remains under seal. trump says it is all political persecution. republican lawmakers say it is simple and wrong. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has had it out for trump all along. i said from day one this is a political stunt. what s behind all this? hatred. this is absolutely a political witch hunt through and through. this is the kind of witch hunt that can only serve to tell people in the future if it works, you should try to indict people to keep them from winning elections. you are talking about a misdemeanor that gets bootstrapped onto election law in a way i ve never seen. democrats know it has nothing to do with the laws. they are sending a message. harris: kevin mccarthy is vowing the house will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power accountable. and we have live pictures outside mar-a-lago, florida, where former president trump s sporters are gathering. that s his home in that town. national correspondent bryan llenas, how a
you will find rural counties throughout the deep south more ideologically di verse than manhattan. so overwhelmingly democratic and why a d.a. prosecutor feels he can do this. it is an outrage in my opinion no matter what somebody thinks of donald trump. this is not how we americans settle political or legal disputes like this forcing it into a flimmy court case. harris: what i get and you speak to the issue i ve been so curious about. how can you bring such a weak case and expect to win? but if the goal is again for alvin bragg to a, rise to the top of the heap on the left and make a name for himself. get your name out there in recognition is one thing. if the goal is to flex 100% electorate that is democratic, then this does that, too, with a win or loss on this case. this is fascinating.
party and a president that is limping through in the polls to try to get to a second election and that would be joe biden. he will help him out by, you know, basically trying to discredit even if they can t put this case through. even if it falls apart. it s a shiny object for the left and for people to focus on rather than that weakened candidate joe biden, whose economy is going poorly and so many other things. last quick one. in politico today one trump advisor as he goes to manhattan for the arraignment early next week expected tuesday is going to look like o.j. simpson on steroids. your last quick thought. everyone will be glued to the television set watching a former president walk through in my opinion a political indictment. alvin bragg in my opinion has basically destroyed his own political career as a prosecutor because this case is without
misdemeanor into a felony. two, charges are barred by statutes of limitations what you were just talking about. and number three, a dismissal based upon the argument of prosecutorial misconduct. the statute of limitations is the one i would per sue immediately. the last one, selective prosecution. the prosecutor has the right to decide which cases. but they don t have the right to abuse that discretion. i will sit here and tell you after 30 years of practicing law, this case is ripe formal i shallous prosecution, civil lawsuit after it is dismissed. regardless of people s political affiliation or who people will vote for on 2024, everyone should rally around trump on this particular case. this case jeopardizes you and me. if they can use a frivolous case
how does his team fight this effectively? thank you for having me. i will tell you exactly what they do. they file a series of pre-trial motions. in this particular case, the underlying charge is a steal misdemeanor. i would be filing pre-trial motions to dismiss these charges. why? because they have passed the statute of limitations, the underlying charge. i would submit that the trump team before this case ever goes to trial, well before that, a series of pre-trial motions to dismiss this case outright. if you don t win you appeal it all the way possible. harris: speaking of dismissals, a george washington university law school professor laid out three grounds that trump s attorneys will likely argue for dismissal of the case. leo, i want you to hear these and take us through what you think works best. number one, bragg s case is based upon a faulty legal theory which he used to stretch a