Donald Trump has consistently called the Manhattan criminal case against him a “rigged” politically motivated witch hunt.

This is the part that gets me:

Lying on New York state business records is a crime, though usually charged as a misdemeanor.

Also, the statute of limitations had also expired on those charges.

But Bragg made those charges a felony, and got around the statute of limitations, by saying they were conducted with the “intent” to commit another crime, in this case, a conspiracy to help get election in 2016.

  • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
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    23 days ago

    that’s a pity since unprecedented cases do tend to set precedents.

    Not really - that’s just the criminal justice system working as intended.