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DA Bragg’s Attorneys Make Fatal Error When Revealing Underlying Crime in ‘Hush Money’ Case – Trump Attorneys Must Move to Dismiss Now
joehoft.com ^ | joe hoft

Posted on 04/24/2024 8:39:54 AM PDT by bitt

The attorneys representing the corrupt DA in New York, Alvin Bragg, in their case against President Trump, have made a serious error in their case. President Trump’s attorneys must move to dismiss.

DA Bragg’s case is in serious trouble. The gang behind the prosecution of President Trump made a serious error that should lead President Trump’s team to move to dismiss.

Prosecutors in New York have revealed what the other crime is that Donald Trump was allegedly trying to conceal when he was falsifying business records and they claim it was to unlawfully promote his candidacy. The fatal error is that the NY Statute they cite only applies to elections within the State of New York and not Federal Elections!

Trump was running for the federal office of President of the United States and not a State Office and therefore the premise of what the prosecution is trying to prove as the second crime used to get around the statute of limitations issue and to elevate this business records case to a felony must fail!

Prosecutors also cannot use a federal law as the second crime and additionally, the FEC, Federal Election Commission, declined on two occasions to prosecute the claim against Trump that the alleged hush money payment was in fact a federal violation.

In this case, Bragg and Colangelo, in an exercise of their legal analysis of the law maintain that Trump, Cohen, and Pecker conspired to get Trump elected to President of the United States. This is the basis for the elevation of charges.

This is enough to end the case but that’s not all.

The case refers to accounting entries “made” by President Trump (which is lunacy) or entries President Trump forced others to make. But these entries were made in 2017. So how could President Trump possibly impact the 2016 election with accounting entries that were made (clearly not by the President but by some entry-level accountant in his multi-billion dollar organization) in 2017?

On top of that, even far-left radical liberals are shaking their heads at this case and the evidence used to “get Trump”.

Trump, who faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, was discussed on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” where legal analyst Lisa Rubin presented a skeptical view of the prosecution’s case.

“The big takeaway is that this is a crime about falsification of business records, and yet, what the government seems to have the most evidence of is the underlying conspiracy,” Rubin explained on the show. She highlighted a lack of direct evidence linking Trump to the specific crimes charged: “What’s still unknown to me is how they’re going to prove Donald Trump’s own involvement in the falsification of the business records.”

President Trump handed over his companies to his sons before his inauguration in January 2017. The accounting entries in question were made after the handover occurred.

President Trump didn’t make any entries because no CEO of any multi-billion dollar company makes entries to the financials.

The accounting discussion in this case doesn’t make sense to anyone who’s ever worked in a large financial reporting operation.

This story appeared on JoeHoft.com


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2017; bragg; dabragg; fatalerror; hushmoneytrial; hushtrump; lawfare; trump; trumppersecution; warontrumo; warontrump
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To: bitt

President Trump didn’t make any entries because no CEO of any multi-billion dollar company makes entries to the financials.

Lights going dim for DA Bragg’s case before going totally dark.

OH SHIT meter railing.


41 posted on 04/24/2024 12:05:11 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: bitt

bttt


42 posted on 04/24/2024 12:07:50 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America..)
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To: bitt

LOL


43 posted on 04/24/2024 12:20:10 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Tipllub

“They want Trump to become “convicted felon” Donald Trump...”

Heck, even “Donald Trump, charged with xx felonies....” works on the low IQ voters.


44 posted on 04/24/2024 12:37:09 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: shotgun

The evidence before the court is incontrovertible.
There's no need for the jury to retire.
In all my years of judging, I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of law.

-PJ

45 posted on 04/24/2024 12:40:00 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: bitt

Doesn’t matter. It will be like Engeron. Merchan will declare no trial is needed and declare Trump is guilty of something, anything, and all that remains is how long he shall remain in prison.


46 posted on 04/24/2024 2:43:55 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

What the hell do they teach in law schools? How to prepare an invoice?


