Manhattan DA downgrades felonies in NYC while potentially upgrading Trump’s charge to felony
While the Manhattan district attorney is pursuing a possible felony indictment against former President Donald Trump on a charge stemming from an alleged hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, the Democratic prosecutor downgraded half of his felony cases to misdemeanors last year.
During his first year in office in 2022, Bragg downgraded 52% of felony cases to misdemeanors, which was up from 39% in 2019 under the prior district attorney, the New York Post reported.