The ludicrous case against Donald Trump, brought forward by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, has been torn apart by Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor and current CNN legal analyst. Honig, who once worked with Bragg, lambasted the case as an “ill-conceived, unjustified mess.”
Honig slammed the charges of falsifying business records as unprecedented and obscure, suggesting that they were seemingly tailored specifically to target Trump.
Elie Honig’s article is a damning indictment of the due process violations in this prosecution. The CNN legal commentator followed every twist and turn of the Trump Trial and previously worked with Alvin Bragg in the Manhattan DA’s office. This revelation is particularly stunning: pic.twitter.com/PPsuLQMIlD
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Honig highlighted serious concerns such as the judge donating to anti-Trump groups – a blatant violation of impartiality – and the absence of any precedent for charging federal election laws as state crimes. He also pointed out how these charges seemed to stretch legal boundaries beyond recognition.
“The prosecutors may have got their man for now — but they twisted the law in an unprecedented way to catch their prey,” wrote Honig.
“The judge donated money, a mere $35, but this is a clear breach of a rule that prohibits New York judges from making political donations of any kind. The funds were earmarked for ‘resisting the Republican Party and Donald Trump’s radical right-wing legacy.’ Would people have been okay if the judge had donated to ‘Re-elect Donald Trump, MAGA forever!’? Absolutely not.”
Despite the jury convicting Trump, Honig argues that this case severely tests the boundaries of law and due process.
The prosecution’s desperate attempt to cobble together charges against Trump could end up undermining the very office that brought them forward.
“The charges against Trump are obscure and almost entirely unprecedented. No state prosecutor – in New York, Wyoming or anywhere else – has ever charged federal election laws as a direct or predicate state crime. Even the Manhattan DA itself rarely brings cases where falsification of business records is the sole charge,” wrote Honig.
“These charges aren’t just unusual. They’re bespoke, seemingly crafted individually for the former president and nobody else,” Honig wrote.
“Most importantly, these charges push the outer boundaries of law and due process. That’s not on the jury. That’s on the prosecutors who chose to bring this case and the judge who allowed it to proceed in such a manner.”
Source: State of the Union
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