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Breaking: Bragg Indicts Trump (Update: Trump Responds)
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted President Trump late Thursday. This is the first time any president has been charged in a criminal matter.
During Bragg’s campaign, he promised to indict Trump, a fact that many legal experts believe could harm any chance of conviction. Though the specifics remain under seal, the indictment follows an investigation centering on a $130,000 payment made by Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.
Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 and served time for charges related to campaign finance violations and tax fraud. He claimed that Trump directed him to make the payment and that Trump reimbursed him in monthly installments that included a bonus.
The grand jury in the case was not scheduled to reconvene until late April. Bragg still had the power to call for a vote on the indictment even though they were not in session.
Bragg’s obvious political agenda isn’t the only fact hampering a conviction.
The charge likely focuses on falsifying business records, which is a misdemeanor. Even if Bragg is able to shift that up to a felony, New York’s statute of limitations for most felonies is five years, making this case two years too late.
Update (6:27 p.m. ET): Trump just issued a statement.
Thank you for the background.
I have long since ceased to care about artificial Trump drama. But, the rest of you, have fun arguing pointlessly about it.
Every time I think I got away… They pull me back in!
As usual, I don’t see this as about Trump. This is the government I sulating itself from change, Constitution be damned.
By this time next year, it could be illegal to express this opinion.
Every time news like this breaks, I think of this tweet:
Anybody remember when President Trump sought to jail Clinton because of the Illegal email server? But by all means, keep telling us that he was the Fascist threat to our Republic.
I’m resigned to the fact that we already live under a Soviet-style authoritarian state, and the state has already insulated itself from change by instituting junkmail ballot laws in enough states to ensure a permanent Democrat majority.
Did you see what happened in Tennessee today? A mob of left-wing protesters stormed the capitol. Safe bet that none of them will see any jail time; much less be locked away for months in solitary without charges.
The war is over. We lost.
The walls are closing in!
Moving down that line.
Think they will lock him up for a trial in a few years. Just like the J6 folk?
Trump is now the Nelson Mandela of American politics; minus the crazy wife who sets people on fire.
Another bombshell.
She sets me afire!
Yes
Democrats hunting witches again, I see.
This will knock Trump out of the election. I am sure key states while exclude him from the election for it.
No noes! Ron mentioned Soros. He hates the Jooooos.
What is interesting is that Trump’s attorney(s) were not notified of the indictment(s) by Bragg’s office today. The indictment has not been published yet. So we don’t know if the charge or charges contain a felony or misdemeanor charge.
So my Trump primary vote is now solidified.
And just like that, the United States got a new flag.
Update:
This country has become third world. I’m sick of this. I wish I could hibernate from all politics but it’s not just politics. Transgenderism, gay marriage, corruption, judicial abuse. The rot has seeped into every facet of society.
Biden Relieved After Learning The President Being Indicted For Shady Financial Dealings Is Just Trump
They’ve had that one ready to go for weeks.
Meanwhile, we have an Attorney General who flat-out lied about U. S. Marshalls being given the authority to decide not to arrest protesters outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. Perjury. No consequences.
It’s good to be king.
So? Lying is the normal way of legal / law / government. They can lie and you can not. It is how our country works. They are just getting around letting everybody know it.
If God does not issue some severe punishment, and soon, He owes a sincere apology to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lying to the President about the number of troops in Syria? A lie that can actually get people killed and waste billions of dollars? No court martials, no punishment.
Hush-money payment to a skank, which costed as much as a hand full of limo rides, suits and haircuts (i.e., normal campaign expenses)? Let’s indict the President.