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Ex-Manhattan DA who opened Trump probe says former president's comments could escalate case
Just the News ^ | Updated: April 3, 2023 - 11:33am | Madeleine Hubbard

Posted on 04/04/2023 8:25:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who first opened Donald Trump hush-money probe, warns comments by the former president could make jurors view the case more severely.

"I was disturbed to hear the former president speak in the way he spoke about the District Attorney Bragg and even the trial court in the past week," Vance said Sunday on NBC News' "Meet the Press."

If he were Trump's attorney, Vance said, he would tell Trump to "be mindful of not committing some other criminal offense," such as obstructing the government.

"I think that could take what perhaps we think is not the strongest case, when you add a count like that, put it in front of a jury, it can change the jury's mind about the severity of the case that they're looking at," he also said.

When asked whether Bragg's case was "airtight," Vance replied: "I do not know if this guy's case is airtight or not. I know that the DA's office has extremely experienced and seasoned lawyers."

Vance decided to not run for reelection in 2021, allowing Bragg to take over the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Trump is expected to travel to New York on Monday and be arraigned in court on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cyrusvance; garbagestesofamerica; proveyerinnocence; proveyourinnoncence; trumpindictment; unitedstateofgarbage
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It's OK for Bragg to leak like a sieve, but it is a crime for Donald John Trump to defend himself from those illegal leaks.
1 posted on 04/04/2023 8:25:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hang both of these marxist, low-life APES.


2 posted on 04/04/2023 8:27:22 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Screw him.


3 posted on 04/04/2023 8:27:49 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Basically, Trump don’t get no freedum ob speech!

Off with his head!

Jurors might actually hear some truth from him, since that ain’t gonna happen on the DNCMedia, and we can’t have THAT!


4 posted on 04/04/2023 8:29:35 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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“If he were Trump’s attorney, Vance said, he would tell Trump to ‘be mindful of not committing some other criminal offense,’ such as obstructing the government.”

It is the job of defense lawyers to obstruct a wayward government.


5 posted on 04/04/2023 8:29:47 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Claiming to be innocent would be seen as obstructing the government. Probably a felony right there.


6 posted on 04/04/2023 8:30:45 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

God forbid Trump speak his mind about a corrupt DA


7 posted on 04/04/2023 8:31:51 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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i see DJT may speak before and after court appearance. if true looks like they are hedging possibility of gag order.


8 posted on 04/04/2023 8:31:55 AM PDT by avital2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

At this point it doesn’t matter how much Trump mouths off about this particular fiasco, he’s not getting fair treatment, DA, Grand Jury, Judge and potential Trial Jurors are all Trump haters.


9 posted on 04/04/2023 8:32:00 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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As if the NY a-holes would have been objective had Trump just kept quiet.


10 posted on 04/04/2023 8:32:14 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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It is the job of defense lawyers to obstruct a wayward government.

Truth. In fact, its the peoples job to do the same.

11 posted on 04/04/2023 8:32:14 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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Cy Vance...

Gee, why does that name sound so familiar...? 🤔

Oh, now I remember...

https://abovethelaw.com/2017/10/these-cy-vance-scandals-pile-up-so-fast-i-cant-keep-track/


12 posted on 04/04/2023 8:32:15 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Last I heard, the First Amendment was still in place.
It’s hanging on by a thread, but it’s still there.


13 posted on 04/04/2023 8:33:27 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Biden gained office through illegality: vote buying, judicial overreach, unconstitutional naturalization and voting system illegalities.


14 posted on 04/04/2023 8:33:59 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Cyrus playing Yagoda to Bragg’s Yezhov.

Both should be grateful that the current leftist elite don’t play by Stalin’s rules anymore. They are merely cast aside to a comfortable pasture and not the basement of the Lubyanka.


15 posted on 04/04/2023 8:34:49 AM PDT by Belteshazzar
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Vance the Junior is a hack. He hates President Trump and HE is the one prejudicing this sham case.


16 posted on 04/04/2023 8:34:55 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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Um, first amendment.


17 posted on 04/04/2023 8:36:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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They're going to try and nail Trump no matter what he says or does.


18 posted on 04/04/2023 8:36:47 AM PDT by plain talk
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"I was disturbed to hear the former president speak in the way he spoke about the District Attorney Bragg and even the trial court in the past week,"

Seems stating what is obviously true in public disturbs this guy.

19 posted on 04/04/2023 8:38:57 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: rockabyebaby

Exactly! The commies trick people into playing by their rules when they don;t follow any rules. Very sad people are that stupid. Trump isn’t!


20 posted on 04/04/2023 8:39:17 AM PDT by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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