Pundits and legal experts from all sides have been reacting to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s 34-count indictment against President Donald Trump.
Bragg, a George Soros-funded Democrat, wanted it to be sealed as long as possible.
Now that it has been released, it has become clear why Bragg wanted to keep it under wraps.
According to one reporter who was in the courtroom, Trump’s attorneys laughed out loud when they read it.
Trump’s lawyer Joseph Tacopino seemed to confirm this with an answer during a press conference after the indictment:
Trump Attorney Joseph Tacopino was asked if he was surprised by anything in the indictment.. His response..
"Yeah, I was surprised there weren't any facts in it.."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
— Matt Couch (@RealMattCouch) April 4, 2023
Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe called it “an indictment of Alvin Bragg.”
“Legitimate law schools will forever use this indictment to teach the concept of prosecutorial abuse of discretion,” Ratcliffe said.
Alvin Bragg’s unsealed indictment is an indictment of Alvin Bragg. Legitimate law schools will forever use this indictment to teach the concept of prosecutorial abuse of discretion. All Americans, regardless of political persuasions, should condemn this indictment as the travesty… https://t.co/UQshdUftsr
— John Ratcliffe (@JohnRatcliffe) April 4, 2023
Left-wing outlet Vox’s Ian Millhiser first admitted that the legal underpinnings are… “not great.”
Folks, the legal foundations of this Trump indictment are… not great.https://t.co/XjRcYBYWnc
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 4, 2023
Millhiser later followed up by saying that his fears about the case getting tossed out “on a technicality” have been confirmed.
This Trump indictment confirms my fears that there’s a significant likelihood the whole case gets tossed out on a technicality.https://t.co/XjRcYBYWnc
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 4, 2023
Former Trump official Stephen Miller blasted the whole case as “stupid.”
The entire “expert of expertise” schtick depends on arguing with actual professionals about their own area (a legal expert) while abdicating responsibility for being stupid about it. pic.twitter.com/TJaYiXZg0g
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 4, 2023
Reporter Dan McLaughlin: “Calling this thin gruel is an insult to thin gruel.”
Calling this thin gruel is an insult to thin gruel.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 4, 2023
Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton argues that “Trump and the American people have been abused.”
I’ve reviewed the Trump indictment. There’s nothing there. Trump and the American people have been abused.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 4, 2023
Attorney Robert Barnes asked, “Where’s the meat?”
They would always say you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, but this doozy of an indictment doesn’t even have any ham. #TrumpIndictment https://t.co/qlldidhdm2
— Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) April 4, 2023
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) labeled the indictment frivolous, the arrest “a mockery of the rule of law,” and called the case “political persecution.”
The arrest and arraignment of former President Donald Trump by a left-wing Soros prosecutor today is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Not only is the indictment frivolous, this political persecution marks a dark day for our country.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 4, 2023
It now seems increasingly likely that this case will be dismissed.
Even if a conviction somehow occurs, there’s no way any serious appellate court or even the US Supreme Court will let it stand.
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