Politics

TRUMP BLASTS BRAGG: 'Drop the Case! Everybody Says There's No Crime Here!'

posted by Hannity Staff - 3.23.23

In an all-caps statement on TRUTH Social on Thursday morning, former President and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump unloaded on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for continuing to pursue a case that many —on both sides of the media —say is flimsy and politically motivated.

“WHY WON’T BRAGG DROP THIS CASE? EVERYBODY SAYS THERE IS NO CRIME HERE,” Trump said on TRUTH. “I DID NOTHING WRONG! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY A CONVICTED NUT JOB WITH ZERO CREDIBILITY, WHO HAS BEEN DISPUTED BY HIGHLY RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS AT EVERY TURN. BRAGG REFUSES TO STOP DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. HE IS A SOROS-BACKED ANIMAL WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE ABOUT RIGHT OR WRONG NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT. THIS IS NO LEGAL SYSTEM, THIS IS THE GESTAPO, THIS IS RUSSIA AND CHINA, BUT WORSE. DISGRACEFUL!”

Yesterday, a 2018 letter from Michael Cohen’s attorney resurfaced, stating that Cohen made the $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford, AKA Stormy Daniels, from his personal funds; “neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was party,” the letter said.

From the 2018 letter:

“In a private transaction in 2016, before the U.S. presidential election, Mr. Cohen used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford. Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly.”

Donald Trump Jr. shared the letter on Twitter.

“Seems relevant!

In a Feb 2018 document just uncovered, Michael Cohen’s own attorney, in a letter to the Federal Election Commission, says that “the payment in question does NOT constitute a campaign contribution.”

Is the key witness lying to the Grand Jury and imploding…”