Donald Trump refused to answer shouted questions from reporters in the courthouse hallway.
But he again called the trial "rigged," before claiming that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg -- who attended Harvard University for undergrad and law school -- is "not smart enough" to "represent himself" in court.
Bragg represents the people of New York, not himself. He made the call to pursue the hush money case against Trump -- instead of other options like a business fraud case -- a few months after taking office in 2022.
The heads of local district attorneys' offices almost never try cases themselves, typically passing on those duties to line prosecutors.
Bragg has assigned a team of five veteran lawyers at the DA's Office to work the case.
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