Staff Reports
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump will return to New York for a hearing in his criminal hush money case. Previously considered the least serious of four indictments against him, this case may now be the first to proceed to trial the following month. Late in March 2023, the former president was indicted in connection with a purported "catch-and-kill" scheme unveiled during the 2016 presidential campaign, wherein fabricated business records were produced to obscure an alleged affair with pornographic actress Stormy Daniels.
Let's clarify one thing at this moment, everyone. This purported indictment is merely a feeble effort by progressive prosecutors to prevent Donald J. Trump, the authentic patriot of the United States, from securing the presidency in 2025. Everyone, it is an absolute witch hunt! The judge presiding over the case, Justice Juan Merchan, is confronted with the decision of whether to proceed with the trial scheduled to begin on March 25, whether to delay the trial, or whether to dismiss the case. In doing so, he must evaluate five crucial arguments that Trump's defense attorneys intend to present.
This entire proceeding is, in essence, a complete and utter waste of both time and taxpayer funds. Certain legal analysts have speculated that the indictment may be the least substantial of the four against him for a variety of reasons. One such reason is that judges seldom impose prison terms of any kind on first-time offenders convicted of the felony offense of falsifying business records. It is tantamount to endeavoring to capture a fish in an arid reservoir; the area is devoid of any life.
And now, let us briefly discuss this "zombie case." White House advisers to Trump intend to level allegations against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, alleging that he resurrected a "zombie case" in an attempt to obstruct the Republican front-runner's march to power in 2024. In this case, Cyrus Vance Jr., Bragg's predecessor, declined to pursue an indictment regarding the same allegations. Nothing will raise the red flag of political bias if that does not.
The indictment revolves around accusations that Trump fabricated business records at the Trump Organization with the illicit intent of influencing the 2016 election through the arrangement of $130,000 in payments to stifle allegations that could have been detrimental to his candidacy. The indictment comprises 34 counts of record tampering pertaining to checks that Trump issued to Michael Cohen, his former attorney and problem-solver, with the intention of reimbursing Cohen for concealed tax offenses and obscure the genuine nature of the payments. Everything is a massive pile of nonsense, people!
Let us now discuss the arguments that Trump's attorneys are expected to put forth. They will begin by disputing the unreasonable delay and the statute of limitations. The defense team intends to assert that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office delayed filing charges against Daniels for the extramarital affair for over six years, following her public allegations. They have partially argued that the delay has prejudiced Trump. Furthermore, objections to linking hush money payments to federal elections should not be overlooked. Such falsifications, according to Trump's attorneys, would have constituted "a mere misdemeanor under New York law" and are unrelated to the purported endeavor to aid his presidential campaign. People, it's as if they're attempting to affix a tail to the incorrect equine!
Conversely, the following describes the true state of affairs. In no uncertain terms, Trump is the target of selective prosecution. On the grounds that he is being prosecuted selectively, his attorneys describe the indictment as "extraordinary and unprecedented." In the interim, Trump has maintained his vehement public criticism of prosecutors, asserting that the cases are politically driven with the intention of obstructing his candidacy for the White House in 2025. It is truly a disgrace, everybody! Absolutely a travesty!
Let us not forget that this entire case is essentially a pretense, individuals. Trump is scheduled to appear at the Manhattan court hearing on Thursday; however, given the criminal nature of the case, it is improbable that he will venture into unrelated topics of conversation, as he has intermittently done in the course of his civil trials. Although the hearing will not be broadcast on television or recorded, the former president has previously criticized the indictments as a partisan attack by Democratic prosecutors and President Joe Biden in the hallways of the New York Supreme Court building during his separate civil proceedings. It is an utter disgrace, individuals, an utter disgrace!
