> Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicted former president Donald Trump over his alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. On both the political left and right, Bragg has received thoughtful criticism for the legally dubious case, leading many to ask: What is he thinking? But some of the nuances of the actual prosecution and Bragg’s own political ambitions give the answer a surprising logic. > Consider that Bragg just might convict Trump. This case is being prosecuted in Manhattan, with jurors drawn from that wealthy and liberal borough. During a prior presidential campaign, Trump infamously stated, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” If that’s true, and it might be, it’s because virtually nobody in Manhattan votes for Trump. During the 2020 election, Trump lost the Manhattan vote by a staggering 84.5 percent to 14.5 percent. A jury drawn from that pool is capable of convicting the former president of just about anything.