Let’s talk Trump

Y’all have asked for it, so here it is. Let’s talk about Trump.

Manhattan DA Bragg has charged him with 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. The charges are normally misdemeanors, but they’re being charged as felonies because the DA is making the claim that the falsifications were done in furtherance of a crime. What crime is that? Who the fuck knows. As best anyone can tell, it’s the crime of a federal campaign violation. Which both the DOJ and SEC have looked at and not pursued, even civilly.

All because Trump paid a porn star to keep her mouth shut. The most vain man in the world didn’t want people to know that he may have or may have not had sexual relations with the porn actress in the mid aughts. Shocker. Naturally it was a campaign expense to shut her trap, right? Yeah, nobody thinks that either, which is why the SEC didn’t even pursue it.

So who is Alvin Bragg? He’s only been in office a short time, but in that time he’s led a DA’s office that has become known for dropping cases. He famously pursued charges against a bodega owner who defended himself from a violent attack.

Fox News says;

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said after former President Trump was arraigned Tuesday that his office won’t normalize “serious criminal conduct.”

“Earlier this afternoon, Donald Trump was arraigned on a New York Supreme Court indictment returned by a Manhattan grand jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree,” Bragg said.

“Under New York state law is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. That is exactly what this case is about. 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes,” Bragg said. “These are felony crimes in New York State. No matter who you are, we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct.”

In July 2022, Bragg initially sought a second-degree murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba, who was seen on surveillance camera stabbing Austin Simon in what appears to be self-defense. Simon is seen in the video coming behind the cashiers’ desk on July 1, 2022 and attacked Alba.

After significant backlash, Bragg’s office dropped the charge.

In another instance, the Manhattan district attorney reduced charges against William Rolon, who allegedly stole over $2,000 worth of merchandise and medicine from a store in January 2022. While Rolon was armed with a knife, his charges were reduced to petit larceny, a misdemeanor, according to FOX 5.

Prosecutors also reduced charges against the same suspect in a separate robbery at TJ Maxx on Jan. 7, 2022.

In 2022, Bragg’s first year as Manhattan district attorney, the prosecutor reduced more than half of felony cases to misdemeanors.

Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree on Tuesday. Typically, falsifying business records is considered a misdemeanor charge but rises to a felony when a defendant’s “intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.”

During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Bragg was asked why the second alleged concealed crime wasn’t specified in the indictment.

“Let me say as an initial matter that the indictment doesn’t specify it because the law does not so require. In my remarks, I mentioned a couple of laws which I will highlight again now,” Bragg said. “The first is New York state election law, which makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means. I further indicated a number of unlawful means, including additional false statements, including statements that were planned to be made to tax authorities. I also noted the federal election law cap on contribution limits.”

Bragg accused Trump as well as his associates of using a “catch and kill” scheme to possibly bury potentially damaging information that came ahead of the election in 2016.

“Trump then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate state and federal election laws,” Bragg alleged. “In total, 34 false entries were made in New York business records to conceal the initial covert $130,000 payment.”

I’m sure Democrats haven’t fully thought through the precedent set here. As they didn’t remember the “Biden Rule” for election year appointments and almost instantly regretted Harry Reid’s implementation of the so-called Nuclear Option, I’m sure they won’t ever see any negatives to this until a Republican plays their game by their rules.

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