A report titled “Lawfare: How the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and a New York State Judge Violated the Constitutional and Legal Rights of President Donald J. Trump.” was put together by the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government today. It’s a deep dive into the 34-count criminal indictment against Trump, announced by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg back in April 2023. The charges? Allegedly, Trump fiddled with New York business records to hide a federal crime, turning misdemeanors into felonies. This all ties back to payments made by Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels in 2017.
In the report they argue that even if Trump did fiddle with his bookkeeping, the transactions happened in 2017. That’s a full year after the 2016 election, so how could they have influenced it? Secondly, there’s a big question mark over whether Bragg even has the authority to enforce federal campaign finance laws.
The Judiciary Committee decided to get involved, demanding answers from Mark Pomerantz, a former Special Assistant District Attorney who was neck-deep in the investigation. After some initial pushback, Pomerantz finally showed up for a deposition on May 12, 2023. The Committee’s interim findings, released on April 25, 2024, pretty much concluded that the prosecution was politically motivated and that Bragg’s actions set a dangerous precedent for future politically driven prosecutions.
The report goes into great detail about the legal and procedural mess in Bragg’s prosecution of Trump. One major issue is Bragg’s “Russian-nesting-doll” theory of criminal liability. This unprecedented approach allowed the jury to convict Trump without agreeing on each element of the offenses charged, which is a big no-no when it comes to due process.
Bragg also stepped on some federal toes by pursuing charges related to federal campaign finance violations. According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) Commissioner Trey Trainor, Congress gave exclusive jurisdiction over these laws to federal authorities. Bragg’s actions? A clear overreach.
And let’s not forget Judge Juan Merchan’s role in this circus. The report slams him for failing to recuse himself despite clear political bias, slapping an unconstitutional gag order on Trump, and letting in some pretty prejudicial testimony. The jury instructions were a hot mess too, allowing for a non-unanimous verdict on the underlying crimes, which is a big deal in legal land.
The report doesn’t shy away from pointing out the political motivations behind the prosecution. Alvin Bragg campaigned hard on the promise to go after Trump. Once he got the DA job, he faced massive political pressure to deliver. The report highlights the dangers of such politically motivated prosecutions, warning they could erode public trust in the justice system and encourage future abuses of power.
During the hearings, several legal experts and former officials highlighted the procedural and substantive flaws in the prosecution. Elizabeth Price Foley, a constitutional law scholar, called the charges a “Russian-nesting-doll theory of criminality,” underscoring the multiple layers of due process violations. Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy and others echoed these concerns, emphasizing the lack of specificity and the unprecedented nature of the charges.
The interim report wraps up by stating that Trump’s trial in Manhattan was riddled with legal and constitutional defects. The prosecution was politically motivated, legally shaky, and procedurally flawed, depriving Trump of a fair trial. The report calls for continued oversight to prevent future politically driven prosecutions and to ensure the integrity of the judicial process.
Basically it comes down to fact that Bragg’s case was the biggest fake news moment in history. While I appreciate the effort put into this report highlighting the joke of a criminal case brought by Bragg we need the Republican party and its leadership to do more than issue reports. Action is needed!
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Overturn the whole verdict remove Bragg end this whole thing have all involved Investigated and see whose are the very bottom of this whole thing they should be doing Life Without Parole
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The NY trial should be declared a mistrial. The prosecution is in conflict with the recent USSC decision on Presidential immunity.
Should the unhinged judge proceed with sentencing, it is likely the SC will intervene. Hence, the delay until September. It gives the unhinged judge time to do an Emily Litella.
It should be declared an insult to the American people and the premise of an honest justice system.
These libs/dems act like those young kids who get together, drink (or do drugs) get an idea how to “get Trump,” then have the power (because joe’s weaponized DOJ) to give it a try only to be thwarted by the actual case law.
Then they do a collective, “Never Mind!” and instead of learning anything from their failure, just move to try it over again.
It will take a thorough cleansing of the DoJ before any action can be taken. It will be a good time and method to flush out those who defend the deep state over the Constitution. Inevitably, Bragg, Merchan and all others involved in this unholy prosecution should be held to accounts.
Alternatively, we could throw Trump and his accomplices in prison where they belong.
You are supposed to only throw people in prison that have committed crimes. Being 10,000% superior to Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden is not a crime.
Again with the nonsense child, give it a rest.
Amazing how you Libtards ignore all the corruption of Biden and his cronies.. I believe the chickens will becoming home to roost after this election.
Corruption and crime is perfectly fine with Democrats, as long as they are doing it. They only treat laws, rules, ethics and the Constitution as weapons.
Twice Impeached Porn Star Humping Convicted Felon Seeks Position as President
Pelosi Refuses To Back Biden On MSNBC, Says He Should Make Decision ‘Next Week
Whose idea was it for Queen Nancy to go on camera without any (or enough) makeup? GODDAMN!!! Paulie P. has to see that EVERY DAY!
