{"id":2258340,"date":"2024-06-03T08:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-criminal-prosecutions-of-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:22:43","slug":"joe-bidens-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-criminal-prosecutions-of-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-criminal-prosecutions-of-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden&#8217;s Influence Evident in Trump&#8217;s Legal Cases"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fjoe-bidens-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-criminal-prosecutions-of-donald-trump%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=2258340&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>The text \u200ddiscusses President\u200c Biden&#8217;s alleged \u2062involvement in \u2063the legal prosecutions of former\u200d President Trump in Manhattan and\u200c Fulton County. Biden&#8217;s ties to attorneys and the\u200c initiation of charges against Trump are highlighted. The \u200dconnection between \u200cBiden&#8217;s administration and the ongoing legal battles against\u200b Trump is emphasized. The text \u200bdelves into President Biden&#8217;s \u200bpurported role in the legal prosecutions of ex-President Trump\u2063 in Manhattan\u200c and Fulton County. It\u200c underscores \u200cBiden&#8217;s associations with lawyers, the \u2063commencement of charges \u2064against \u2064Trump, \u2064and\u2063 the significant link between Biden&#8217;s administration and the continuous\u2064 legal disputes involving Trump.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>In response to Americans\u2019 outcry over the political prosecutions of Donald Trump and a Manhattan jury convicting the former president on 34 felony counts, President Joe Biden declared, \u201cIt\u2019s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don\u2019t like the verdict.\u201d Coming from the Commander-in-Rigging, this proclamation means nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and those seeking to ensure his re-election have their hands all over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s prosecution of the former president. A lead prosecutor for Bragg during the trial was Matthew Colangelo. In December 2022, Colangelo left the Biden Department of Justice to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/18\/nyregion\/trump-investigation-manhattan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cjump start\u201d<\/a> the criminal case against Trump. Biden had previously named Colangelo his acting associate attorney general\u2014the third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-coup-plotters-stonewall-us-to-russias-delight\/\" title=\"Niger coup plotters resist US, pleasing Russia.\">-highest-ranking official<\/a> in the DOJ.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-231328404\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b29b5e87189ee06fc3ed4b8982928193 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b29b5e87189ee06fc3ed4b8982928193\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There\u2019s Plenty More Where That Came From<\/h2>\n<p>Colangelo\u2019s role in prosecuting his former boss\u2019s political opponent provides the most obvious evidence of the Biden administration\u2019s involvement in the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s criminal targeting of Trump, but the rigging started much earlier. As I previously<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/12\/manhattan-d-a-enlisted-a-whos-who-of-biden-admin-buddies-for-trump-takedown\/\"> reported<\/a>, the incestuous relationship between the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s office and Team Biden began as early as mid-February 2021. Then, \u201cBragg\u2019s predecessor, District Attorney Cyrus Vance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/18\/nyregion\/trump-investigation-manhattan.html\">arranged<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-d-a-enlisted-a-whos-who-of-biden-admin-buddies-for-trump-takedown\/\" title=\"Manhattan D.A. Enlisted A Who\u2019s Who Of Biden Admin Buddies For Trump Takedown\">private criminal defense attorney<\/a> and former federal prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-testimony-from-former-prosecutor-who-called-for-trump-charges\/\" title=\"House Republicans Demand Testimony From Former Prosecutor Who Called for Trump Charges\">special assistant district attorney<\/a> for the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/18\/nyregion\/trump-investigation-manhattan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time, Pomerantz was to work \u201csolely on the Trump investigation\u201d during a temporary leave of absence from his law firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison. \u201cBut even before being sworn in as a special assistant to the Manhattan D.A., Pomerantz had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/18\/nyregion\/trump-investigation-manhattan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> \u2018been helping with the case informally for months.\u2019\u201d\u00a0Even Democrats\u2019 most reliable Old Grey Lady (of the evening) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/18\/nyregion\/trump-investigation-manhattan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledged<\/a>, \u201cthe hiring of an outsider is a highly unusual move for a prosecutor\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the Manhattan D.A. hired Pomerantz, two of his colleagues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elyssa-abuhoff-4774901b8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elyssa Abuhoff<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carolineswilliamson20127\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caroline Williamson<\/a>, also took leaves of absence from Paul, Weiss to serve as special assistant district attorneys on the Trump investigation. \u201cFor a law firm to lend not one but three lawyers to the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s office seems rather <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/06\/18\/joe-biden-is-in-new-york-to-fundraise-for-his-2020-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">magnanimous<\/a>, until you consider Paul, Weiss\u2019s previous generosity to Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As I previously reported, during Biden\u2019s first run for the White House, \u201cthe law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/06\/18\/joe-biden-is-in-new-york-to-fundraise-for-his-2020-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hosted<\/a> a $2,800-per-plate fundraiser for about 100 guests.