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

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial today in New York. 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. However, two prosecutors, Carey R.

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Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously

JonathanTurley

I have long been a critic of the Bragg indictment as legally incomprehensible. For months, even liberal legal analysts have expressed dismay that Bragg’s indictment had not clearly stated what specific crime that Trump sought to conceal by allegedly misrepresenting payments to former adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

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Stormy Daniels Day: Alvin Bragg Lights Dumpster Fire in Manhattan

JonathanTurley

Below is my New York Post column on the unseemly scene in the courtroom of Judge Juan Merchan as prosecutors used porn star Stormy Daniels to present lurid details on her alleged tryst with former president Donald Trump. In New York, the relevance or credibility of witnesses like Daniels is largely immaterial.

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Bragg and the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution: Why the Trump Trial Could End With a Hung Jury

JonathanTurley

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. It was not Trump who listed payments as legal expenses or retainer payments.

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“I See Dead People”: Bragg’s Case Against Trump Goes Paranormal

JonathanTurley

With a dubious legal theory, the testimony has only magnified the criticism of the prosecution as parading sensational rather than material evidence before the jury and the public. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is losing even CNN hosts and legal analysts. The cross examination was devastating.

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Bragg’s Legal Slurpee: The Trump Indictment is Designed for Instant Satisfaction Without Substance

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the release of the indictment against former President Donald Trump. Yes, the man who has routinely knocked down felony crimes to misdemeanors — or dismissals — actually suggested that he had no alternative but to charge Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records.

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A Manhattan Canned Hunt: The Trump Jury is Out But is the Case in the Bag?

JonathanTurley

The instructions in the case raised concerns that the deliberations could become a legal version of a canned hunt, where the prey is trapped in a cage or fenced in areas to be dispatched. In New York, the defense must go first, giving the government free rein over its closing with no risk of contradiction from the defense.