Could Alvin Bragg Be The Last, Best Lawfare Chance To Send Trump To Jail Before The Election?
As The Georgia Lovebirds Continue To Be Exposed & A SCOTUS Ruling Looms About Special Counsel Jack Smith's Appointment
At this point, it's a foregone conclusion that Fani Willis and Nathan Wade will be disqualified from their roles in prosecuting the case against President Donald J. Trump.
And just think, the issue of whether or not Willis compromised grand jury material to a couple of reporters with Yahoo News hasn’t even come up yet.
If the forthcoming book by reporters Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman has come up yet at these ongoing hearings, I must have missed it. Does it even need to at this point, given everything else that’s come up about this shady and corrupt pair so far over the past two weeks?
On a parallel track to the developments in Fulton County is the recent brief accepted for review by the Supreme Court. Former US Attorney General under Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese, filed a brief with several others calling into question whether Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed legally two years ago.
Should the SCOTUS rule that Smith was illegally appointed, the Smith Special Counsel trials currently slated for Washington DC and Palm Beach would have to be canceled.
Then, Attorney General Merrick Garland would face a critical decision: whether or not to start all over again with a correctly and constitutionally appointed Special Counsel or drop the entire thing.
It should be clear that Trump isn’t out of the woods yet, even if Willis and Wade get themselves disqualified from the case in Atlanta and even if Smith is forced to step down by an adverse SCOTUS ruling.
If SCOTUS removes Smith from the picture as some expect, then this would mean the only criminal trial that Trump currently faces is starting late next month in New York City: the one being prosecuted by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
And the big problematic thing for those fervently hoping to see Trump convicted of a criminal offense -ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE - before the 2024 election is held is that the star witness against Trump at this upcoming trial is serial liar and prolific perjurer Michael Cohen, the former Trump Organization lawyer.
It should already be apparent that putting a person on the stand who’s already admitted to having lied under oath multiple times is not the best legal strategy.
And yet…here we are.
Or rather…there is Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, trying his best to send Trump to prison.
Is this the best star witness he can muster?
Now, some will say since this will be a New York City jury, it doesn’t matter how weak or absurd the case against Trump is.
After all, didn’t we see a New York City jury return a farcical judgment against Trump only a month ago in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case?
So, does it matter what kind of a case Bragg proffers against Trump if a New York City jury will be just itching for the slightest chance to send him to jail? We will find out after the trial starts on March 25.
At some point, you would hope the endless drumbeat of increasingly toxic and over-the-top lawfare being directed at Trump would hit the wall and stop under the weight of its sheer absurdity—especially the increasingly unhinged lawfare he’s being targeted with in New York State.
So far, that hasn’t happened yet.
Trump himself seems unconcerned, continuing to hold rallies and fundraisers and acting like he doesn’t have a care in the world.
You can chalk that up to his knowing he’s not in any danger or could conclude that he’s just not all that bright.
But I wouldn’t bet against him at this point.
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Lawfare is about the only strategy the Globalist Deep State has going for it. Trump has strongly alluded to his goal of 150 million votes and winning all 50 states. With the torrent of devastating evidence coming out over the runup to November, proving the stealing/coup of 2020 and the corruption and depravity that has overtaken the political class, anyone voting for Marxist Dems in November may very well be considered an enemy of our country. They won't be able to steal this one.
Thanks Brian for all your research and thoughtful commentary