Name: D.A. Alvin Bragg addresses reporters after Donald Trump indictment
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Description: Manhattan district attorney Bragg discussed the indictments facing former president Donald Trump, who was arraigned in court Tuesday.

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<p>CASE? &gt;&gt; HERE HE IS, ALVIN BRAGG. &gt;&gt; GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, DONALD TRUMP WAS ARRAIGNED ON A NEW YORK SUPREME COURT INDICTMENT, RETURNED BY A MANHATTAN GRAND JURY, ONFELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE. UNDER NEW YORK STATE LAW, IT IS A FELONY TO FALSIFY BUSINESS RECORDS WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD AND INTENT TO CONCEAL ANOTHER CRIME. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. 34 FALSE STATEMENTS MADE TO COVER UP OTHER CRIMES. THESE ARE FELONY CRIMES IN NEW YORK STATE. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT NORMALIZE SERIOUS CRIMINAL C CONDUCT. THE DEFENDANT REPEATEDLY MADE FALSE STATEMENTS ON NEW YORK BUSINESS RECORDS. HE ALSO CAUSED OTHERS TO MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS. THE DEFENDANT CLAIMED HE WAS PAYING MICHAEL COHEN FOR LEGAL SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2017. THIS SIMPLY WAS NOT TRUE. IT WAS A FALSE STATEMENT THE DEFENDANT MADE MONTH AFTER MONTH IN 2017. APRIL, MAY, JUNE AND SO ON, THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. FOR NINE STRAIGHT MONTHS, THE DEFENDANT HELD DOCUMENTS IN HIS HAND CONTAINING THIS KEY LIE, THAT HE WAS PAYING MICHAEL COHEN FOR LEGAL SERVICES PERFORMED IN HE PERSONALLY SIGNED CHECKS FOR PAYMENTS TO MICHAEL COHEN FOR EACH OF THESE NINE MONTHS. IN TOTAL, THE GRAND JURY FOUND THERE WERE 34 DOCUMENTS WITH THIS CRITICAL FALSE STATEMENT. WHY DID DONALD TRUMP REPEATEDLY MAKE THESE FALSE STATEMENTS? THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT HE DID SO TO COVER UP CRIMES RELATING TO THE 2016 ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP, EXECUTIVES AT THE PUBLISHING COMPANY AMERICAN MEDIA INCORPORATED, MR. COHEN AND OTHERS AGREED IN 2015 TO A CATCH AND KILL SCHEME. THAT IS, A SCHEME TO BUY AND SUPPRESS NEGATIVE INFORMATION TO HELP MR. TRUMP'S CHANCE OF WINNING THE ELECTION. AS PART OF THIS SCHEME, DONALD TRUMP AND OTHERS MADE THREE PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE NEGATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT MR. TRUMP. TO MAKE THESE PAYMENTS, THEY SET UP SHELL COMPANIES AND THEY MADE YET MORE FALSE STATEMENTS, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AMI, AMERICAN MEDIA INCORPORATED'S BUSINESS RECORDS. ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE THEY PAID TO KEEP QUIET WAS A WOMAN NAMED STORMY DANIELS. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, MICHAEL COHEN WIRED $130,000 TO STORMY DANIELS' LAWYER. THAT PAYMENT WAS TO HIDE DAMAGING INFORMATION FROM THE VOTING PUBLIC. THE PARTICIPANTS' SCHEME WAS ILLEGAL. THE SCHEME VIOLATED NEW YORK ELECTION LAW, WHICH MAKES IT A CRIME TO CONSPIRE TO PROMOTE A CANDIDACY BY UNLAWFUL MEANS. THE $130,000 WIRE PAYMENT EXCEEDED THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION CAP. THE FALSE STATEMENTS IN AMI'S BOOKS VIOLATED NEW YORK LAW. THAT IS WHY MR. TRUMP MADE FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS PAYMENTS TO MR. COHEN. HE COULD NOT SIMPLY SAY THAT THE PAYMENTS WERE IMBURSEMENT FOR MR. COHEN'S PAYMENTS TO STORMY DANIELS. TO DO SO, TO MAKE THAT TRUE STATEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ADMIT A CRIME. SO INSTEAD, MR. TRUMP SAID THAT HE WAS PAYING MR. COHEN FOR FICTITIOUS LEGAL SERVICES IN 2017 TO COVER UP ACTUAL CRIME COMMITTED THE PRIOR YEAR. IN ORDER TO GET MICHAEL COHEN HIS MONEY BACK, THEY PLANNED ONE LAST FALSE STATEMENT. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE SCHEME, THEY PLANNED TO MISCHARACTERIZE THE REPAYMENTS TO MR. COHEN AS INCOME TO THE NEW YORK STATE TAX AUTHORITIES. THE CONDUCT I JUST DESCRIBED AND THAT WHICH WAS CHARGED BY THE GRAND JURY IS FELONY CRIMINAL CONDUCT IN NEW YORK STATE. TRUE AND ACCURATE BUSINESS RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT EVERYWHERE, TO BE SURE. THEY ARE ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT IN MANHATTAN, THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF THE WORLD. