Donald Trump vows to escalate attacks against Alvin Bragg – sources

The former president was stunned by the indictment at first, but after 24 hours he indicated he wanted to politically rough 'em up'

Donald Trump has told advisers and associates in recent days that he is prepared to escalate attacks against the Manhattan prosecutor who resurrected the criminal prosecution into his hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 now that a grand jury has indicted him.

The former president has vowed to people close to him that he wants to go on the offensive and - in a private moment over the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida that demonstrates his gathering resolve - remarked using more colorful language that it was time to politically rough 'em up".