Bragg unveils new legal leadership team for DA’s offi ce
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
New Manhattan District
Attorney Alvin Bragg
has his work cut out for
him days after taking offi ce —
including an ongoing investigation
into the Trump Corporation
that his predecessor, Cy
Vance Jr., had launched.
To help him handle his new
responsibilities, Bragg assembled
a team of legal eagles
from across the criminal justice
spectrum with a primary mission:
to expand public safety
and hold lawbreakers accountable.
“We have brought together
an exceptional group of highly
experienced professionals,
including leaders who have
worked in this offi ce, led other
offi ces and bring real life experiences
to help reimagine
DANY to deliver safety and
justice for all,” Bragg said in a
statement on Monday.
Bragg named Meg Reiss as
his Chief Assistant District Attorney,
making her the offi ce’s
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg takes the oath of offi ce on Jan.
1, 2022, with his wife Jamila Marie Ponton holding the Bible
and Clerk of New York County Milton Tingling administering.
second-in-command. Reiss
previously worked with Brooklyn
DA Eric Gonzalez as the
chief of the Social Justice Bureau,
which sought to enhance
community-led public safety
programs.
“I am honored to have the
opportunity to join Alvin
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Bragg’s Manhattan District Attorney
team and look forward
to working with them to advance
innovative reforms in the
criminal legal system to protect
community safety,” Reiss said.
“I’ve spent my career helping
to keep communities safe and
I have seen fi rst hand how the
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work of prosecutors can not
only prevent crime, but also
improve relationships between
the justice system and those it
serves.”
She also has what Bragg’s
offi ce called “deep expertise
in white collar enforcement,
including having led investigations
of major fi nancial institutions
concerning violations of
key areas of enforcement for
Manhattan, including money
laundering, antitrust and securities.”
Such crimes are the focus
of the Manhattan DA’s offi ce’s
ongoing investigation into the
Trump Organization, which
Bragg inherited from Vance
upon taking offi ce New Year’s
Day. The Trump Organization,
founded by former President
Donald Trump and led by his
children Donald Jr. and Ivanka,
has been under scrutiny for alleged
fi nancial crimes.
Vance engaged in a protracted
legal battle with the former
president to obtain his tax returns,
fi nally securing them last
year after two cases reached the
Supreme Court. That led to the
indictment of the Trump Organization
and one of its bigwigs,
Chief Financial Offi cer Allen
Weisselberg, on charges of tax
fraud. Vance also convened a
second grand jury connected
to the investigation, leaving
open the possibility that former
President Trump, or one of his
children, might also be indicted
on criminal charges.
In addition to Reiss, Bragg —
who successfully indicted the
Trump Foundation as a member
of the state Attorney General’s
offi ce — also retained Carey
Dunne as special counsel, offering
“advice on signifi cant investigations
and prosecutions.”
Dunne had previously advised
former Manhattan DA Vance
on legal, policy and strategic
issues related to the Trump Organization
case.
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