Posted on 03/31/2023 7:33:55 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is relying on debatable facts and untested legal theories to transform minor misconduct into a felony.
The New York indictment of Donald Trump, which won't be unsealed until he is arraigned early next week, reportedly includes "more than two dozen counts." That's a surprisingly large number if the case is based entirely on the $130,000 that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 to keep her from talking about her alleged 2006 affair with Trump. The litany of charges reinforces the impression that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, is trying to justify this belated and dubious prosecution by transforming minor misconduct into a case that looks serious until you consider the underlying allegations.
According to reporting based on anonymous sources close to the investigation, Bragg is relying mainly on a state law that makes it a misdemeanor to falsify business records "with intent to defraud." Trump, who reimbursed Cohen for the hush payment to Daniels, allegedly broke that law when his business misrepresented the reimbursement as payment for legal services under a nonexistent retainer agreement. If the Trump Organization recorded the payment in more than one document, those records could be the basis for several counts under this statute. But each of those counts would still be a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum fine of $1,000 and/or up to 364 days in jail.
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“Yes, but will he? Michael Cohen, Esq. wasn’t exactly a keeper.”
Trump’s Achilles heel is either he can’t find quality people or that he doesn’t listen to them.
“You have not learned a darn thing. Just get on the boxcar and smile....”
I’ll be fine. Along with many millions of other brethren. We are not going to stick our necks out like the J6 protesters and get our heads chopped off.
Who?
Bragg is a hack who is doing what his supporters wanted.
“Shaky” is upgrading what this case is.
“I’m fighting for DeSantis. You are free to fight for whatever candidate you choose.”
If Trump goes down the flamethrower turns to DeSantis. Who you gonna support after they clean his clock with weaponized government?
A Deo Fluffer. How cute.
NY and DC don’t care who doesn’t like the way they do legal rampages. They do it because they can and nobody is stopping them.
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