U.s. presidential election, mr. cohen used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to miss stephanie clifford. neither the trump campaign was a party to the transaction. notice the date. 2018, february. alvin bragg refers to payments from 2017. again, this is a pathetically weak case, based on an ex-con and admitted liar, and everyone knows it, maybe except alvin bragg. a grand jury, they can indict a ham sandwich. alvin bragg has one of the lowest conviction rates in the entire country, hovering at an embarrassing 50%. that's for felony cases. 52% of all felonies, they are ...