Key Updates in Bragg’s Trump Case: Witness Lineup and Eleventh-Hour Document Release
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The unfolding courtroom drama featuring former President Donald Trump just hit a pause button. With the backdrop of a bustling New York City, Trump was scheduled to face trial in Manhattan as District Attorney Alvin Bragg scrutinizes alleged hush money transactions. However, a surprising document release has pushed this much-anticipated legal showdown further down the calendar.
Originally marked in bold on our calendars for March 25, this trial won’t see the light of day until, let’s say, cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Amidst the eleventh-hour deluge of discovery—a whopping tens of thousands of pages—legal teams have retreated to their respective corners to dig in until mid-April.
Document Deluge Shifts Legal Tides
In what some are calling a strategic play, Trump’s legal eagles served a subpoena to the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, seeking insights from a 2017 probe into Michael Cohen, Trump’s one-time legal gladiator. Since the beginning of March, their request has yielded a treasure trove: around 73,000 pages, to be exact. On March 13 came the deluge—another 31,000 pages suddenly hit the docket, prompting Trump’s team to request a three-month reprieve to pore over these newfound details.
Bragg’s latest evidence dump is believed to intertwine with the case at hand, sparking claims from Trump’s defenders of a less-than-fair play as the defense scrambles against the clock to strategize.
A Cast of Controversial Characters
The witness list is nothing short of a daytime drama curation. Besides the central figures like Cohen and Stormy Daniels—the adult film actress center-stage in the payment saga—lesser-known players are set to give their accounts. They include Dino Sajudin and Karen McDougal, who profess they, too, pocketed payouts to button up behind-the-scenes bombshells about Trump.
Judge Draws Lines in Legal Sand
Despite attempts to bar their testimonies, Judge Juan Merchan ruled a resounding ’yes’ to the prosecution’s request to call Cohen and Daniels to the stand. He did set boundaries, however, for Sajudin and McDougal, confining their narratives strictly to the existence of such payments, steering clear of any salacious specifics.
Behind the Legal Curtain
Steering clear of any charges himself back when Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018, Trump now stares down an indictment courtesy of Bragg, whose campaign is rumored to have been buoyed by significant financial winds. The crux of the case? Allegations that Trump juggled the books to cloak Cohen’s hush-money repayment efforts amid the 2016 election frenzy.
Both sides allege misconduct: Trump continues to vehemently deny all allegations, while Bragg presses on, suggesting Trump’s concealment of payments was a bid for electoral edge—though whether this swings as a felony remains the multi-million-dollar question.
As legal pundits weigh in, the dance around the precise application of New York’s laws becomes more intricate. Even those typically critical of Trump have aired skepticism regarding the solidity of Bragg’s position, hinting at potential baselessness, with some expecting a brisk dismissal or acquittal.
Bragg’s task force doesn’t shy away from political connections either, as his predecessor Cyrus Vance’s hiring spree lent an air of partisanship, pointing to deep ties with the Biden camp.
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