Former US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the politicization of the judiciary, and said, in a comment on his “Social Truth” platform, today (Wednesday): What the Democratic Party did was not witnessed in America before.
He added that the Democrats used the laws in our system as a weapon, and this matter has not been witnessed in the United States before, referring to the politicization of the trial and the indictment that was brought against him in the Manhattan court. Trump stated, "Most of the legal experts have confirmed that the indictment against him is worthless." He stressed that people realized what was going on and would not allow them to continue, stressing that morale was high in the Republican Party. During his speech (Tuesday), the former president strongly criticized New York Attorney General Alvin Bragg, who filed criminal charges against him, in a precedent that is the first of its kind. And he considered that the goal of that case was to obstruct his path towards the 2024 presidential elections.
It is noteworthy that Trump pleaded not guilty before the Manhattan court on 34 criminal charges related to falsifying commercial records, in order to cover up the payment of money to two women before the 2016 elections in order to conceal a sexual relationship with him.
For its part, the Wall Street Journal criticized the indictment against Trump, describing it as weak.
The newspaper said, in its editorial: The indictment filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg against Trump proved that speculation and leaks in this regard in recent weeks were issued with good knowledge of the subject, and there were no surprises, except for the amazement that the regulation was weaker than expected. .
She explained that the charges against the former president are based on a $130,000 bribe paid by Michael Cohen, a former Trump aide, to buy Stormy Daniels' silence over her alleged relationship with Trump. Cohen was compensated with monthly payments as payments for legal services. She pointed out that each of the 34 charges, which were mentioned in the regulation, related to one commercial transaction, as it was based on an invoice issued by Cohen, and a payment “cheque” from Trump, all of which were taken from the Trump Foundation’s account book.
The Prague Public Prosecutor has prepared the indictment in this way as 34 counts, but they all describe the same procedure. In Prague v. Trump, Attorney General's indictment states that he "repeatedly and repeatedly falsified New York business records to withhold criminal conduct withholding harmful information from the electorate in the 2016 presidential election."
The newspaper considered that the important question to which the Public Prosecutor has not yet provided a convincing answer is: Where is the second crime? She added that falsifying business records is known to be a misdemeanor in New York, and it is a felony only when the records are misrepresented “with the intent to commit, assist in the commission of, or cover up another crime.” So the paper asks: When Trump came up with a formula to pay Cohen, what second crime does the prosecution allege he was trying to cover up? And she stated, “The question that does not stop slapping us is: Would this case have been filed against any defendant other than Trump? It is a question that cannot be answered without a negative. Wall Street concluded that the impact of this case on Trump's candidacy for the presidency is difficult to guess, but the correct question may be: How will this case affect the people's view of justice in the United States?
Okaz (Washington) @okaz_online