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A HISTORY IN THE MANHATTAN D.A.'S OFFICE OF VIGOROUSLY ENFORCING WHITE COLLAR CRIME. MY OFFICE, INCLUDING THE TALENTED PROSECUTORS YOU SAW AT ARRAIGNMENT EARLIER TODAY, HAVE CHARGED HUNDREDS OF FELONY FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. THIS CHARGE CAN BE SAID IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF OUR WHITE COLLAR WORK. FRAUD PRESENTS ITSELF IN ALL DIFFERENTIN MANHATTAN. WE HAVE CHARGED FOR FEDERAL BANK SECRECY LAWS, FOR THOSE SEEKING TO COVER UP SEX CRIMES, AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS CHARGE FOR THOSE WHO COMMITTED TAX VIOLATIONS. AT ITS CORE, THIS CASE TODAY IS ONE WITH ALLEGATIONS LIKE SO MANY OF OUR WHITE COLLAR CASES. ALLEGATIONS THAT SOMEONE LIED AGAIN AND AGAIN TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS AND EVADE THE LAWS TO WHICH WE ARE ALL HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AS THIS OFFICE HAS DONE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE TODAY UPHOLD OUR SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE STANDS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW. NO AMOUNT OF MONEY AND NO AMOUNT OF POWER CHANGES THAT ENDURING AMERICAN PRINCIPAL. I WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS. [ INAUDIBLE ] &gt;&gt; WE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 24 YEARS. I'M NO STRANGER TO RIGOROUS, COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS. I BRING CASES WHEN THEY'RE READY. HAVING NOW CONDUCTED A RIGOROUS, THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, THE CASE WAS READY TO BE BROUGHT. AND IT WAS BROUGHT. [ INAUDIBLE ] LET ME SAY THIS, THE INDICTMENT DOESN'T SPECIFY BECAUSE THE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE. IN MY REMARKS I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF LAWS WHICH I WILL HIGHLIGHT AGAIN. THE FIRST IS NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAW, WHICH MAKES IT A CRIME TO CONSPIRE PROMOTE A CANDIDACY BY UNLAWFUL MEANS. I INDICATED A NUMBER OF UNLAWFUL MEANS, MORE ADDITIONAL FALSE STATEMENTS, INCLUDING STATEMENTS MADE TO TAX AUTHORITIES. I ALSO NOTED THE FEDERAL ELECTION LAW CAP ON CONTRIBUTIONLIMITS. [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO OUR PROCESS ON WHAT WAS BROUGHT. THE CHARGES WERE BROUGHT BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE AND THE LAW BEING THE BASIS OF THOSE DECISIONS. [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M NOT GOING TO GO CHAPTER AND VERSE INTO THINKING. I BELIEVE THE TIME PERIOD, I WAS IN OFFICE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE INVESTIGATION IN MY VIEW WAS NOT CONCLUDED INTO THE CONDUCT IN PARTICULAR THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THE CHARGES TODAY. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE HAD MORE EVIDENCE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ADDITIONAL WITNESSES. AS I SAID EARLIER, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 24 YEARS. I DON'T BRING CASES PRIOR TO A RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION. NOW HAVING DONE SO, THE CASE HAS BEEN BROUGHT. &gt;&gt; GARRETT HAAKE WITH NBC NEWS. YOUR PREDECESSOR DECIDED NOT TO CHARGE IT. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DECIDED NOT TO CHARGE IT. DO YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE NEW EVIDENCE THAT LED YOU TO DECIDE TO CHARGE THIS? WHY NOW? &gt;&gt; AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE HAD AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT WAS NOT IN THE OFFICE'S POSSESSION PRIOR TO MY TIME HERE. AS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE FEDERAL, WE HAVE A STRONG -- I WOULD SAY PROFOUND INDEPENDENT INTEREST IN NEW YORK STATE. THIS IS THE BUSINESS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WE REGULARLY DO CASES INVOLVING FALSE BUSINESS STATEMENTS, THE BASIS FOR BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND A WELL FUNCTIONING BUSINESS MARKETPLACE IS TRUE AND ACCURATE RECORD KEEPING. THAT'S THE CHARGE THAT'S BROUGHT HERE, FALSIFYING NEW YORK STATE BUSINESS RECORDS. [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M NOT GOING TO GO BEYOND THE PLAIN LANGUAGE. IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. [ INAUDIBLE ] THE CHARGE IS FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. THE CHARGE REQUIRES, AS I SPECIFIED, CRIMINAL CONDUCT THAT WAS CONCEALED. ONE OF THE CONCEALED CRIMES WE ALLEGE IS NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAW. I WENT THROUGH IN OUR STATEMENT OF FACTS, MANY OF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, GOES THROUGH THINGS INCLUDING TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, PHONE RERDS, MULTIPLE WITNESSES. ALL OF THAT WILL BE, AS YOU SAW IN THE FALL, BORNE OUT IN A PUBLIC COURTROOM IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN. [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M GLAD YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON THAT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ONE PAYMENT. IT IS 34 BUSINESS RECORDS, 34 FALSE STATEMENTS IN BUSINESS RECORDS THAT WERE CONCEALING CRIMINAL CONDUCT. THE EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAW, TALKED ABOUT CONSPIRACY TO PROMOTE A CANDIDACY BY UNLAWFUL MEANS. THOSE UNLAWFUL MEANS WE ALLEGE INCLUDE THE CONDUCT SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT OF FACTS, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL FALSE STATEMENTS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE AMI DOCUMENTS. IT IS NOT JUST THAT ONE $130,000 WI PAYMENT. THANKS SO MUCH.</p>

D.A. Alvin Bragg addresses reporters after Donald Trump indictment

After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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