Fresh proof Bragg’s Trump case is a reach, and nakedly politicalBy Post Editorial Board
April 5, 2023
The numbers don’t lie: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump is a massive outlier, not the “bread and butter” move the crime-lover claimed it was.
Turns out, his office almost never prosecutes cases on charges like the ones he’s mounted against the ex-prez — i.e., first-degree falsifying business records with the “intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.”
State crime data crunched by the Times-Union show that Bragg’s office has gone after people for this as a top charge only eight times in the past few years.
Statewide, there have been fewer than 300 such cases since 2019.
This alone debunks Bragg’s claim that the Trump case represents just another day in the office.
And the actual results of such charges are completely laughable.
Those same data show that the most common outcome is . . . a guilty plea to disorderly conduct.
Under New York law, that’s a violation — a sub-misdemeanor offense in many cases punished only by a fine.
Felony convictions for such charges are almost unthinkably rare. Jail time equally so.
So Bragg swung big, upended our democratic norms and paved the way for endless political retaliation — all to likely end up whiffing.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/fresh-proof-braggs-trump-case-is-a-reach-and-nakedly-political/