Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Former President Donald Trump waves as he leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan and approaches his motorcade on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The motorcade took the former president to surrender at the district attorneyÕs office in Lower Manhattan before his arraignment on felony charges. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)
For weeks, Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has come under heavy fire for pursuing a case against Donald Trump. Potential charges were described as being developed under a novel legal theory. And criticism has come not only from Trump and his allies, as expected, but also from many who are usually no friends of the former president but who feared it would be a weak case.
With the release of the indictment and accompanying statement of facts, we can now say that there's nothing novel or weak about this case. The charge of creating false financial records is constantly brought by Bragg and other New York DAs. In particular, the creation of phony documentation to cover up campaign finance violations has been repeatedly prosecuted in New York. That is exactly what Trump stands accused of. ...
The books and records counts laid out in the charging papers against Trump are the bread and butter of the [Manhattan district attorney's] office. Trump, who pleaded not guilty to all charges on Tuesday, is the 30th defendant to be indicted on false records charges by Bragg since he took office just over a year ago, with the DA bringing 151 counts under the statute so far. ...
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