{"id":61208,"date":"2023-04-04T15:51:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T19:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/donald-trump-is-facing-34-counts-but-what-about-alvin-braggs-felony-61208"},"modified":"2023-04-04T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T19:51:25","slug":"donald-trump-is-facing-34-counts-but-what-about-alvin-braggs-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/donald-trump-is-facing-34-counts-but-what-about-alvin-braggs-felony-61208","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump is facing 34 counts but what about Alvin Bragg’s felony?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s official. Donald Trump is facing 34 counts<\/a> of falsification of business records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s leave aside the flaws in the case, as currently reported: the issue of selective prosecution; the escalation to a felony by use of a federal statute over which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg<\/a> has no jurisdiction; the question of how a 2016 event comes within the statute of limitations on the purported charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s instead ask how did a news outlet get the “34 charges” information ahead of Tuesday\u2019s release of the indictment? The leaked information was proven correct when the indictment was unsealed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

TRUMP PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the problem here? Don\u2019t news outlets get a lot of leaked information in advance? Well, the problem is that grand jury indictments are \u2013 by law \u2013 secret.\u00a0That information is not supposed to be public. <\/p>\n

As per New York Criminal Procedure Law <\/a>\u00a7 190.25:\u00a0<\/p>\n

4. (a) Grand jury proceedings are secret, and no grand juror, or other person\u2026 may, except in the lawful discharge of his duties or upon written order of the court, disclose the nature or substance of any grand jury testimony, evidence, or any decision, result or other matter attending a grand jury proceeding.<\/i><\/p>\n

This is black-letter law, and it is given serious deference every day in the New York criminal courts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHO IS ALVIN BRAGG? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MANHATTAN DA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

So, in light of that — and in light of the equities involved in this “historic” case \u2013 where is the leak investigation into this unlawful grand jury disclosure?<\/p>\n

Understand: the news outlet doesn\u2019t have the culpability here \u2013 they\u2019re just doing their jobs. They have the First Amendment<\/a> on their side. The culpability here resides with the leaker.<\/p>\n

And in light of the timing \u2013 as both sides of the aisle were calling into serious question the validity of Bragg\u2019s case \u2013 it seems likely that someone in Bragg\u2019s apparatus was the “source” CNN\u2019s John Miller referred to on-air earlier this week.\u00a0A source looking to change the narrative by leaking 34 stacked counts of the same charge.<\/p>\n

TRUMP TARGETED: A LOOK AT THE INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE FORMER PRESIDENT; FROM RUSSIA TO MAR-A-LAGO<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This is far from an academic question.\u00a0Aside from the potential misconduct here, a near-certainty, in this case, is that the former president’s attorneys will make a motion for a change of venue.\u00a0In light of the fact that secret grand jury testimony may have been leaked by someone in the venue in question<\/i>, that motion should be given serious consideration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Trump\u2019s lawyers should not only file for a change of venue, as the former president has suggested, but they should also refer Bragg\u2019s office to the New York State Bar Disciplinary Committee for potentially violating this basic tenet of criminal procedure law if in fact, an attorney is the leaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BIDEN ‘NOT FOCUSED’ ON TRUMP SURRENDER BUT WILL ‘CATCH PARTS’ OF IT, WHITE HOUSE SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

They should also refer the matter to the New York State attorney general <\/a>because there is a potential criminal<\/i> charge here. Under New York criminal law, the charge is Unlawful Grand Jury Disclosure:<\/p>\n

\u00a7 215.70 Unlawful grand jury disclosure<\/p>\n

A person is guilty of unlawful grand jury disclosure when, being a grand juror, a public prosecutor, a grand jury stenographer, a grand jury interpreter, a police officer or a peace officer guarding a witness in a grand jury proceeding, or a clerk, attendant, warden or other public servant having official duties in or about a grand jury room or proceeding, or a public officer or public employee, he intentionally discloses to another the nature or substance of any grand jury testimony, or any decision, result or other matter attending a grand jury proceeding which is required by law to be kept secret, except in the proper discharge of his official duties or upon written order of the court.<\/i><\/p>\n

Unlawful grand jury disclosure is a class E felony.<\/i><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right.\u00a0A real<\/i> felony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, Trump or one of his lawyers could simply walk into an NYPD precinct and lodge a complaint, thereby initiating an investigation.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Because we now know that the leaked report is accurate. And that means this felony statute clearly applies here. Someone is leaking, likely to validate a questionable indictment by listing the stacked charges against the former president and to potentially taint the jury pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Does nobody in our legal system care, just because Trump is the target?<\/p>\n

The last time this charge received significant public attention was in the notorious Tawana Brawley case, in the late 1980\u2019s. In that instance, the New York State attorney general launched an investigation after just such a grand jury leak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do the rights of a former U.S. president<\/a> not merit similar protection?<\/p>\n

A further likely “tell” here is that CNN was used.\u00a0We\u2019ve seen this conduct before.\u00a0Without entering into the merits of the case against former Trump campaign aide Roger Stone, the fact that CNN was in-place in 2019 with camera crews for a SWAT-level arrest at the home of a 67-year-old man\u2026 (something, by the way, that CNN states was based on “a hunch”).<\/p>\n

In light of the fact that it is Bragg\u2019s office<\/a> that may well be implicated, a special prosecutor or the NY attorney general should publicly initiate an investigation into this genuine<\/i> felony. <\/p>\n

Failure to do that only further calls into question the true motivation and propriety of this entire affair.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM PAUL MAURO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/donald-trump-34-counts-what-about-alvin-braggs-felony <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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