{"id":2242868,"date":"2024-05-12T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veepstakes-contender-j-d-vance-assails-manhattan-prosecution-against-trump-they-wont-even-specify-the-crime\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T12:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:14:29","slug":"veepstakes-contender-j-d-vance-assails-manhattan-prosecution-against-trump-they-wont-even-specify-the-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veepstakes-contender-j-d-vance-assails-manhattan-prosecution-against-trump-they-wont-even-specify-the-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Veepstakes Contender J.D. Vance Criticizes Manhattan Prosecution of Trump: &#8216;No Specified Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveepstakes-contender-j-d-vance-assails-manhattan-prosecution-against-trump-they-wont-even-specify-the-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio,\u200d a contender in the current vice presidential selection\u200d process, criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for what he believes to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporter-douglass-mackey-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-over-voting-memes\/\" title=\"Trump supporter Douglass Mackey sentenced to 7 months in prison for voting memes.\">politically motivated case<\/a> against \u200bformer President Donald Trump. Vance expressed\u200c his views \u200dduring an interview\u200b on CNN, highlighting concerns about differential treatment in Trump&#8217;s legal battles. The case \u2064against Trump involves allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-subpoenas-former-manhattan-prosecutor-who-pushed-for-trump-indictment\/\" title=\"Rep. Jordan Subpoenas Former Manhattan Prosecutor Who Pushed for Trump Indictment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> related<\/a> to payments \u2063like those to Stormy Daniels. Trump has \u200bpleaded not guilty,\u2063 and the trial is ongoing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH), who is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kellyanne-conway-offers-insight-into-trump-veepstakes-suggests-person-of-color\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veepstakes<\/a> this election cycle, argued on Sunday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is running a politically motivated case against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on CNN, anchor Dana Bash asked Vance if Trump should be treated differently amid his legal battles because he is a former president again running for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think he should be treated differently at all, Dana, but I certainly think he is being treated differently,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe only thing that Alvin Bragg, the New York prosecutor\u2019s team thinks Donald Trump did wrong is that he ran for president in 2024 and he looks to be on the cusp of victory. That is the only thing that this is ultimately about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments, including to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, in a bid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lied-in-reimbursement-payments-to-lawyer-manhattan-da-says\/\" title=\"Trump Lied in Reimbursement Payments to Lawyer, Manhattan DA Says\">conceal damaging information<\/a> as part of a \u201ccatch-and-kill\u201d scheme to influence the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty, and the trial is ongoing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JD VANCE: The only thing that Alvin Bragg and his prosecutors thing that Trump did wrong is run for president in 2024 and is on the cusp of victory <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zK4Yy5yzEB\">pic.twitter.com\/zK4Yy5yzEB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Poso \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1789656138302058983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vance, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-surrounds-himself-with-potential-vps-at-mar-a-lago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared<\/a> with other potential Trump running mates at Mar-a-Lago last weekend, argued that prosecutors have a weak case based on a legal theory that some <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-manhattan-da-bragg-hush-money-trial-a164881f43b1d5064a528b36eada937e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experts<\/a> have suggested is on questionable footing because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-actually-the-second-gop-presidential-candidate-indicted-by-local-democrats-in-a-decade\/\" title=\"Trump Is Actually The Second GOP Presidential Candidate Indicted By Local Democrats In A Decade\">dubious legal theory<\/a> used to gussy up misdemeanor charges to the felony level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the underlying argument of the case, they can\u2019t even identify what it is that Donald Trump did. They said he committed a paperwork violation in the service of a crime, but they won\u2019t even specify the crime that he allegedly committed,\u201d Vance said. \u201cAnd I think that when you look at all of these attacks on Donald Trump, you have to be honest with yourself and say, this is not about law and this is not about justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls showing<\/a> Trump outperforming President Joe Biden less than six months before Election Day, Vance insisted the New York prosecution and other legal cases levied against the former president are meant to be a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about the fact that President Joe Biden has a failed record as commander in chief and leader of this country, and the Democrats can\u2019t talk about that,\u201d Vance said. \u201cSo what they\u2019re doing is putting these trials out there and saying, focus on this, not on the fact that the world is on fire and the fact that you have gotten poorer under the presidency of Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), a veepstakes contender, criticized Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for pursuing a politically motivated case against ex-President Trump. In a CNN interview, Vance was questioned by anchor Dana Bash about Trump&#8217;s treatment in his legal issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2242869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2036329824-e1715525566417.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2036329824-e1715525566417.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}