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| credit: N. Anderson, Counterpoint Wackydoodle sez: Y'al charge more for math! |
The new Manhattan DA gave Herr Trumpillini a "get out of jail" card this week by expressing his doubts about the validity of a criminal prosecution of his criminal enterprise for financial fraud. The negative response from DA Alvin Bragg, who replaced Cyrus Vance, caused the two principle prosecutors to submit their resignations. Admittedly, they were unable to flip any of the company's personnel and cooperate. The investigation continues, but the departure of Dunne and Pomerantz have put the future of the investigation of Trump's fraudulent property valuation in doubt. A lawyer representing Trump said that "In my mind the case is over". The state's Attorney General's investigations civil and criminal continue. Bragg has named a successor to lead the case. The Trumps are seeking an appeal of a decision by a New York Superior Court judge that Trump and his daughter must give testimony in the civil case, but they have managed thus far to avoid the self-incrimination trap set by simultaneous civil and criminal prosecutions.
Pundits have suggested that even if the Justice Department finds its lost balls and prosecutes Herr Trumpillini, proud supporter of the aggressor Putin, for his coup attempt, it would be practically impossible to incarcerate him for his crimes. He is attended, as all former presidents are, by a Secret Service detail. Putting Trump in prison naked could place him at risk for his safety. The USA has not had to face this conumdrum in its history. US Person thinks justice would be served with a form of house arrest, fines, and confiscation of his passport. As long as the felon who attempted to overthrow the elected government of the Untied States is put out of bounds from public office, democracy is safe for now.
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| credit: S. Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune |