'Incredibly Alarming': Russell Fry Blasts NY DA Alvin Bragg Over Prosecution Of Donald Trump

gentleman from South Carolina is recognized thank you Mr chairman um Miss Foley did Alvin Bragg's indictment actually articulate approvable felony offense did did the indictment yes no I mean the the indictment was about as generic as you could get I mean one of the primary elements is the intent to commit another crime the indictment said nothing nothing about that and he provided a statement of facts that a company indictment that also said nothing about what that other crime was why do you suppose that was that that it admitted that I think to the extent that you want to convict someone to the you know you you hide the ball you obus skate um and that keeps the defense Council on their toes they don't know what evidence to to to put forward to the jury uh it's an never moving Target it makes it very difficult to defend if you're a defense counsel and how does that impact the jury instructions in the end you talked about that but I want you to uh um discuss that again yeah well you know you don't know till the end uh if you don't know till the end what exactly the first predicate is um you don't know what who to put on the stand you don't know what evidence to to to put forward the only reason he tried to uh bring forward Brad Smith for example the former FEC chair was because Alvin brag kept hinting that maybe maybe one of the bases for the first predicate was uh uh uh F violation um and so he kind of knew that so he tried to get a witness to to say something about that and he was denied so it was it was just um an exercise and futility for Trump to try to defend this case because it it wasn't clear exactly what he was being charged with thank you for that and just changing gears a little bit who is Matthew Colangelo well he was what the number three guy in the Department of Justice correct and what was his what his current title what does he do now uh he's on Alvin Bragg's prosecutorial team I'm not sure exactly what his title is a state da yeah State da that's correct is that unusual to see somebody go from what the number three position at the Department of Justice to a state district attorney you know I I know some uh other members of the committee have suggested well you know you do it out of the the goodness of your heart because you're a public servant and all that jazz uh and and I'm sure that's true but at the same time it's exceedingly unusual for that to happen for you to take a downward movement in your career and and because of the unusual nature of it it makes you go hm yeah I think it raises questions and I think the American people see that I think polling consistently shows that the American people believe that um the prosecution of President Trump in Manhattan was more about politics than it was about some violation of the law and of course we've seen that right I mean district attorney brag uh campaigned on going after a certain individual not some violation of the crime it was identify the man and then go after the crime and I think that's incredibly alarming just for the justice system broadly is it fair to say that as a former doj official that Mr Colangelo would have high level contacts within the Biden Department of Justice oh undoubtedly um and and I hope if he does actually show up before the committee that um there are a lot of vigorous questions about that if there was or continues to be some sort of coordination between the department of Justice based on those contexts um and the District Attorney's Office what effect would that have on a Case would be a tremendous effect I mean it would be a a huge Advantage for someone from the Department of Justice to sort of implant themselves in a state prosecution which involved State crimes obviously only um because it would benefit his former boss the person for whom he worked um and you know again it would just sort of reemphasize the impression the suspicion that this is a politically motivated prosecution I think that's why it's important too let me are you aware that members of Congress have the ability to remove cases from State Court to Federal Court yeah um judges same thing uh there's a bill that I've introduced called the no more political prosecutions act which would allow that to happen why might a president uh or former president want to remove the venue from a state district case to a federal jurisdiction well you know the Hallmark of federal judges Jes as opposed to state judges as they're appointed for life with the advice and consent of the Senate whereas state judges are generally elected um and so they're more political creatures by Nature um they you know they uh they wear the Robes of legislators to a certain extent because they do have to stand for election um so you hope to get the neutrality you know the the political independence from a federal court in your experience as jury uh the jury selection process is that more robust at the federal level than it is at the state generally speaking yeah absolutely the Vader is is uh much more extensive um the judge uh uh controls that process much more um in terms of making sure abuses don't take place um so yeah I would I would assume that the you know in general the Federal Judicial process is much tighter um and less Loosey Goosey I guess is the way I'd put it than a a state process thank you Miss Foley uh see my time has expired Mr chairman soon to be governor of North Dakota and with that I yield

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Published: Sat Jun 22 2024