Based on what Iāve seen, I donāt think it does.
Not based on what I've seen. It appears you are living in a different universe than the one I live in.
Indeed, my opinion is heās an ideologue who seeks MSM fame,
I see nothing about Bragg that gives me the indication he's acting out of vanity.
importance (a la Fauci) and to make jumps in logic for the good of the leftist cause.
Ditto, above.
Answer these:
1. This case is like 6 years old now, why prosecute now? (IMO we know why)
Imagine you are a prosecutor, state or federal, and you have facts which would conceivably allow you to indict the former President Of the United States, and not just any former president, a very rich former president whose base historically has threatened persons acting in ways not favorable to Trump.
You will be engaging in what is known as a 'maiden voyage prosecution', which is one that has never been done, i.e.,
the indictment of a former President.
And you know your case, though it might be good, almost always have a few slight defects. Few cases are slam dunk, even obvious ones. Those little defects in your presentation will be exploited, scrutinized, cross-examined, not to mention severely blown out of proportion by Trump in the public sphere, all without regard to costs of defense, all designed to mobilize his base against you. .
And you'd better not lose the case. The old proverb, 'if you shoot an arrow at the king, you'd better not miss' comes to mind.
You will be thrown onto the world stage,
you will be making history in the grandest of terms, and your every move, comment, anything and everything will be subject to world scrutiny, reporters will follow you everywhere, as Trump loving protesters will never cease harassing you, threatening your life and that of your loved ones, during the entire proceeding. Trump will make sly comments which will be tacit approval of such acts, such as 'bad things will happen if I am indicted' (while never condoning or being specific as to what those things are). If you believe Bragg would bring such a case to fore based on vanity, you really have misjudged the man.
When Bragg won the office, right away he was pilloried by the left for not prosecuting Trump, after all, Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne resigned because of Bragg's refusal to prosecute when they both sincerely believed they had a solid case. Cyrus Vance Jr, who was DA NY prior to Bragg, had been working on the case for a few years, but they were working on a different case and, as we have heard Vance declare in an interview, that they stopped the investigation because of the DOJ (under Barr) asked them to, Vance then believed they were going to carry that ball. In fact, they didn't. In fact, Barr was intentionally acting for the benefit of the President, against the evidence, which is a corruption of justice.
Anyway, Bragg didn't feel the case was ready, and that is his right insofar as his right to prosecutorial discretion. Pomerantz and Dunne were eager to prosecute, but the guy who takes all the heat if there is not a conviction on the ex President is Bragg. When you just get into an office of that caliber, you're not going to make major decisions with alacrity, you're going to move in, get a feel for the position, and move cautiously, and that is precisely what he did. Moreover, when you are going to do the 'maiden voyage' prosecution, the first prosecution of a former president, one that will make history, you are going to go the extra mile, and not only that, if you have to chose between more than one crime, you are going go for the one you know will be the easiest to win, which is why he picked the falsifying business records, because he had 34 counts of it, and solid proof of the allegation on the enhancement theory, given that Cohen had already been indicted for the same crime 'at the direction of, in coordination with, for the benefit of individual-1' who, it has been established, was Donald Trump. Picking up that crime was worthy of more investigation, hence we are at were we are at, today.
Bragg, by those who know him, is a methodical prosecutor. Cohen's lawyer, in an interview, told us that Bragg was the most methodical prosecutor he has ever known.
2. If it wasnāt prosecuted when it happened, what has changed that makes it suddenly so important? (IMO we know why)
See above.
3. Why is it suddenly going to happen right in the meat of election season? (IMO we know why)
Chips fall where they fall. Why did Trump announce his candidacy far earlier than the vast majority of candidate (IMO we know why, he wanted to throw a monkey wrench into Garland's investigation, because of the OLC memo, but that backfired because it led to a Special Counsel investigation, by a prosecutor who appears to be more aggressive than Garland is, one that probably wouldn't have been assigned but for Trump's candidacy declaration).
I think youāre naive to say the least.
You may think what you may.
If this is the new standard, are you fine with GOP linked DAās hauling The Bidens, Schumer, Pelosi, etc into court under pre-emptive arrests??
I don't mind them being brought to the various committees in congress, But, when it comes to actual charges, and making arrests, there had better be solid evidence, but on the issue of making arrests, you'll have to show me the evidence to convince me that that is a prudent course of action.
They certainly all have tons of dirt,
Show me. I haven't seen it.
should we? Iām asking you.. is that what the Justice system looks like in your eyes? Because those GOP DAās would have every reason to based on this Bragg-Trump standard.. and seemingly have support from you, if they did.
You know the old saying, 'Put up or........"
I'll be waiting.
Cheers,
Rumpole