Posted on 03/21/2023 8:33:57 AM PDT by bitt
The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday issued a response to House Republicans’ demands to have District Attorney Alvin Bragg testify amid reports that former President Donald Trump will be indicted soon.
“We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process,” a spokesperson for Bragg told news outlets in the first public response to inquiries linked to the Trump investigation. “Many false claims have been lobbed out, so let’s set the record straight. New York remains one of the safest big cities in the US.”
Republicans, Trump, and some legal scholars have said that Bragg’s pursuit of what they have called left-wing policies have led to a surge in violent crime in New York City and have questioned why the DA is targeting Trump over an incident that occurred in 2016 while crime remains relatively high in the city. Law enforcement groups have said the DA’s office’s policies have led to the release of repeat offenders who instead should be jailed, leading to more criminal activity.
The New York City Police Department’s data shows that overall crime in New York City was up 22 percent in 2022 over 2021. The city saw 433 murders last year, which is an 11 percent drop year-over-year, but that’s still far higher than previous years. For example, police data shows that New York City 295 murders and 318 murders in 2018 and 2019, respectively. There were 462 murders in 2020.
Late last week, a court source told news outlets that Trump could be indicted this week, while the former president later wrote on Truth Social that he believes an indictment will be handed down on Tuesday. He called for his supporters to protest the arrest, while reports say that Bragg is looking to charge Trump for misclassifying alleged hush payments he made to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign.
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Bragg is not charging all of them. Who knows how many murders really happen n NYC?
I was just going to write that—you beat me to it.
I’m kinda feeling that way too, but that it what they are banking on. Stay strong!
“Many false claims have been lobbed out, so let’s set the record straight. New York remains one of the safest big cities in the US.”
LOLROFLMAO
Say aren’t the Democrats always the ones to dis the MAGA
Republicans and call then domestic terrorist and yet they can refuse Congressional oversight and back antifa’s and BLM’s “mostly peaceful riots ... I mean protests” and yet all that is AOK with them and, of course, the nLAme Street Media?
Yes, subpoena him today.
DA’s at the local level may be “Soros backed” or “unfair” but redress for inappropriate actions lies with the local voters, local and state laws, and the state legislator.
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Only if elections are honest. Otherwise, won’t happen. You think NY state elections are clean?
(ROTFLMAOPIMP)
Subpoena him, vote to hold him in contempt when he refuses to comply, then refer him to the DOJ for prosecution.
Of course, it will die there, but the House needs to start making regular contempt prosecution referrals to the DOJ to highlight the DOJ’s blatantly inconsistent treatment of democrats and Republicans.
have you seen the reports that hildabeast & chelsea and san fran nan & pauli are all IN NYC last night for various activities (none related to NY GJ and pending arrest of trump of course)
DA’s at the local level may be “Soros backed” or “unfair” but redress for inappropriate actions lies with the local voters, local and state laws, and the state legislator.
Except he is saying that Trump violated election laws in a NATIONAL election. He didn’t run for local election. Think about that, there are NATIONAL election laws, and if every local DA wants to impose every local law on POTUS and former POTUS you have a mess. Nope, I don’t see a ‘local’ in a nationwide election. Therefore, using the democrats own
Logic, this crosses state lines which puts into the interstate commerce clause. Therefore, it’s federal and therefore Congress has a say.
If the republican party was a real party they would have some power over places like NYC, but alas, they are just a fake party.
If the republican party was a real party they would have some power over places like NYC, but alas, they are just a fake party.
New York City is dependent upon dollars appropriated by Congress, which must be approved by the GOP-controlled House. Note to Speaker McCarthy: cut off the funding for New York City and New York State until this persecution of President Trump ends. Simple: no money for “Homeland Security”, transportation projects or any other darned thing. Starve them out.
If the shoe was on the other foot, the Dems would have already done this.
Pete’s right, and you don’t speak for the South, SOTS....
Can they issue an arrest warrant for him?
I actually don’t know
I wonder if it would be worth calling the D.A.’s office:
212-335-9000
source: https://www.manhattanda.org/contact-us/
That is rich coming form his office.
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