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Originally Posted by VitaMan
What exactly are the charges Mr. Trump may or may not be indicted on ?
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the short version is Bragg is trying to link a misdemeanor fraud claiming the Trump Org "illegally" labeled a check to reimburse Cohen as "legal expenses" as a felony election violation.
the case has many problems.
the statute of limitations for a misdemeanor fraud case has expired. Cyrus Vance, Bragg's predecessor as DA allowed it to expire without bringing charges.
the DOJ and FEC both looked into Cohen's claims and determined no campaign finance laws were violated.
the "link" of a state misdemeanor to a federal felony in election law has never been tested, never been made before and supposedly is based on post Civil war law during reconstruction era.
for a violation of campaign finances the Trump campaign would have had to pay Cohen for his expenses. the check which Cohen presented came from the Trump Org.
the claim it is "illegal" (fraud) to label the payment to Cohen, a lawyer, for legal work i.e. settling with Daniels as "legal expenses" is nonsense. yet this is the base claim Bragg needs to make (which is past the statutes to bring) and make a "link" to Federal election law, citing a post Civil war regulation never before used.
yeah. this case is rock solid! not!
bahahhahhaaaa
