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The day after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who campaigned for office on the ideology of « getting » Donald Trump, released a 34-count indictment alleging business records violations that somehow tainted an election, a long list of experts and commenters were on the attack – against Bragg.
« If the New York bench retains any integrity, this case will be thrown out as legally improper with an admonition to Bragg and his office for politicizing the criminal justice process, » warned constitutional expert Jonathan Turley.
« In a single indictment, Alvin Bragg bulldozed any high ground that the Democrats had after January 6th. He has fulfilled the narrative of the Trump campaign by supplying a raw and undeniable example of the politicization of the legal system. »
It was John Bolton, long a harsh critic of President Trump, who said he was « extraordinarily distressed » by how weak the case is. « I think it’s easily subject to being dismissed or a quick acquittal for Trump, » he charged.
Even John Bolton recognizes that this is a bogus case. Bolton just said he is « extraordinarily distressed » by the indictment and it is « even weaker than I feared it would be and I think it’s easily subject to being dismissed or a quick acquittal for Trump. » pic.twitter.com/zPEAaCjAhR
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) April 4, 2023
Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Just the News the indictment didn’t really include any crime.
« In his [Bragg’s] press conference, he mentions a couple of them, but they all relate to Stormy Daniels and other kinds of personal, sexual and other payoffs. That’s just not a crime. It’s just not a crime. »
Bragg staged a press conference shortly after Trump was arraigned to boast about his « years-long » effort to create a case against Trump.
Trump pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts regarding his business records.
Dershowitz openly wondered, « Where’s the victim here? Who was hurt? Stormy Daniels isn’t the victim. Who is the victim here? And do you ever devote that much time and resources – a lawyer’s time to such a victimless crime? »
Commentator Paul Mauro at Fox News noted the « flaws » in the case, including « the issue of selective prosecution; the escalation to a felony by use of a federal statute over which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has no jurisdiction; the question of how a 2016 event comes within the statute of limitations on the purported charges.
