Why Criminal Case Against Trump Is 'Bogus,' Legal Expert Explains

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

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Among all the legal charges facing former President Donald Trump, the criminal case out of New York City that begins Monday “is the most bogus,” according to legal expert Hans von Spakovsky. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump in 2023 with 34 counts of falsifying business records supposedly to cover up “hush money” payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. “This case is just bogus from start to finish,” Von Spakovsky says, adding, “It's in Manhattan. It's a Manhattan jury, and I'll tell you, quite frankly, I think if the DA charged Donald Trump with eating a ham sandwich, the jury would find him guilty.” Jury selection in the case begins on Monday, but concerns have been raised as to whether it’s even possible to find an unbiased jury in Manhattan. Von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow and manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation, says he thinks the jury is “going to find him guilty, regardless of the facts and regardless of the law.” If Trump is found guilty, and even if he faces time in prison, that will not legally impede the former president from continuing to run for reelection, or even serving as president, given that the Constitution does not address that, the legal expert explains. Von Spakovsky joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain what he expects to see during the case, and what will happen next if the jury does find Trump guilty. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Signal Podcast. It's Monday, April 15th. I'm Virginia
0:09.3	Allen. Jury selection and for President Donald Trump's alleged hush money case begins today.
0:17.0	This case is significant for some very obvious reasons.
0:20.0	This is actually the first time that a former president is standing trial in a criminal case.
0:26.0	And because of the nature of this case, Trump is expected to be in the courtroom every single day.
0:31.2	In fact, he's required to do so in this what could be six to eight
0:35.8	week case ahead of us. So what kind of precedent is the case setting and is it
0:41.6	actually possible to select an impartial jury out of New York City.
0:46.0	Heritage Foundation's Senior Legal Fellow and manager for the Election Law Reform Initiative Hans von Spikovsky joins us on today's show to answer these questions.
0:57.4	Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
0:59.7	Hi, I'm John Carlo Canaparo.
1:05.0	And I'm Zach Smith.
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1:09.0	It's a podcast where you'll get a breakdown of top cases in the highest court in the land.
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1:27.0	Case is submitted.
1:28.0	Heritage Foundation Senior Legal Fellow Hans Vons-Bakofsky joins us now to discuss this case.
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