Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald Trump faces numerous hurdles, suggesting the pending charges against the 45th president and the leading GOP 2024 contender are unusually weak, legal experts said Friday.
, vice president for the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government, cautioned the indictment is under seal, so there could be surprise charges. Early reports suggest the former president will be indicted on fraud charges over $130,000 in hush money paid in 2016 to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up a 2006 affair. Mr. Trump has denied both the affair and any wrongdoing in the case.
Andrew McCarthy, senior fellow at the National Review Institute, told Fox News that Mr. Bragg could try to base his case on New York state laws regarding falsifying business records to conceal illegal campaign donations, which he said is problematic legally “as far as proof is concerned.”“Alvin Bragg does not have jurisdiction to enforce the federal campaign finance laws,” Mr. McCarthy said.
Trump attorney Joe Tacopina said he would not take a plea deal and that the transactions between Ms. Daniels and Mr. Trump were a private matter — not related to the presidential campaign.
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