At the Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, shocked by Tuesday’s events in the “unloved” New York, where he is from, the 45th President of the United States, during his 25-minute speech, pronounced a number of important messages, which not only concerned the nature of the 34 charges in his speech, but also comments on White House policy and the attacks on the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. “I never thought something like this could happen in America,” he said. His wife Melania was not present in the conference room, which was attended by his children Donald Jr., Eric and Tiffany with their companions, reports Daily mail .
Trump says there is “unprecedented election interference in the United States right now, and this bogus business” must be stopped immediately. He predicted the collapse of the dollar, which “could soon cease to be the global norm”, said that “under Biden’s leadership, a Third World War could be unleashed”, and also called the withdrawal of American troops of Afghanistan of “the most shameful moment in the country’s history.” The former president described his opponents as “a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and a family whose daughter worked for (US Vice President) Kamala Harris,” prompting cheers and cheers from the courtroom. conference. “The perpetrator is the District Attorney (Alvin Bragg) because he unlawfully disclosed an enormous amount of Grand Jury information, for which he should be prosecuted or at least resign,” he said under the press release. applause.
Trump faces 136 years in prison
“The only crime I have committed is the fearless defense of our people against those who seek to destroy them”, summed up Trump who, despite all the accusations, intends to intensify his efforts to designate the Republican candidate for the American presidential election of 2024 .election of the year.
And although Trump was removed from formal arrest without being photographed, as such cases should be, fingerprinted or handcuffed, he faces an impressive sentence – 136 years in prison on all charges. At the same time, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Mercan ordered the former president to refrain from rhetoric that could cause civil unrest in New York and the country. The non-disclosure order will prevent Trump and his legal team from publicly discussing the case, which would extend to his preferred form of communication with his base, social media.
Lauren Marchan, the 34-year-old daughter of a judge, is a partner and president of Authentic Campaigns, a progressive digital company, and has worked on several high-profile Democratic campaigns, including for President Joe Biden. According to her social media account, Lauren served as chief digital officer for Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign from February 2019 until December of that year. Merchan’s firm continued to work for Harris and then-candidate Joe Biden after the first-ever female vice president ended her unsuccessful presidential campaign and joined the current White House chief. .
Under arrest and at large
When the former president entered the courtroom, he glanced at the pile of television cameras, but did not stop to speak to reporters. In the courtroom, Trump sat at the defense table, hands clasped in his lap, with his attorneys at his side. He looked directly at the photojournalists who were briefly allowed into the courtroom as they filmed him. For the rest of the process, the former White House chief remained motionless, hands clasped, staring straight ahead. He only briefly told the judge that he would not plead guilty and that he had been advised of his rights. The judge warned Trump that he could be removed from the room if he violated the order. The ex-president did not comment on the situation when he left the courtroom just under an hour later.
Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, said during the hearing that his client was “absolutely upset and feels that a great injustice is happening in the courtroom.” Trump had previously called the Manhattan prosecutor’s case and three separate investigations by the Justice Department and the Georgia prosecutor’s office politically motivated. In recent weeks, he has lashed out at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, urging his supporters to protest and warning of “potential death and destruction” if charged. Bragg held a brief press conference after the trial, during which he said the silencing scheme was “a criminal offense in New York State – it doesn’t matter who you are.”
Who is Attorney Bragg?
Alvin Bragg has become the first prosecutor in US history to indict a former White House chief. The New York State Attorney for the District of Manhattan, a 49-year-old Democrat, took over a case previously filed by his predecessor Cyrus Vance Jr. France info . He indicted the 45th President of the United States in a 2016 $130,000 case that was paid to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels, to buy his silence after an alleged extramarital affair ten years earlier. In addition to this case, Donald Trump, who has been twice indicted by Congress, is the subject of several other investigations, including his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the management of secret presidential files, or alleged pressure on election officials. in Georgia. .
Bragg grew up in the notorious neighborhood of Harlem in New York, known for its crime and poverty. However, he was able to complete a prestigious private school on the Upper West Side. According to Reuters, the young black American decided to study law after being repeatedly threatened with a gun in his youth, including by the police. Hence, he continued his education at the prestigious Harvard University Law School. “I think I will probably be the first district attorney that the police have a gun pointed at,” he said after being elected Manhattan district attorney to highlight his experience as a black male in the United States. United. As previously reported in the media, his election campaign for the elected post of prosecutor was financed by the notorious “architect of chaos” Soros, Trump’s political nemesis.
Alvin Bragg is Manhattan’s 37th district attorney, but the first black to be elected to the position. Prior to his election in November 2021, he served as an assistant attorney general for the state of New York as well as an assistant attorney for the Southern District of New York.
As New York State Assistant Attorney General, Alvin Bragg was responsible for numerous cases, both civil and criminal, according to the attorney’s website. He has notably worked on cases of corruption, drug trafficking and health fraud. Bragg is blamed for the fact that during his leadership of the Manhattan district attorney’s office in the “Big Apple,” as New York is called, the number of robberies, attacks on citizens, including rapes, and murders with firearms has increased dramatically. He said that the prosecutor’s office should not only fight the crimes, but above all with their cause. A storm of outrage among law enforcement was sparked by the fact that he opened numerous lawsuits against the police. As co-director of the Racial Justice Project at New York Law School, Alvin Bragg defended the mother and sister of Eric Garner, a black New Yorker who died after a violent arrest in 2014.
The prosecutor oversees a unit that combats police violence and misconduct. It also deals with white-collar crime and seeks to “hold powerful people accountable for the harm done to ordinary New Yorkers.” Alvin Bragg is also known for his desire to find an alternative to prison and not prosecute certain minor offenses, such as refusing to obey law enforcement.
The Stephanie Clifford case is not the first Donald Trump case that Bragg has worked on. According CNN , he oversaw lawsuits against the Trump Foundation that resulted in the organization’s dissolution and $2 million in payments to several charities. Thanks to his work and the work of his team, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, was convicted of more than 15 years of tax evasion. He pleaded guilty to at least 15 counts. By the way, the prosecutor’s wife, Jamila Ponton Bragg, actively posted mocking comments about Trump on Twitter (blocked in the Russian Federation). She blocked her account after the former president targeted her.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Bragg was asked why he’s brought the case now and whether it’s “political.” The district attorney said his office had “additional evidence” that his predecessor did not, AP reported.
The big apple blew
Police action in the city was unprecedented for such cases when a politician was summoned to court: sewers were pre-welded in the streets along which the Trump motorcade moved, and armed NYPD snipers were seen on the rooftops of several buildings as police helicopters circled overhead as Trump arrived. Officers also used binoculars to observe the crowd from the balcony of the Manhattan family courthouse. Police detective at the scene, questioned The New York Post about one of the snipers, said: “Of course he is armed. He is not there with a water gun.”
Screaming protesters clashed with police and media outside the courthouse. During the meeting, a fight broke out in the street between opponents and supporters of the ex-president who tried to tear down er “Trump lies all the time”. NYPD officers pushed anti-Trump protesters out of the area where his supporters had gathered, sending them back to their designated side of Collect Pond Park as soon as they heard the argument.
In America, the greatest “criminal-political” spectacle of this century has only just begun. The drama with the participation of a recent head of state takes place almost 25 years after the high-profile case involving former US President Bill Clinton, which nearly led to his abdication.
