Posted on 03/31/2023 10:39:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley warned Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that New York judges, especially at the Appellate level, will not like his case against Trump.
He said: “This indictment, if it is reportedly following the theory that we’ve been talking about, is political. It’s a raw political prosecution. The indictment may come out with a crime that none of us have heard of.
“But for many months, this bootstrapping theory has been put out there, this idea that you could take a misdemeanor under New York law that has expired, that has a two year statute of limitations, and revive it by connecting it to a federal crime, in this case, the federal election violation
“Now, there’s a host of problems with that.
“First of all, it’s a federal crime the Department of Justice chose not to prosecute.
“Bragg’s own predecessor declined to prosecute it, but he is attempting to bootstrap that federal crime into a state case.
“And if that is the basis for the indictment, I think it’s rather outrageous.
“I think it’s legally pathetic.
“If he’s using the bootstrap theory, which is the only one that’s been discussed publicly, that is unprecedented.
“And I expect that New York judges will have the same reaction of many of us, including people on the left, that this doesn’t read right.
“Under Bragg’s theory, he could take any unproven federal crime and revive a long dead misdemeanor and turn it into a felony.
“That’s going to really, you know, raise concerns for a number of judges.
“But once it gets to the appellate level, he’s going to have a particularly difficult time, in my view,” he said.
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A trial in NYC will result in conviction.Trump must get a change of venue.
[...it looks like he’s getting one who already screwed Trump once.”
Screwed one of his managers, not the former Executive branch.
In this case, the judge may be averse to getting an epic smack down on appeal. This is a former president of the United States, the courts will not take this lightly and it had better be both by the book and void of politics.
It already fails on those aspects.
It’s Trump. They all have a mulligan to get Trump. Maybe 2 years from now you’ll find a judge that will throw this garbage out but don’t bet on it.
He’s wrong. Judges are all corrupt.
Of course he wins on appeal. Bluegums is just doing what he has been told to do.
“They’ll just have to find the right judge”.
Given the actions of many judges over the past few years, I wouldn’t put my faith any any of them. Just look at what the Jan 6th defendants’ judges have allowed.
The U.S. justice system of old is long gone.
I predict by next year Alvin will be disbarred and waiting tables somewhere.
“Failure is a resume enhancement in the Democrat Party.” - Rush Limbaugh.................
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We don’t know all the charges. They haven’t been unsealed.
Rudy Giuliani said there are many lib NY judges who will be total on board with Bragg and his fairy tales. Ditto for a NY jury.
The whole point was to indict President Trump and tie him down for the 2024 election cycle. The fake case against him does not matter.
Oh those crazy Kardassians!...................
They are playing with fire while sitting on a can of gasoline.......................
If Bragg’s ‘case’ is as stated the little twit should be disbarred. He’s not practicing law he’s practicing corrupt ‘police state’ retribution. Lowlife black thug...
I hope you didn’t actually mean “over 400 years of Constitutional precedent ...”
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