’s predecessor, the district attorney’s office rejected the idea of focusing a case solely on the hush money, concluding, with the help of outside legal experts, that it would hinge on a largely untested and therefore risky legal theory. And if Mr. Bragg were to charge Mr. Trump without uncovering any new evidence or relying on a more conventional theory, he would risk having a judge or appellate court throw out the case.

Also, do NOT tell me that Bragg, feeling pressure to do SOMEthing after all this time, is going to pursue a dead end and then say there wasn't enough to support a case.

To help build the hush-money case, prosecutors are revisiting another strategy that has yet to work: pressuring a top Trump lieutenant, Allen H. Weisselberg, to cooperate.

Oh, hell. Fuck this shit. Another case just proved Weisselberg won't turn on Trump. Alvin Bragg is STILL an asshat.

To ramp up the pressure, the prosecutors are considering a new round of charges against Mr. Weisselberg in hopes of securing his cooperation against the former president, the people said. Those potential charges concern insurance fraud and are unrelated to the hush money.

Go suck an egg, Al.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 04/05/2023:  Sorry, Alvin.  I take it all back.  I now understand the reasons Bragg didn't push this out.