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As Effort To ‘Get Trump’ Ramps Up, Are Leaks From Bragg’s Grand Jury a Crime?
The New York Sun ^ | 3/31/23 | ALAN DERSHOWITZ

Posted on 04/01/2023 2:04:29 PM PDT by Jim W N

It is likely that a serious felony has been committed right under District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s nose and he is not investigating it. Under New York law, it is a felony to leak confidential grand jury information, such as whether the jurors voted to indict. The protection of secrecy is as applicable to President Trump as it is to anyone else.

We know that the information was disclosed while the indictment itself remains sealed and before any official announcement was made or charges brought. It is unlikely that the leak came from the Trump team, which seemed genuinely surprised.

The most likely, though uncertain, scenario is that a person in Mr. Bragg’s office or a grand juror unlawfully leaked the sealed information. That would be a class E felony, subject to imprisonment.

It is possible of course that an investigation is underway, but it seems more likely that Mr. Bragg is too busy making up a crime against the man he promised in his campaign to get than investigating a real crime that took place on his watch.

In my new book, “Get Trump,” I predicted that partisan prosecutors would try to get Trump regardless of the lack of evidence or law. That prediction has come true. [B]ased on leaks, that it involves multiple counts, almost certainly involving the payment of hush money to a porn actress.

Under Mr. Bragg’s likely theory, Mr. Trump should have disclosed in his public corporate records that he paid the hush money to avoid his adulterous affair from becoming public. But no one in history has ever publicly disclosed the reason he paid money for a non-disclosure agreement.

Thus, even the misdemeanor allegation involving false entries is unprecedented and represents selective prosecution. It is also almost certainly barred by the two-year statute of limitations.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alvinbragg; bananarepublic; bidenvoters; bragg; bragggate; braggwillgodown; dershowitz; dershy; felonious; felony; grandjury; grandjuryleak; grandjuryleaker; harassment; persecution; shamdictment; trump; trumpindictment
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To: Jim W N
Personally I think Trump could raise the issue in Federal Court that this fake indictment is federal election interference. With essentially no precedent it might easy to get the whole thing quashed, although PDJT is prolly ok with the whole matter and it exploding in Bragg's face.
21 posted on 04/01/2023 4:30:12 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Steely Tom

Mr. Dershowitz argues for the rule of law. How quaint.


If I recall correctly, wasn’t there a situation where fed gov payments were made to cover up Senate and House sexual problems?


22 posted on 04/01/2023 4:48:46 PM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: Jim W N

Yes, if you can catch the persons involved.


23 posted on 04/01/2023 5:13:14 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Jim W N

From The WH question and answer on Nov 9, 2022:

Q So the entire genesis of that G7 conversation was tied to your predecessor, who is about to launch another campaign. So how do you reassure them, if that is the reason for their questioning, that the former President will not return or that his political movement, which is still very strong, will not —

THE PRESIDENT(Biden): Oh, yeah? (Laughs.)

Q — once again take power in the United States?

THE PRESIDENT(Biden): Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power by — if we — if he does run. I’m making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next President again.

Q Thanks.


24 posted on 04/01/2023 5:19:05 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: Revel

MAGA Has a long memory. Remember these tools of the deep state and the time will come when justice with come to them! Thise that are riding high now may well be walking sooner or later. The Truth will set us free.


25 posted on 04/01/2023 5:20:14 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: dforest

They will gag order Trump and then allow all kinds of leaks out of Bragg’s side.

Trump ought to be ready to tell the judge to eff off if he tries to gag Trump.

Tell the judge “I am running for President. You can’t deny the American citizenry the right to hear my message, and my right to respond to this blatantly partisan and political witch hunt. Throw me in jail if you have the balls, but I will not submit to your gag order.”


26 posted on 04/01/2023 5:59:59 PM PDT by TheConservator (Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
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To: Jim W N

27 posted on 04/01/2023 6:26:52 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; All

I’m sure Repukes can impeach someone to put an end to it but they’ll just give a bunch of words that they never have to live up to. It’s the Repuke way.


28 posted on 04/01/2023 7:16:17 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: TheConservator

And what if they throw President Trump into jail and then arrange to have him Epsteined?


29 posted on 04/02/2023 3:30:36 AM PDT by Ex-Episcopalian
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To: Jim W N

Trump can do the same thing even with a gag order. His son will be all over the net.


30 posted on 04/02/2023 3:37:34 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Jim W N

Trying to deal with Democrats is a waste of time. They’re duplicitous. Spend your time reinforcing your own values and pushing your own agenda.


31 posted on 04/02/2023 5:06:37 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Revel

Anytime someone locks a Twitter account after tweeting about the specific topic and the topic becomes relevant, you know they made a mistake.


32 posted on 04/02/2023 2:18:22 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: caww

Sondergerichte.


33 posted on 04/02/2023 4:00:16 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (I never watched)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Yes.


34 posted on 04/02/2023 4:39:35 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Steely Tom

And then goes and votes for the Democrats in the next election.


35 posted on 04/02/2023 9:30:09 PM PDT by lasereye ( )
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