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Trump’s Legal Peril in Manhattan
If prosecutor Alvin Bragg’s case is this much of a stretch, he should think twice.
By The Editorial Board March 14, 2023 5:56 pm ET
(Elon Musk may have had a point, when he "said on Saturday that Trump would secure a 'landslide victory' in the 2024 presidential election if he is charged.")

... An elected Democratic prosecutor is going to indict a Republican former President and 2024 contender, alleging a felony that could put him in prison, and it would boil down to a campaign-finance violation? That would be some precedent. To the public, it would sound as if Mr. Bragg is scrambling to come up with a legal theory to fit a target he had already decided he wanted to charge.

... Even the New York Times, which threw fairness out the window during the Trump years, reports that, “The case against the former president hinges on an untested and therefore risky legal theory involving a complex interplay of laws, all amounting to a low-level felony.”

The full Op-Ed is here:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-manhattan-alvin-bragg-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-a328980d?mod=hp_opin_pos_6#cxrecs_s