Democrats are seeing the disastrous downside of cheating to put an incompetent puppet in the Awful Office. I hope they suffer the most extreme losses in history.
democrats are imploding.
No affair with Stormy, not convicted until sentenced. Meanwhile, the only thing keeping Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden from being a felon is he’s too mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Which begs the question, if he would be unable to stand trial, why on earth does he continue to play president?
You’re convicted when the jury finds you guilty. Trump is presently a convicted felon awaiting sentencing. He has already been interviewed by his probation officer.
Liar
Nope.
Trump is scheduled for sentencing on September 18th.
Not going to happen. The trial verdict is in conflict with the recent SC decision on Presidential immunity. Perhaps you should educate yourself with respect to the decision and the admission of evidence protected by immunity.
Trump’s lawyers would first have to establish that the hush money payment to the porn star and falsification of his private business records to conceal it were official presidential acts. Otherwise, he’s got no immunity from prosecution under the recent SCOTUS ruling.
“Private business records”. Very important distinction, since he isn’t a publicly traded company and he took no tax deduction for the expenses. NO CRIME HERE.
Now, what was the crime all 12 jurists unanimously agreed Trump committed that made this non-crime a felony?
Breaking: House passes GOP-led SAVE Act that bans non-citizen voting in federal elections https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-votes-gop-led-save-act?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost
Hopefully, if Americans gain control of both houses, legislation can be passed to withhold all federal funds from cities and states that will not enforce or cooperate with immigration laws and who serve as sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants. There ARE laws against illegal immigrants voting, but it takes enforcement. Democrats will not enforce laws that go against their interests, and having illegal immigrants voting is definitely one of their interests. It’s why the border is wide open.
What is wrong with democrats? Illegal aliens do not have to right to vote in our elections. Are you proud of the anti-American democrat party?
Illegal immigrants voting is cheating and cheating is the Democrats’ final hope.
Breaking — Anna Paulina Luna introduces ‘inherent contempt’ resolution to arrest Merrick Garland.
Trump issues statement on Garland.
Now he’s on the lam. Fleeing justice. A fugitive. Maybe Luna should introduce the same bill 34 times. Wouldn’t that look even worse?
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump
…During and after his term as President of the United States, Donald Trump made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. The Washington Post‘s fact-checkers documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his presidential term, an average of about 21 per day.[1][5][6][7] The Toronto Star tallied 5,276 false claims from January 2017 to June 2019, an average of 6 per day.[2] Commentators and fact-checkers have described the scale of Trump’s mendacity as “unprecedented” in American politics,[13] and the consistency of falsehoods a distinctive part of his business and political identities.[14] Scholarly analysis of Trump’s tweets found “significant evidence” of an intent to deceive.[15]
By June 2019, after initially resisting, many news organizations began to describe some of his falsehoods as “lies“.[16] The Washington Post said his frequent repetition of claims he knew to be false amounted to a campaign based on disinformation.[17] Trump campaign CEO and presidency chief strategist Steve Bannon said that the press, rather than Democrats, was Trump’s primary adversary and “the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”[18][19]
As part of their attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump and his allies repeatedly falsely claimed there had been massive election fraud and that Trump had won the election.[7] Their effort was characterized by some as an implementation of Hitler‘s “big lie” propaganda technique.[20]
On June 8, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump on one count of making “false statements and representations”, specifically by hiding subpoenaed classified documents from his own attorney who was trying to find and return them to the government.[21] In August 2023, 21 of Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election were listed in his Washington, D.C. indictment,[22] while 27 were listed in his Georgia indictment.[23]
Many academics and observers who study the American political scene have called Trump unique or highly unusual in his lying and its effect on political discourse. “It has long been a truism that politicians lie,” wrote Carole McGranahan for the American Ethnologist in 2017, but “Donald Trump is different”. He is the most “accomplished and effective liar” to have ever participated in American politics; moreover, his lying has reshaped public discourse so that “the frequency, degree, and impact of lying in politics are now unprecedented”.[9]
Historian Douglas Brinkley stated that U.S. presidents have occasionally “lied or misled the country,” but none were a “serial liar” like Trump.[24] Donnel Stern, writing in Psychoanalytic Dialogues in 2019, declared: “We expect politicians to stretch the truth. But Trump is a whole different animal,” because Trump “lies as a policy,” and “will say anything” to satisfy his supporters or himself.[25]
Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth, writing for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in 2017, described how lies have “always been an integral part of politics”. However, Trump was “delivering untruths on an unprecedented scale”, during his campaign and presidency. Skjeseth commented that no one in French politics was comparable to Trump in his provision of falsehoods.[10]…
Go lay a Egg Greg