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I wrote a piece on Monday that the 34 charges against former President Donald Trump may not be what they seem, that they might be trying to run up the counts to make it look worse, but the counts mainly revolve around the same transaction.The indictment has now been unsealed, and my colleague Jennifer Van Laar has also written a good piece on the matter.I wanted to further break down some of the legal questions raised.According to the statement of facts, the counts are in connection with a hush payment that Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, made to adult film...

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg seriously embarrassed himself with the indictment that was unsealed on Tuesday.As I noted previously, it confirms the case is the turkey we thought and is a “charge-stacking” effort. It has more holes than Swiss cheese, and it gives the Trump attorneys ample room to run a truck through the case and get it tossed. Expect a motion coming to dismiss the matter shortly, as they already indicated.Bragg held a brief presser to try to justify himself. What he said was pretty laughable."We can not, and will not normalize serious criminal conduct."– District Attorney Alvin BraggSame guy...

Georgia – Last week a Fulton County judge ordered parts of the grand jury report in the garbage Trump 2020 election investigation to be released as the prosecutor considers charges against Trump and his allies. The grand jury concluded that “one or more witnesses” lied under oath and recommended perjury indictments. “A majority of the Grand Jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it,” the report said. “The Grand Jury recommends that the District Attorney seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling,” the report said, according to CNBC....