Posted on 04/22/2024 11:36:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
Key documents lacking former President Donald Trump’s signature may pose issues for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case, criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala told CNN on Monday.
Trump is confronting 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business documents relating to payments to porn star Stormy Daniels for her silence regarding an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election. Aidala noted that Trump’s signature is present on a check while other key documents were never personally signed by the former president, suggesting the possibility a jury could find “reasonable doubt” over Trump’s involvement when compared to former attorney Michael Cohen, a key witness in Bragg’s case.
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“You just have to attack, attack, attack those witnesses and look, what you’ve got to say is, Michael Cohen should be a co-defendant,” Aidala told host Anderson Cooper. “If you believe what the prosecutors just said, Michael Cohen should be a co-defendant, not a witness. He has so many reasons to lie, so many reasons to pin this on someone else, to keep himself out of jail, which he was unable to do in the federal case.”
Cohen, who is a crucial witness for prosecutors, pleaded guilty to giving false statements, as well as charges like tax evasion and campaign finance violations in 2018. Cohen first said he paid Daniels with his personal funds and that neither the Trump campaign nor the Trump Organization paid him back, but he subsequently testified to Congress that the former president directed him to make the payment, which he received reimbursement for, according to Reuters.
“I think [Cohen’s credibility] has a tremendous impact,” he added. “Look, there is paperwork that corroborates the people‘s evidence, and that‘s obviously hurtful for the president. But my understanding is, it’s not paperwork with Donald Trump‘s handwriting on it or his signature on it, except for a check. So the defense could merely be, hey, Michael Cohen did all of this. He never told his client. He just said, look, I need money for this, I need money for that. And you know, one of the witnesses who is going to testify at this trial testified for the feds and he said that the money that was given to Michael Cohen was for Stormy Daniels and for legal fees. That’s a reasonable doubt.”
Trump was also indicted in June 2023 over his alleged mishandling of classified documents retained at his residence in Mar-a-Lago. In early August 2023, the former president was hit with another indictment over his alleged attempt to interfere in the 2020 election and alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Alvin Bragg doesn’t have a case, he has a kangaroo court.
“he has a kangaroo court”
A full on furry case and court....
Problems with the fake trial
Could Trump use his resources to go after these leftists - personally - for misconduct, defamation, etc to personally bankrupt them?
Yes.....................
Trump should file misconduct or defamation suits against them in Florida. Two can play this game!
This case against Trump, other being a political persecution, hinges heavily on contact law. The DA will have to prove that there was a valid contract in part by signature or performance or agency etc.
These idiots are giving Trump NEW ways to prosecute the left on his entry to President.
Couldn’t the prosecutor just write in Trump’s signature in purple crayon?
That would be sufficient for the judge to be sure.
In this case there is no signature at all! So how can tehre even be a ‘case’ in the first place?......................................
“ Couldn’t the prosecutor just write in Trump’s signature in purple crayon?
That would be sufficient for the judge to be sure.”
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Prosecutor Bragg? There’s a good chance he CAN’T DO CURSIVES.
Alvin Bragg faced years of oppression and was forced to attend
an inner city school. Reading was not required to graduate.
We used to say “You can indict a ham sandwich”.
Now the media implies, “Trump was indicted. Multiple times. So he’s obviously guilty of everything.”
They have no case. They know they have no case. But they want to smear Trump with all the Nothing in their possession.
Turley said this afternoon the trial is a farce. Also mention the James case sayin her next move may be to order pizzas and send to Trumps house.
You can prove a contract through other means such as performance, ratification, agency etc
If you are an attorney can you explain any of this:
He’s charged under the following statute (per the indictment)
§175.05 – 10A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the second degree
when, with intent to defraud, he:
Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an
enterprise; or
§175.10 when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit
another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.
§200.50An indictment must contain:
7. A plain and concise factual statement in each count which, without allegations of an evidentiary nature,
(a) asserts facts supporting every element of the offense charged and the defendant’s or defendants’ commission thereof with sufficient precision to clearly apprise the defendant or defendants of the conduct which is the subject of the accusation; and
As far as I can tell, there are at least 3 elements:
1. false statement
2. intent to defraud
3. intent to commit or conceal another crime.
The indictment only addresses the false statement. Who did he defraud by calling it a legal expense? and of what?
In the last week, I’ve heard probably 20 different “defense attorneys” claim that Trump will be acquitted, Trump is screwed, or some variation on both of those themes. It’s hard to put much faith in any of their opinions.
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