ICYMI – It looks like former President Donald Trump won’t be paraded around in handcuffs anytime soon. Prosecutor Alvin Bragg isn’t about to admit he jumped off a legal cliff without a parachute, so he postponed prosecution long enough for most of America to forget about him. All he had to do was drag his feet a few days with an extra witness because he knew his grand jury had a whole month scheduled off.
Trump Grand Jury fizzles
Everyone in America on both sides of the political aisle has been glued to their screens for news from the grand jury. The one that’s supposed to indict former President Donald Trump. After the prosecution’s plan was illegally leaked, the whole thing blew up in a firestorm of controversy.
Once everyone started to take a hard look at what the New York state prosecutor was trying to pull, the wheels fell off. Meanwhile, the grand jury has been stuck in limbo wondering what happened. We’ll all keep wondering for at least another month.
According to the New York Post on Wednesday, March 29, the “Manhattan grand jury that’s hearing evidence against former President Trump in the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money‘ case plans to recess for a month.”
Alvin Bragg has called off his grand jury for one month.
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He needs to resign and George Soros, who funds him, needs to be investigated & PROSECUTED for trying to overthrow our nation.
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It’s not because of the congressional probe into Bragg’s proprietorial overreach or anything. They had it planned for the jury to take a break while their kids are off school. It was set up ever since they were impaneled.
The prosecutor’s office notes the break “will cover the city school system’s weeklong Spring Recess next month.” It will also conveniently “push back any potential indictment of Trump.” The whole issue of a payment made to Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen hinges on a federal felony which the feds already determined didn’t happen.
Not only that, the money was allegedly paid to cover an alleged affair which Daniels herself has recanted in writing. She admitted it never happened. Lawyers settle nuisance lawsuits all the time by throwing money at them. Cohen threw Trump’s personal money, not campaign cash. Alvin Bragg doesn’t seem to comprehend the law.
Another witness
After Trump got wind of his impending arrest and made it national headline news, it threw the prosecution into a tailspin. The case started falling apart when a witness testified for the defense that Michael Cohen is a slimy liar who can’t be trusted with anything and was the one who set up the payment behind Trump’s back.
That hit home with the jury and Bragg went home to get drunk. Then, he gave everyone a week off with no explanation while he fought off congressional phone calls.
They brought the jury back but not to decide on charges. Instead, Bragg hauled former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker back on the stand. He “met with Cohen in August 2015 and offered to help suppress stories about the scandal.”
BREAKING: Trump Manhattan Grand Jury to Break for an Entire Month https://t.co/rSoSJ0MHaO
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) March 29, 2023
Bragg thinks that will prove “campaign fraud.” Since what he’s really got on Trump is a “bookkeeping” error, which is only a misdemeanor, he needs to chain it up with some sort of felony.
The big problem for Bragg is that the campaign fraud felony he’s working is a federal crime. As a state prosecutor, he has no authority to do anything with it. The federal prosecutors who did have the authority took a hard look at the allegations years ago. They quickly came to the conclusion that there wasn’t any crime committed so they never charged Trump with a single thing.
Another big flaw in Braggs logic, he was under the impression that an indictment would be enough to prevent a run for president in 2024. He’s totally mistaken. Even a conviction isn’t enough to prevent Trump’s campaign. Arresting Trump, on the other hand is likely to guarantee he gets elected.
