Daniel Penny’s lawyers are weighing whether to file a malicious prosecution lawsuit against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The move comes after Penny was acquitted in the death of Jordan Neely.
Penny’s defense lawyer, Steven Raiser, told “Fox & Friends” that Bragg blurred “ethical boundaries.”
“It was clear that there was a fear that if an arrest wasn’t made – and made very quickly – that there might be rioting in the streets, and that that may ultimately look very bad for District Attorney Alvin Bragg,” he said. “And if that in fact happened, that could affect his re-election.”
Raiser said the lawsuit may also involve New York City’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Jason Graham, who claimed Neely’s death was homicide by strangulation before receiving the toxicology results.
“He was appointed by Mayor [Eric] Adams, same political party as Alvin Bragg,” he explained, emphasizing that there was “collusion there, and, I mean, the collusion began from the very beginning of this case and all the way through. The district attorney needed the medical examiner and needed the medical examiner to act quickly, and he did just that.”
Penny is set to attend the Army-Navy game in Landover, Maryland, on Saturday with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
“Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone,” Vance wrote. “I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage.”
Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) announced that he introduced a resolution to award Penny with the Congressional Gold Medal. The resolution says the “courageous actions taken in response to the threat to his community by Daniel Penny, a decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran, went beyond the civilian call of duty.”
