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The Trump Trial in Manhattan is an Indictment of the New York Legal System

JonathanTurley

No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Here is the column: The famous Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “The more laws, the less justice.” Dunne and Mark F.

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It’s Moving, It’s Alive! Alvin Bragg Prepares the Ultimate Frankenstein Indictment

JonathanTurley

He is reportedly going to convert a misdemeanor for falsifying financial records into a prosecution of a federal crime. There are serious challenges to this prosecution, including an argument that time has expired under the statute of limitations. Bragg is combining parts from both state and federal codes.