In this week’s mammoth New York trial of former President Donald Trump on charges of falsifying business records in connection to hush money paid to an adult film star, the yawning gap between “Us” and “Them” is along partisan lines.
After all, making hush money payments, as Trump is alleged to have done with former adult film actress Stormy Daniels, isn’t illegal.
For decades, Trump has been a fixture on our airwaves, social media sites and political coverage.
But they didn’t, and now many are feeling a rally-round-the-flag effect in what is likely the first and potentially only Trump criminal case that’s going to trial before Election Day.
Bragg’s decision to bring this case, with its attenuated connection to an actual crime, can’t be taken out of its political context.
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Patrick T, Brown, CNN —, Tom Wolfe, Larry Kramer, ” Patrick T, Donald Trump, –, Trump, “, Attorney Alvin Bragg, it’s, Stormy Daniels, ” Michael Cohen, Daniels, Bragg, Cohen, Andrew McCarthy, can’t, maneuverings
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Public Policy Center, Economic, Twitter, CNN, Manhattan, Attorney, New York Democrats, New York Times, Commission, Trump
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