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Alvin Bragg’s indictment of Donald Trump might open a Pandora’s Box for Democrats
NY Post ^ | 4/3/23 | Paul Sperry

Posted on 04/04/2023 12:18:12 AM PDT by CFW

Democrats are jumping for joy at the prospect of Donald Trump finally getting hooked, like Al Capone, on some kind of — any kind of — criminal charge.

But their own political idols — namely, the Clintons or Bidens — could one day be gored by a hyperpartisan district attorney in search of a crime, no matter how picayune.

Democratic DA Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump is so convoluted that even The Washington Post thinks it’s a stretch — and one that sets an ominous precedent. It threatens to open a Pandora’s Box of political indictments against former presidents and other elected officials, as well as their family members, by local prosecutors seeking to settle political scores.

What could DAs go after top Democrats for? Where to start. There’s no shortage of scandals.

Let’s take the Clinton Foundation, described by whistleblowers as the largest unprosecuted fraud ever. Bill and Hillary Clinton registered it as a tax-exempt charity, but have used it as their own personal “piggy bank.”

The foundation keeps offices in Little Rock, Ark., where new Pulaski County DA Will Jones is a Republican who last year beat a Soros-backed Democrat for the job. He might be able to get creative with a tax-fraud case against the Clintons, who have potentially stiffed local coffers of millions in corporate income and other taxes.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: indictment; pandorasbox; payback; trump
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Is there a D.A. that has the back-bone?
1 posted on 04/04/2023 12:18:12 AM PDT by CFW
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It’s not a matter of backbone that’s needed. It’s a lack of ethics. There might be some one out there that slummy on the Republican side but I doubt it


2 posted on 04/04/2023 12:26:41 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: CFW

Screw with the Bull of Law, and you get the horn. Paybacks can be terminal.


3 posted on 04/04/2023 12:27:21 AM PDT by Equine1952
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To: Nifster

The actual lies, criminal acts, and corruption by both the Clinton and Biden families is pretty well documented and has been for years. To have a chance of restoring our nation, both will need to be prosecuted.


4 posted on 04/04/2023 12:33:07 AM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: CFW

This idiot DA was talking 💩 about MTG. That she better not start trouble if she comes to NYC or she’ll get arrested. What does he think she’ll do? Smash some windows? Torch a police car? IOW, does Alvin expect her to act like a mostly peaceful protester?


5 posted on 04/04/2023 1:21:15 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire AP, NPR, CBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: CFW

Disbar Fat Head Al and lock him up.


6 posted on 04/04/2023 1:23:34 AM PDT by Paladin2
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gotta go after their up and coming “stars”...like the Whitmer bitch here in Michigan. Shes already target rich with a bunch of shady stuff from donors...got caught getting private jet flights when sneaking off to Florida during her own “covid lock downs”. Quite sure there is a Hillsdale County prosecutor that would to sink his teeth into that fatt butt....especially when she announces shes running for President.


7 posted on 04/04/2023 1:49:52 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: Nifster

If this is allowed to stand, any Republican in a right leaning district who can identify a very right leaning judge has an open invitation to charge a prominent leftist Democrat on any cockamamie legal theory he can come up with.

Just get the judge to refuse to grant a change of venue and Viola! You’ve got a jury pool likely to be very hostile to the defendant anyway and now really pissed off and looking for a pound of flesh. The Defendant is screwed. You as the DA, have just bagged a great big trophy “kill” for which your voters are likely to be thankful.

That’s exactly where this leads.


8 posted on 04/04/2023 1:53:23 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Paladin2

no way this guy does something as divisive and dangerous like this with out the OK from party higher ups...this has obama /susan rice/eric holder written all over it...also, the White House had to know.


9 posted on 04/04/2023 1:56:32 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: FLT-bird

I hate to adopt the Left’s evil tactics. But sometimes the aggressor sets the rules of engagement.


10 posted on 04/04/2023 2:00:21 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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The Democrats did this so they could go after future ex-presidents.

We need to turn the tables.

Indict Obama for murdering an American citizen (with no due process) using a drone strike in a country that we were not at war with.


11 posted on 04/04/2023 3:16:12 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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That person would be indicted by Feds to protect Biden.

More of those Raids they love.

His/her lawyers office is raided.

State Bars are liberal. Banks won’t do business with him.

Judges rebuke him and sanction him.

The Surrender Monkeys in GOP have enabled this while culture to take over, and they keep letting Wray and Garland decide how much more money they want.

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12 posted on 04/04/2023 3:16:22 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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It’s unlikely the DOJ would prosecute the Clintons, but local DAs could do it if the crimes are not too old.


13 posted on 04/04/2023 3:33:17 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (I never watched)
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To: CFW

“Lock them up!”


14 posted on 04/04/2023 4:00:39 AM PDT by Brandonmark (November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
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To: CFW

NO, and their DEMOCRAT WIVES and Children would DISOWN him!!


15 posted on 04/04/2023 4:12:47 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Amen....MYG is NOT BLM or ANTIFA!!


16 posted on 04/04/2023 4:13:37 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
MYG

MTG

17 posted on 04/04/2023 4:19:16 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (I never watched)
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To: Impala64ssa

Sounds like the Fat Assed TOKEN NY DA just made a credible threat against a current serving member of the US House of Representatives.

Sounds like a Federal Crime to me. OKAY Republicans, do you have enough evidence NOW to go get TUBBY????


18 posted on 04/04/2023 4:20:09 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

TYPO! I know it’s MTG!


19 posted on 04/04/2023 4:23:10 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I believe it was mayor Eric Adams that targeted MTG with invective and threat. NYC could well experience a “George Floyd moment” from some unhappy conservatives.


20 posted on 04/04/2023 4:27:45 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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