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Andrew Cuomo blasts Manhattan DA Bragg's Trump probe: 'I think it's all politics'
Fox News ^ | 3/25/23 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 03/25/2023 6:52:58 PM PDT by Libloather

Former Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over his focus on potentially prosecuting former President Donald Trump and suggested the move is politically motivated.

"I don’t understand why Bragg is putting such emphasis on this case," the former governor told WABC Radio on Friday night.

"A person breaks the law I get it, but on the state side this is a misdemeanor case. It’s really a federal case because he needs it to be a campaign finance fraud case which is a federal case and that’s what Bragg is going to have to do to get a felony out of this."

Cuomo said that the public is generally "cynical" and "when they see prosecutors bringing these political cases" it just "affirms everybody’s cynicism."

"I think it’s all politics and that’s what I think the people of this country are saying," Cuomo continued. "It just feeds that anger and that cynicism and the partisanship. It’s a coincidence that Bragg goes after Trump and Tish James goes after Trump and Georgia goes after Trump? That’s all a coincidence? I think it feeds the cynicism and that’s the cancer in our body politic right now."

Despite the comments about Bragg’s motivation, Cuomo says he does believe an indictment will be handed down next week while bringing up the old adage that district attorneys can "indict a ham sandwich" if they want to.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: arrestalvinbragg; bragg; by; cuomo; donatefreerepublic; electioninterference; politics
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I wonder if Andy has an opinion of Hunter.
1 posted on 03/25/2023 6:52:58 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Or Hochul’s tyrannical banning of gas stoves


2 posted on 03/25/2023 6:56:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Libloather

If a local DA can prosecute someone under federal law in a local courtroom... wouldn’t it have implications for the enforcement of immigration law in border states?


3 posted on 03/25/2023 6:58:01 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Libloather

Bragg must be getting more and more exasperated. Heh.


4 posted on 03/25/2023 6:59:56 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Libloather

Governor Kodos speaks!


5 posted on 03/25/2023 7:01:23 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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"If a local DA can prosecute someone under federal law in a local courtroom... wouldn’t it have implications for the enforcement of immigration law in border states?"

You get an A++ for that comment. Bump it to the top!

6 posted on 03/25/2023 7:08:19 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Did Norfolk Southern ESG and Equity policies cause the train derailment in East Palestine?)
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To: Libloather

Like a good NY progressive (and former AG) he knows all about political prosecutions.


7 posted on 03/25/2023 7:08:42 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BradyLS
Governor Kodos speaks!

Star Trek TOS: The Conscience of the King.

8 posted on 03/25/2023 7:10:12 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Libloather

It isn’t cynicism if they really are maliciously trying to prosecute political opponents.


9 posted on 03/25/2023 7:10:29 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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If a local DA can prosecute someone under federal law in a local courtroom... wouldn’t it have implications for the enforcement of immigration law in border states?

Excellent point. What other federal laws need to be enforced locally?

10 posted on 03/25/2023 7:12:27 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Libloather

Nothing gets past him.


11 posted on 03/25/2023 7:14:35 PM PDT by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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To: gitmo

Didn’t Arizona try to prosecute illegal immigrants under Federal law and was stopped/prevented by the Federal Government? I seem to recall something of the sort.

Still a great question.


12 posted on 03/25/2023 7:19:26 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

Here is a link to an article discussing such a case in Arizona that the Feds overruled.

https://www.leonardolawoffices.com/immigration-crimes-arizona-alien-smuggling-illegal-reentry/

Again, I think it’s a great and relevant question.


13 posted on 03/25/2023 7:22:56 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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I thought it was dirty tricks that took Cuomo down. "Trumped" up charges, so to speak. Cuomo's sin was that we was too White, too male, and too Alpha for today's Democrats.

14 posted on 03/25/2023 7:23:43 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Libloather

Cuomo’s right.


15 posted on 03/25/2023 7:41:15 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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"Bragg must be getting more and more exasperated. Heh."

He probably sent the white powder to his own office, in order to make himself look like he's being threatened. He should have just gone with a noose.

16 posted on 03/25/2023 7:41:35 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: PGR88

As do all lefties!


17 posted on 03/25/2023 7:42:55 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: Libloather

And yet, DeSantis listened to his handlers and couldn’t make a clear statement like this.


18 posted on 03/25/2023 7:44:52 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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I don’t fault DeSantis for that. Given all the c**p Trump has been shoveling to DeSantis these past few months, even I have a hard time supporting Trump anymore.


19 posted on 03/25/2023 7:53:48 PM PDT by beancounter13 (A Republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: Libloather

Interesting.I’d expect him to support Bragg...or at least keep quiet.


20 posted on 03/25/2023 7:54:12 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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