Bragg’s Courtroom Win Could Mean New York Trouble for Trump 

A federal judge takes the measure of the prosecutor’s case, and finds it sturdy.

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President Trump in court on April 4, 2023 at New York. Andrew Kelly/pool via AP

Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling that the hush money criminal case against President Trump belongs in state court means that District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case has weathered its first courtroom test. 

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