y “The Manhattan DA’s case rests on firm legal footing.” An important question being raised regarding the indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney is whether maintaining false business records to conceal hush money payments in a political campaign meets the “intent to defraud” element of New York’s Falsifying Business Records statute. […]
The indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney for conduct involving the alleged concealment of hush money payments to benefit a presidential campaign raises the question whether his case is being treated like other cases. New research by Just Security finds that third-party payments covertly made to benefit a candidate are routinely and successfully […]
y Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer y “Trump, House MAGA Republicans, and other Trump supporters must not be allowed to interfere with the prosecution of the case with improper demands, intimidation, and efforts to minimize the seriousness of the case.” y As reported last night, a Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict […]
Washington, DC — Earlier today, Democracy 21 hosted a press call with top legal experts to discuss Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges of illegally concealing hush-money payments by doctoring his corporate accounting books to keep this vital information from voters during the closing days of the 2016 election. Here’s […]
Former President Donald Trump has reportedly been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney for violating New York’s law after allegedly illegally doctoring his official accounting books and records to conceal hush money payments to an adult entertainer with whom he had an extramarital affair. In New York, falsifying business records is a crime. When it’s being done […]
This op-ed appeared in The Washington Post on March 30, 2023. Trump Is Indicted, And Justice Is Served By Jennifer Rubin Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made history on Thursday, indicting a former U.S. President for the first time. The indictment is under seal. From all indications, however, former president Donald Trump was indicted for falsification of […]
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is reportedly investigating criminal violations that may have occurred when Donald Trump and his team paid two women to stay silent about alleged affairs with the then-presidential candidate. A new report on Just Security provides a richly detailed chronology of events involving the alleged hush-money payments. The in-depth chronology, covering the period 2014 […]
There was already a strong case against former President Donald Trump in the Justice Department’s Mar-a-Lago documents case, but if Trump was in trouble before, then the “testimony and documentation from his own lawyer, Evan Corcoran, could turn out to provide the final evidence necessary to charge Trump — and soon,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 23 , 2023 With the support of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, extremist House Republicans are out to defend former President Donald Trump without regard for any criminal activities in which Trump may have engaged. These Trump followers show little interest in defending him on the merits in the four criminal […]
y District Attorney Alvin Bragg “should hold firm and proceed with his charges, come what may.” “With the unprecedented indictment of a former President likely imminent, we must prepare for another first in our nation’s history — attempted congressional interference with a state prosecution of a former President,” Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, […]
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