A legal expert writing in The New York Times declared that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush money’ case against former President Donald Trump will be a mistake of “historic” proportions.
Boston University law professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman contended that Bragg’s efforts to prosecute a federal election offense under New York state law constituted overreach. He criticized the Manhattan DA’s allegations against Trump as “vague,” pointing out the prosecution’s failure to specify “an election crime or a valid theory of fraud.”
Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with alleged hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee appeared in court on Wednesday as the trial continued.
Shugerman proposed that Bragg should pivot his argument to focus on the notion that “it’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up,” highlighting the alleged falsification of business records.
