In a November 2020 interview with CBS News, Alvin Bragg, then a Democratic candidate for Manhattan district attorney, said that among the "staggering" number of cases "swirling" around then-President Donald Trump, a matter involving Trump's former "fixer," Michael Cohen, stood out.

"You know, we haven't talked about Michael Cohen yet and the campaign finance part," Bragg said during the interview, in which he stressed he could not "prejudge" any case until he saw the evidence.

A former New York State deputy attorney general who had previously clashed with Trump's company in civil suits, Bragg indicated he had followed media coverage of Cohen's federal case.

Cohen entered a guilty plea to federal tax evasion and campaign-finance violations in 2018, in connection with a $130,000 "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Cohen, who was previously Trump's lawyer, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. He has since said the former president directed him to make the payment to prevent Daniels from speaking publicly about an alleged affair, and cover up the payment — allegations Trump has strenuously denied.

The charging document in Cohen's case describes him scheming with a person referred to as "Individual-1," an alleged "co-conspirator" who was not named but who the document notes became president of the United States in 2017.

Bragg noted the "Individual-1" moniker in the 2020 interview.

"If the reporting about it has been accurate and you know, I mean, the Southern...

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