\u201d Brad Karp, the chair of Paul, Weiss, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2020\/11\/02\/biden-taps-big-law-for-fundraising-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">topped<\/a> the list of Biden fundraisers, bundling at least $100,000 for the then-candidate. At the time, Karp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/1325025\/biglaw-fundraisers-pony-up-for-biden-harris-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an email: \u201cAs someone who cares passionately about preserving the rule of law, safeguarding our democracy and protecting fundamental liberties, I\u2019ve been delighted to do everything I possibly can to support the Joe Biden\/Kamala Harris ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f93c3fde665416691cb4a1a0b48d156a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f93c3fde665416691cb4a1a0b48d156a\"><\/div>\n<p>Biden\u2019s relationship with Karp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/10\/25\/white-house-releases-state-dinner-guest-list-3\/\">continued<\/a> after his election, with the president including Karp and his wife at a state dinner with the Australian prime minister. <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2024\/05\/biglaw-partners-are-opening-their-wallets-wide-for-biden-but-what-about-trump\/\">Karp<\/a> and his fellow Paul, Weiss lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?committee_id=C00703975&#038;contributor_employer=paul+weiss&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2024&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2023&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2024\">continue<\/a> to fund Biden\u2019s re-election campaign. In fact, Biden\u2019s connection to the firm is so strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-03-25\/wall-street-law-firm-emerges-as-n-y-power-center-in-biden-era?leadSource=uverify%2520wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> branded Paul, Weiss the \u201cBiden-Era N.Y. Power Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But for Paul, Weiss lending Pomerantz to the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s office to control the Trump investigation, the former president likely never would have been charged. According to Pomerantz, Bragg had decided \u201cnot to go forward with the grand jury presentation and not to seek criminal charges,\u201d indefinitely suspending the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Pomerantz made those claims in the resignation letter he tendered to Bragg in early 2022, which was deliberately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/23\/nyregion\/mark-pomerantz-resignation-letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaked<\/a> to The New York Times. \u201cPomerantz\u2019s letter and his claims that Bragg had suspended the Trump probe triggered a political firestorm, which the Manhattan D.A. sought to quell by telling the public the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/07\/politics\/alvin-bragg-trump-investigation\/index.html\">investigation<\/a> was ongoing.\u201d Soon after, Bragg capitulated, hiring Biden\u2019s high-ranking DOJ lawyer, Colangelo, who proceeded to indict and convict Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the Biden-connected attorneys who secured Trump\u2019s indictment and conviction, in late 2021, at least three career prosecutors in the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s office asked to be removed from the investigation of Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/07\/politics\/alvin-bragg-trump-investigation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> \u201cconcerned that the investigation was moving too quickly, without clear evidence to support possible charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-22b3f9a7c03be2099999765a9ec8583d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-22b3f9a7c03be2099999765a9ec8583d\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Just Manhattan<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden connection to the political targeting of Trump is not limited to the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s office. In August 2023, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis charged Trump and 18 other Republicans in a sprawling 98-page criminal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23909564-criminal-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indictment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, court filings and testimony in the case related to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/20\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-motions-to-disqualify-get-trump-prosecutor-fani-willis\/https:\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/20\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-motions-to-disqualify-get-trump-prosecutor-fani-willis\/\">motions<\/a> to disqualify Willis and her former lover, Nathan Wade, revealed the Fulton County D.A.