FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg gestures while speaking during a news conference Feb. 22, 2024, in New York. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. The upcoming trial, over hush money payments allegedly made by Trump during the 2016 election, will test Bragg's efforts to portray himself as apolitical in the face of relentless attacks from Trump and his supporters. The trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 15. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump comments as he leaves a pre-trial hearing during a recess with his defense team at Manhattan criminal, Monday, March 25, 2024, in New York. The first-ever trial of a former U.S. president will feature allegations that Trump falsified business records while compensating one of his lawyers, Michael Cohen, for burying stories about extramarital affairs that arose during the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)
FILE- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former president Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. The first-ever trial of a former U.S. president will feature allegations that Trump falsified business records while compensating one of his lawyers, Michael Cohen, for burying stories about extramarital affairs that arose during the 2016 presidential race.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in New York. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at the District Attorney's office in New York, Tuesday, March. 28, 2023. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, left, returns to Manhattan criminal court after a recess, Monday, March 25, 2024, in New York. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, POOL, File)
FILE - Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Citing Trump's threatening and inflammatory statements, Merchan imposed a gag order last month that bars Trump from publicly commenting on witnesses, jurors or others involved in the case — though not Bragg or the judge personally. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - Manhattan District Attorney-elect Alvin Bragg, a former top deputy to New York's attorney general, speaks to supporters in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg listens at news conference in New York, Feb. 7, 2023. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg exits the courtroom after the jury found the Trump Organization guilty on all counts in a criminal tax fraud case, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in New York. As he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump's four criminal prosecutions to trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)