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Bragg’s Election Put the Manhattan Trump Inquiry in New Hands
Alvin Bragg’s November 2, 2021 win sent Manhattan’s Trump-related investigation to the next district attorney, who then decided how to proceed.
Edition · November 2, 2021
The Daily Fuckup — November 2, 2021
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Closing take
November 2, 2021 was one of those days when the Trump operation looked less like a political movement than an inheritance of pending problems. The damage had already been done in 2020, but the consequences were still hardening into institutions, prosecutors, and timelines. That is usually how a political self-inflicted wound graduates into something worse: it stops being spin and starts being paperwork.
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