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So Alvin Bragg didn’t have an ace in the hole: The Manhattan DA’s long-awaited case against Donald Trump really does depend on a highly dubious legal bank shot.
All 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, that is, depend on linking them to campaign-law violations.
Otherwise, the fraud is just a misdemeanor crime that’s long past the statute of limitations.
Oh, and the 34 counts center on just three separate payouts; Bragg ran the number up by counting every document Trump signed.
That reach for quantity is basically an admission that the quality of the case is weak.
One slight surprise is that Bragg is alleging violations of not just federal campaign laws, but a New York one involving conspiracy to impact an election.