\u2019s office had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fani-willis-prosecutor-meeting-white-house-counsel-raises-questions-1858986\">met<\/a> with White House counsel in May 2022. Then, just three days after Trump announced his 2024 candidacy for president, Wade <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/09\/fani-willis-legal-team-billed-taxpayers-to-meet-with-biden-white-house-about-get-trump-case\/\">traveled<\/a> to D.C. for an interview with the \u201cWhite House,\u201d according to Fulton County records. The Biden administration\u2019s White House counsel\u2019s office also dispatched two letters to Willis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/biden-white-house-sent-two-letters-to-fani-willis-office-fulton-county-lawyer-confirms\/ar-BB1hgsFt\">according<\/a> to one of her prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and his Democrat-run administration also have their fingers all over the remaining two criminal cases targeting Trump, both brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. President Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2023\/08\/07\/people-raising-new-questions-about-biden-remarks-regarding-the-prosecution-of-trump-n789117\">according<\/a> to an April 2, 2022, New York Times report, \u201cAs recently as late last year\u2026 confided to his inner circle that he believed former President Donald J. Trump was a threat to democracy and should be prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times claimed Biden had expressed frustration with Garland\u2019s \u201cdeliberative approach\u201d and that the president believed Trump should be prosecuted. The president \u201chas said privately that he wanted Mr. Garland to act less like a ponderous judge and more like a prosecutor who is willing to take decisive action over the events of Jan. 6.,\u201d the legacy outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/merrick-garland-biden-trump.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s attorney general would eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/sco-smith\">appoint<\/a> Smith special counsel. Smith would later charge Trump in two separate indictments\u2014one in Florida concerning documents the former president retained, and one in D.C. with various conspiracy to defraud and obstruction charges related to Trump\u2019s challenging the outcome of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stretching the Law Past Its Breaking Point<\/h2>\n<p>With the D.C. indictment, the special counsel delivered to Biden just what he wanted\u2014a prosecution of Trump \u201cfor his role in the events of Jan. 6.\u201d To deliver for Biden, though, required Smith to stretch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-key-takeaways-from-clinton-lawyer-michael-sussmanns-latest-attempt-to-get-criminal-charges-dismissed\/\" title=\"5 Key Takeaways From Clinton Lawyer Michael Sussmann\u2019s Latest Attempt To Get Criminal Charges Dismissed\">federal criminal code<\/a> to the point of breaking. In the case of two of the crimes charged, in the context of Jan. 6, 2021 defendants, the Supreme Court seems <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/02\/why-scotus-will-likely-smack-down-two-of-jack-smiths-get-trump-charges-as-non-crimes\/\">poised<\/a> to limit the reach of the relevant statutes\u2014a holding that could mean that Smith charged Trump with two non-crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The final criminal case pending against Trump, Smith\u2019s documents case, also connects back to the Biden administration. That case began when the DOJ launched an investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/15\/from-bureaucrat-hack-to-grand-jury-witch-hunt-the-dojs-trump-raid-smells-like-spygate\/\">prompted<\/a> by a referral from the national archivist related to a dispute over presidential records\u2014even though the same archivist declined to refer Hillary Clinton to the DOJ for mishandling classified documents. Later, a top aide to Smith, Jay Bratt, would <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/in-the-news\/house-panel-wants-records-jack-smith-deputys-white-house-visits-trump-charges\">meet<\/a> with \u201cWhite House officials multiple times, just weeks before Mr. Smith indicted former President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That case has been delayed after it was revealed the FBI agents who executed a search warrant obtained by the Biden administration had failed to keep the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago in the same condition they were found, with the order of the materials mixed up. At the same time, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/03\/mar-a-lago-trump-classified-documents-00156124#:~:text=Smith's%20team%20revealed%20in%20the,littered%20the%20former%20president's%20residence.\">revealed<\/a> that the \u201cclassified cover sheets\u201d depicted in the photographs of the evidence seized during the August 2022 search of Trump had been placed there by federal agents. The leak of those photographs falsely portrayed the former president as in possession of documents bearing classified cover sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Biden can continue to deny his responsibility for the criminal targeting of his political opponent all he wants, but the facts tell a different story. So did the president\u2019s malevolent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-mocked-disturbing-smile-after-ignoring-question-about-trump-being-political-prisoner\">smile<\/a> on Friday when he was asked to respond to Trump calling himself a political prisoner and blaming the president directly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-527ebf2552bc8fd0483f1c09ad29c669 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-527ebf2552bc8fd0483f1c09ad29c669\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid public concern about Trump&#8217;s legal battles and a jury convicting him on 34 charges, Biden dismissed claims of rigging. 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