47 posted on 04/24/2024 3:15:30 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: bitt

Bragg forfeited huis right to life liberty and happiness by this effort


48 posted on 04/24/2024 3:23:57 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: Political Junkie Too
***If Bragg is using a state crime as his justification for bootstrapping his expired misdemeanors into felonies, I'd think that Trump has to be found guilty of those crimes first.***

Good point✔ In Bragg's initial filing he never even mentioned the election law violation; he is trying to wedge it in as an extra.🤔 ...except that New York shredded the Constitution when it became a 'Rat controlled state. sigh Same with California... same with D.C.❓ More piling on. American people need to awaken soon❗

49 posted on 04/24/2024 3:40:40 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: bitt; All

Funny how NO ONE IN THE PRESS remembers that Slick Clinton ‘paid’ Paula Jones $850,000.00 dollars ‘not to have sex with him.’

And then, sap Monica who DID have (and it even wasn’t ‘sex-sex’ or ‘is-is’ or something like that) ended up vilified and living the life of a Leper.

Socialist Democrat Logic! A Pox on all their houses!

Patriots HAVE had enough. LANDSLIDE win for President in Exile Trump come this November. Let’s make it a GLORIOUS Victory, FReepers!


50 posted on 04/24/2024 5:42:23 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: MeanWestTexan

When our federal level politicians have to use the taxpayer funded secret hush fund to pay to those accusing them of some sexual peccadillo, how do they account for it in the ‘books’ ????


51 posted on 04/24/2024 6:41:39 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370)
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To: Political Junkie Too

The real ‘problem’ with the ‘freedom of speech’ issue is that ‘freedom of speech’ only applies to a citizen’s RIGHT to address the federal government with grievances WITHOUT PERSECUTION.

It has nothing to do with what one citizen may say to another or to any other entity.


52 posted on 04/24/2024 6:51:05 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370)
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To: UCANSEE2
I have to think about this.

The first amendment bundled parts of several key civil rights together. They were not limited to how the people interacted with government; they were focused on how the people interacted with each other. Remember that prior to the Revolution, British soldiers would stand on street corners watching the people for signs of subversive behavior. The first amendment was to guarantee to the people that the new government would never do this.

Here is the text of now-Representative James Madison's first draft of what would become the first amendment submitted to the 1st Congress House of Representatives:

  1. The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.

  2. The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

  3. The people shall not be restrained from peaceably assembling and consulting for their common good; nor from applying to the Legislature by petitions, or remonstrances, for redress of their grievances.

Notice that in #5, Madison said "sentiments," not "grievances." Freedom of speech was not limited to speaking of grievances to the government. In #6, Madison says that people can peaceably assemble to "consult" for their "commong good." This supports #5 in that "consulting" is "free speech," and "common good" is sharing and comparing amongst themselves the sentiments of the people.

I don't believe that this intent was meant to be stripped away when the 1st Senate streamlined the amendments. Besides, limiting free speech to only a redress of grievances to the government would itself be an infringement on the people's right to free speech.

-PJ

53 posted on 04/24/2024 7:27:33 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Liz

And more and more and more...


54 posted on 04/24/2024 7:54:43 PM PDT by GOPJ (Two items Biden finds at 'Ice Cream Shoppes'? A: Ice cream cones and 7 year old girls to look at...)
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To: Liz

“We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is trending in that direction.” - Harry S Truman)

It is not at all proper for courts to try to make laws or to read law school theories into the law and policy laid down by the Congress.

We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F.B.I. is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex life scandles [sic] and plain blackmail, when they should be catching criminals.

May 12, 1945 | Harry S. Truman

Harry Truman Library (.gov)
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov › library › truman-papers


55 posted on 04/25/2024 10:47:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrender often myeans wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” — Sylvia Boorstein.))
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To: Grampa Dave

Nice try, Harry.


56 posted on 04/25/2024 10:59:27 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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