The Legal Lynch Mob Going After Trump

There has been an increasingly frenzied gusher of leaks from the offices of New York County’s District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, Jr., telling breathless journalists that the grand jury is about to indict The Trump Organization, maybe as early as next week. These leaks specifically relate to the sitting grand jury (which just continued a previous one dating back to 2018). These leaks tell the public that the grand jury will indict Donald Trump any day now.

Of course, the hyper-ventilating journalists are confusing an “any day now” indictment of The Trump Organization (a company) with an arrest of Donald Trump as a person.

However, some activists crow that if Trump’s business is indicted, this will trigger a financial collapse of Trump’s empire. They argue that all contracts will be automatically cancelled, and loans ‘called’ in because TTO is under indictment (though innocent until proven guilty). Thus, they gleefully predict, Trump will be ruined. That makes Vance’s leaks more damaging than Giuliani allegedly casting doubt on Biden’s status as President.

Why is the D.A.’s office so desperate to make the public believe that – any day now – Trump is going to be hauled off in hand cuffs? New York City is of course extremely left-wing politically.

One of the reasons why it is a Class E Felony in New York to reveal what the grand jury is doing is to avoid people being publicly smeared if they are never in fact indicted.

New York Penal Law § 215.70 “Unlawful grand jury disclosure” says: A person is guilty of unlawful grand jury disclosure when, being a grand juror, a public prosecutor, a grand jury stenographer, a grand jury interpreter, a police officer or a peace officer guarding a witness in a grand jury proceeding, or a clerk, attendant, warden or other public servant having official duties in or about a grand jury room or proceeding, or a public officer or public employee, he intentionally discloses to another the nature or substance of any grand jury testimony, or any decision, result or other matter attending a grand jury proceeding which is required by law to be kept secret, except in the proper discharge of his official duties or upon written order of the court. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a witness from disclosing his own testimony. Unlawful grand jury disclosure is a class E felony.

But even without politics, if prosecutors get their name in print, get a book deal, and land a cushy job at the Brookings Institution or a big law firm, does it matter if the gambit succeeds or fails? Democrats spent four years trying various attacks on Trump with no chance of winning.

Would prosecutors bluff witnesses and defendants? I’ve seen it many times. Vance could be trying to squeeze witnesses to cooperate by bluffing that he has a stronger case than he really does. The media gambit could be to flush quail out of the bushes.

How do I know that the prosecutors do not have a good case against Trump? Because (a) they keep huffing and puffing, but (b) it’s been five months since Trump left office. The contrast between claims they are about to indict against the fact that they keep delaying speaks volumes.

If they do indict later, this long delay is still enlightening. It is not that hard to type up an indictment. Once all the evidence is in at a level where they can say an indictment is likely, all that is left is typing. That should only take a few days.

What is Vance waiting for? My conclusion is that he’s got nothing. Trump’s tax returns were already in the hands of New York tax authorities for years. The courts merely allowed Vance to have his own copy – officially.

Leaks, leaks, leaks about everything Trump and all the illegal things he supposedly did. Yet, thus far EVERY leak, played up by the media and Democrats has been a huge lie. The biggest lie for the last 5 years has been that Trump has done something illegal. Lol, even the leaks the Democrats and guys like Comey have used were illegal to smear Trump, yet not a single indictment except some crazy girl named Reality Check.

Hey! Anybody have any leaks from the Maricopa Co Arizona Audit?

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