Alvin Bragg’s Weak Case Against Donald Trump

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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With his indictment of Trump, the Manhattan district attorney will have to prove that the former President falsified business records to conceal another crime. But the DA isn't clear about what the other crime is. Plus, the left wins big in Chicago and Wisconsin, and the election in the Badger State is a warning to Republicans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.8	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:23.6	Now that the court is finally unsealed, the Manhattan DA's indictment against Donald Trump,
0:30.1	how strong a case is it and how are Trump and his supporters responding? Plus,
0:34.2	the left winds big in the middle west of the United States, winning the mayor's race in Chicago
0:39.2	and taking the majority, the state Supreme Court in Wisconsin. What are those races? Tell us
0:43.6	about the mood of the country and the trend in American politics. Welcome, I'm Paul Gigo with the
0:48.8	Wall Street Journal editorial page and I'm here with the two of my colleagues at Kim Strassel
0:53.2	and Colin Levy. Welcome to you both, big day Tuesday in American politics, one of the biggest in a
0:59.1	long time. Let's take up the Trump indictment first. You folks talked about it yesterday a little bit
1:04.6	Kim, but the president indicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Now that we've had a
1:10.6	chance to look at the indictment itself and the statement of facts that was sent out to a company.
1:15.9	Basically, these are the same crime committed 34 times allegedly and the indictment was really
1:21.8	included no surprises. There were a lot of people who thought with all the build up and all the
1:26.3	leaks, certainly Alvin Bragg, the manhandous attorney must have had some surprise, some new evidence.
1:31.1	There was a scareously any in the indictment and this crime he has charged Trump with is typically
1:36.0	a misdemeanor in New York State. It can be elevated to a felony if it's done to conceal another crime
1:42.7	and here is where this really gets interesting because the indictment mentions no such crime,
1:47.9	other crimes. Now Bragg was asked about that is press conference and let's listen to his response.
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