D.A. Bragg brought a bizarre case based on warped interpretations of law and distorted facts. It is now up to twelve jurors to wade through the lunacy in search of the illusive truth.
As former President Donald Trump awaits a Manhattan jury’s verdict, he can be forgiven for feeling that his criminal trial resembles a surreal 'Alice in Wonderland' farce. He is left to peer through a 'Looking-Glass' where everything is backward. The culprit for this hallucinatory nightmare is District Attorney Alvin Bragg who brought a bizarre case based on warped interpretations of law and distorted facts.
Prosecutors allege that Trump falsified business records by booking payments to ex-porn star Stormy Daniels as 'legal expenses' and that it was done to conceal or commit another uncharged crime not identified in the indictment. This is the so-called 'mystery' or secondary crime that was never fully specified by the DA, even during the trial. In other words, jurors must now guess. We’ll return to that in a moment.
The Sixth Amendment requires prosecutors to inform every defendant 'of the nature and cause of the accusations' against them. The deliberate refusal by the prosecution to do so in this case is an egregious violation of a hallowed constitutional right. Only in closing arguments —after the trial testimony concluded and all of the evidence was presented— did the prosecutor finally reveal the enigma: it was a federal election crime. But wait.
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