Category: Alvin Bragg

’34 Bad Counts’: Alan Dershowitz Says Manhattan DA’s Case Against Trump Is ‘Weak’

Prominent legal scholar Alan Dershowitz said on April 5 that the Manhattan district attorney’s case against former President Donald Trump is “weak.” “There’s nothing strong about it. You can’t create strength with multiple weaknesses,” Dershowitz told The Epoch Times a day after Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at…


Alan Dershowitz Says Manhattan DA’s Case Against Trump Is ‘Weak’

Prominent legal scholar Alan Dershowitz said on April 5 that the Manhattan district attorney’s case against former President Donald Trump is “weak.” “There’s nothing strong about it. You can’t create strength with multiple weaknesses,” Dershowitz told The Epoch Times a day after Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at…


Trump’s Trial Needs to Be Televised

Commentary On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg presented his bag-of-tricks indictment charging former President Donald Trump with 34 counts of false entries in business records. Bragg managed to slice and dice two payments to former hookers into what sounds like a big deal—34 felonies. Don’t be fooled. As former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr,…


NTD Good Morning (April 5): Trump Speaks After Arrest; Manhattan DA Lays Out Case; Wisconsin Supreme Court Election

Former President Trump has his day in court. He addressed supporters in a prime time speech on April 4. We have the summary. And Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg lays out his case against the former president. Details on the unsealed indictment, and what Trump’s legal team had to say about it. The people of Wisconsin…


Trump Declares Manhattan DA Has ‘No Case’ in First Statement After Pleading Not Guilty

In his first public statement since pleading not guilty to an unprecedented 34-count indictment in a Manhattan court on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump declared that, as his legal team predicted, the New York County district attorney had “no case.” “Just lifted off for Palm Beach, Florida,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at around 5:30…


Unprecedented: Weaponizing the Courts to ‘Get Trump’ May Help Trump

A Manhattan grand jury has officially decided to indict former President Donald Trump. A misdemeanor charge has been elevated to a felony by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. It is clear that this weaponization of the courts seeks to damage Trump in his run for reelection. Bragg is a Democrat funded by George Soros. He…


‘Love Wins’: Trump Supporters, Detractors in NY Promote Peaceful Disagreement Amid Rising Political Tensions

NEW YORK—After a day of protesting in New York over former President Donald Trump’s indictment, a common sentiment arising in the area outside the Manhattan Courthouse where Trump was arraigned was the need for more listening and less violence amid rising political tensions. “I’m glad to see people were peaceful,” Ray, a pro-Trump protester from…


Manhattan Prosecutor ‘Overcharged’ Trump, ‘Weak’ Case Could Backfire With Jury: Legal Analysts

The sheer number of counts–34 felonies–filed against former President Donald Trump is surprising and appears to be a classic example of a prosecutor “overcharging” a defendant, legal analysts said on April 4 in the aftermath of historic criminal proceedings against the 2024 presidential candidate. New York prosecutors alleged that Trump directed his then-lawyer Michael Cohen…


Trump Lied in Reimbursement Payments to Lawyer, Manhattan DA Says

Former President Donald Trump was charged with falsifying business records because he repeatedly issued checks to a lawyer for one purpose when the payments were actually for another reason, Manhattan’s district attorney said on April 4. Trump paid Michael Cohen, his lawyer at the time, in 2017 in monthly installments. The payments were ostensibly made…


Trump Charged With Felony-Level Falsifying Business Records, Pleads Not Guilty

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 counts of felony falsifying business records to the first degree under New York Penal Law 175.10, unveiled at an arraignment hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Trump’s arraignment hearing commenced at around 2:15 p.m. ET on the 15th floor of…