Bragg prosecutor leading Stormy Daniels questioning in Trump trial donated to Joe Biden, Democrats

FIRST ON FOX: The authoritative from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s bureau starring questioning of big movie histrion Stormy Daniels successful erstwhile President Trump's unprecedented transgression proceedings donated to President Biden’s run successful 2020 and a fig of different Democratic politicians and organizations implicit the years, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger questioned Daniels Tuesday arsenic she testified arsenic portion of erstwhile President Trump’s unprecedented transgression trial. 

Trump defence attorneys told Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday day they would question for a mistrial amid Daniels' "prejudicial" testimony. Hoffinger said the assertion was without basis, and Merchan yet denied the defense's request. 

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Hoffinger's donations to Biden came during the 2020 Democratic statesmanlike primaries, Federal Election Commission records show. 

Stormy Daniels is questioned by authoritative Susan Hoffinger during erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump's transgression proceedings connected charges that helium falsified concern records to conceal wealth paid to soundlessness porn prima Stormy Daniels successful 2016, successful Manhattan authorities tribunal successful New York City, U.S. May 7, 2024 successful this courtroom sketch.  (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)

Hoffinger donated $500 to Biden’s statesmanlike run successful 2020 — a donation of $250 successful February 2020 and different donation of $250 successful March 2020. 

Hoffinger besides donated much than $900 to ActBlue during the 2020 cycle. ActBlue is an online fundraising level for Democratic candidates, progressive organizations, and nonprofits. 

Hoffinger besides donated to a fig of different Democratic legislature campaigns successful 2020 and 2018.

The revelations travel arsenic Republicans analyse alleged politicization of the lawsuit against Trump. 

"Joe Biden’s witch hunt against President Donald Trump happening successful New York City is blatant predetermination interference," House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "The pb Democrat authoritative is simply a donor to Joe Biden conscionable similar the judge." 

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Merchan donated $15 to Biden's run successful July 2020. Merchan besides made tiny donations to different Democratic groups successful 2020. 

Stefanik told Fox News Digital that "Democrats cognize they cannot decision President Trump astatine the ballot container and person resorted to a hopeless lawfare run successful hopes of redeeming Joe Biden." 

"The American radical tin spot done this, and that is wherefore President Trump volition triumph travel November," Stefanik said. 

Fox News Digital archetypal reported that different apical authoritative connected Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s squad was paid by the Democratic National Committee for his "political consulting" work.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a quality league connected Thursday, March 7, 2024, successful Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo joined Bragg’s bureau aft the resignations of Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne — prosecutors who were investigating Trump and resigned successful protestation of Bragg’s archetypal unwillingness to indict the erstwhile president. Colangelo near a elder relation astatine the Biden Justice Department to articulation Bragg's team. Bragg afterward brought charges against the erstwhile president successful April 2023, raising questions among immoderate successful the GOP astir alleged politicization of the case. 

House Republicans are investigating Colangelo and his past enactment arsenic helium prosecutes Trump. 

Stormy Daniels is questioned by authoritative Susan Hoffinger earlier Justice Juan Merchan during erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump's transgression proceedings connected charges that helium falsified concern records to conceal wealth paid to soundlessness porn prima Stormy Daniels successful 2016, successful Manhattan authorities tribunal successful New York City, U.S. May 7, 2024 successful this courtroom sketch. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)

According to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital, DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee paid Colangelo doubly connected Jan. 31, 2018. Colangelo was fixed 2 payments of $6,000, for a full of $12,000. 

The "description" for the intent of outgo is labeled "Political Consulting." 

Neither the Manhattan District Attorney's Office nor the DNC responded to Fox News Digital's petition for remark astir Colangelo's work. 

At the time, Colangelo was serving successful then-New York Attorney General Eric Scheiderman’s bureau arsenic the lawman lawyer wide for societal justice, assuming the relation from Bragg. Bragg, astatine the time, was appointed arsenic main lawman lawyer general. 

Schneiderman resigned successful May 2018 amid allegations of intersexual assault. Barbara Underwood replaced him arsenic New York lawyer general. 

Just months aft Colangelo received the payments from the DNC, successful June 2018, Underwood, with Colangelo arsenic enforcement lawman lawyer general, filed a lawsuit against the Trump Foundation. The suit claimed that Trump utilized the foundation’s charitable assets to wage disconnected his ineligible obligations. The Trump Foundation yet agreed to dissolve successful December 2018.  

Todd Blanche, lawyer of erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks from a podium astatine a proceeding adjacent to authoritative Matthew Colangelo astatine the Manhattan Federal Court implicit Trump's propulsion to determination his transgression lawsuit to national court, successful New York City, U.S. June 27, 2023 successful a courtroom sketch.  (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)

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Colangelo joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s bureau successful December 2022. 

Prior to his enactment successful New York and successful the Biden Justice Department, Colangelo worked successful the Obama administration, serving successful a fig of antithetic roles. Colangelo worked successful the DOJ's civilian rights part and served arsenic the main of unit to then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who aboriginal served arsenic seat of the DNC successful 2017. Perez was DNC president astatine the clip Colangelo was paid for "political consulting." 

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Colangelo besides worked arsenic a lawman adjunct to then-President Obama and arsenic the lawman manager of the White House Economic Council. 

Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal degree. 

Trump pleaded not blameworthy to each counts. 

A complaint of falsifying concern records typically is simply a misdemeanor, but Bragg, Colangelo and New York prosecutors indispensable person the assemblage that Trump allegedly falsified those records successful the furtherance of "another crime." 

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Prosecutors suggest that the different transgression was successful usurpation of a New York State instrumentality — conspiracy to forestall oregon beforehand election. On its face, arsenic a stand-alone offense, that complaint is besides typically a misdemeanor. 

Coupling the alleged falsification of concern records with alleged prevention oregon promotion of predetermination becomes a felony crime, according to Bragg.