Politico’s dishonest article obliterated on social media.
Politico pushed more fake news on Saturday by characterizing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as the “reluctant” prosecutor of Donald Trump — despite the fact Bragg campaigned on going after the former president.
In its piece titled, “This reluctant prosecutor just made Donald Trump a felon“, Politico labored to portray Bragg as a sober, reasonable prosecutor who had no choice but to charge Trump based on the facts.
This reluctant prosecutor just made Donald Trump a felon https://t.co/sSSguHBaj7
— POLITICO (@politico) June 1, 2024
This reluctant prosecutor just made Donald Trump a felon
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg won more than just the case when a jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts.
The Harlem Democrat, who at times seemed like a reluctant participant in a trial he launched, secured a place in history as the first prosecutor to land the conviction of an American president.
It’s easily one of the most dazzling feats of jurisprudence the nation has seen — and the sort of accomplishment that could launch him on a political rocket ship to Washington. Indeed, the conviction Thursday drew immediate praise and gratitude from Democrats, who see the former president as a unique threat to democracy — while also intensifying attacks from his supporters and the freshly convicted candidate himself, who has called the case a “witch hunt” and a “sham trial” organized by President Joe Biden.
But Politico was quickly called out over its fake news given Bragg had campaigned on “getting Trump.”
X’s Community Notes eviscerated Politico’s dishonest characterization:
DA Alvin Bragg was not ‘reluctant’ to prosecute former president Donald Trump by any stretch of the imagination, in fact, the main selling point of his campaign was the promise to indict and prosecute the former president.
Other users on X piled on against the blatant fake news.
He was so reluctant to do it that he campaigned on it. https://t.co/6P0vQG97Zx
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 1, 2024
Politico is really calling Alvin Bragg a reluctant prosecutor???
He literally ran for office campaigning on indicting my father.
The Fake News is truly the enemy of the people! pic.twitter.com/967o9ekcGq
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 1, 2024
MISINFORMATION: The Soros-backed DA was anything but ‘reluctant’. He ran on a platform of ‘Get Trump’ and boasted about prosecuting him over 100 times. Politico is fake news. h/t @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/WTr71PQb52
— @amuse (@amuse) June 1, 2024
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