Crash Course: The unsung hero behind Donald Trump’s crushing fraud case: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

NYC rep's first big win in Congress: Exposing Trump's fraud so New York AG Letitia James could investigate him. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm_nlBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd2R3dnM4dHhrby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThvYzNteDBocjdXA3NwY0IKZRRE9BtliBcRC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm_nlBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNXZxbGMzMTNscy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThvYzNteDBocjcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRE9BtliBcRC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). The unsung hero behind Donald Trump’s crushing fraud case: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Amanda Marcotte: He might have gotten away with it, if it weren't for that nosy congresswoman from Queens. In our era, four years sounds like four lifetimes, so it's easy to forget, but when Ocasio-Cortez first arrived in Congress in January 2019, there was a lot of Beltway skepticism towards her. Her first big test came during a hearing with Michael Cohen — and it was only AOC who even thought to ask him about the business dealings now at the heart of the NY AG's fraud lawsuit. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm_nlBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXlzZDl6ZnJicS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThvYzNteDBocjcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRE9BtliBcRC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Former prosecutor: The Trump empire "will fold like a stack of cards" Kenneth McCallion, a former prosecutor at the DOJ and NY AG's office who investigated Trump, spoke to Salon's Chauncey DeVega about the implications of Trump's civil case in New York. "I'm feeling better and more confident about the legal system, which has been a long time coming in bringing Trump to justice," he says. 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