here. panel great to see all of you. thank you. thanks laura. the indictment itself is boiler plate. it doesn t allege any federal crime, any state crime that s been violated. it doesn t allege what the false statement is. a state prosecutor is prosecuting a federal election law violation that doesn t exist according to federal election law officials. it s as simple as that. laura: the point is right, the fec decided not to pursue a complaint against trump for violating campaign finance rules so why is alvin bragg. joining me now is brad smith chairman of the federal election commission. a lot of people hear the acro tonight fec and their eyes glaze over but you re in the spotlight with this case going on. and you say this is all based on a misunderstanding of campaign
prosecute him but you would he would have if he could have, the damage had already been done. but you really, really know this case against trump is like a leaky roof when even mitt romney throws shade at bragg. romney saying that bragg is trying to fit a political agenda and his overreach sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents. well, the one good thing that may come out of this dark chapter, though, for america, will be what i want to just dub tonight as state bragg laws, where state legislatures decide to disincentivize state gas or ags from using their position as batterying rams against individuals and corporations for reply reasons. it would bar the gas or das from running for governor for at least ten years or maybe forever frpt look at da alone where they
the defense cannot prepare a defense unless this is fleshed out in a bill of particulars and so that s another thing that s going to be filed here in addition to the three motions that we discussed earlier. but i ll tell you this, this indictment opens so many opportunities to the defense for broad discovery. if you take, for example, the pomeranz book that talks about the deliberations ordinarily those things would be off limits the deliberations within a prosecutor s office. but pomeranz tells you how michael cohen s credible was questioned by bragg, by ms. lozano the chief of the economic crimes bureau over there. i think all of that stuff is opened up. i think there s been a waiver. this case offers tremendous opportunities for creative lawyers. laura: now, sol, alvin bragg was asked i thought the key question at the press conference today. watch this. there were 34 false business
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laura: well a blatantly false statement. here s the only thing non-lawyers need to know about this case. if after the 2020 election donald trump had announced that he was retiring from politics, alvin bragg would not have indicted him or if let s say after 2020 trump had gradually evolved in his views and maybe became more like romney or one of the bushes. in that case, alvin bragg would not have indicted him. the real reason that donald trump was booked and fingerprinted today comes down to one simple fact. he has the wrong political views. now, the entire class of politicians and media figures who cheered the proceedings today, donald trump represents an existential threat to the regime that s run our country into the ground for decades, a threat to the credibility of the media that he calls out relentlessly. but most significant of all another trump turn is a threat