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2023-04-03 Home Front: Politix
As Effort To ‘Get Trump' Ramps Up, Are Leaks From Bragg's Grand Jury a Crime?
[SUN via Gateway] As Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg tries to hang a felony charge on former President Donald Trump, leaks from the grand jury indictment against the former president could leave Bragg facing his own felony charge — if he was the source of the leak.

As noted by Newsweek, pieces of the indictment, but not the full document, have been leaked to the media, hence reports have been flying that there are 30 counts against Trump, at least one of which is a felony. Bragg is also dealing with calls from House Republicans to provide documents related to his investigation of Trump, NBC reported.

Leaking grand jury documents is a felony in New York. And that means Bragg could be in trouble, former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz wrote in a commentary piece published Friday by the New York Sun.

"It is likely that a serious felony has been committed right under District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s nose, and he is not investigating it. Under New York law, it is a felony to leak confidential grand jury information, such as whether the jurors voted to indict. The protection of secrecy is as applicable to President Trump as it is to anyone else," Dershowitz wrote.

"The most likely, though uncertain, scenario is that a person in Mr. Bragg’s office or a grand juror unlawfully leaked the sealed information," he wrote.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-03 01:02|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 OH, so that's why they have proposed or activated gag order on Trump, "restricting information or comment from being made public or passed onto any unauthorized third party".
Posted by Dale 2023-04-03 03:50||   2023-04-03 03:50|| Front Page Top

#2 That whole grand jury is a crime
Posted by DarthVader 2023-04-03 08:26||   2023-04-03 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Do Bragg’s employees think they are working for the Federal Government? No one can break the law like this unless they are federal employees. This is an outrageous usurpation of the Federal Government’s monopoly on law breaking leaks.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-03 10:07||   2023-04-03 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Really guys, this gives BITEONE the ability to give THUMP a pardon in return for pardons!
Posted by George Glinesing1537 2023-04-03 12:39||   2023-04-03 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Nothing new about DA Bragg refusing to investigate felonies. He does it every day.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-03 12:59||   2023-04-03 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Could be a gag order is the main reason for the indictment. The idea would be to prevent Trump from campaigning from now until November 2024. It'd be hysterical if he won anyway.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-03 14:21||   2023-04-03 14:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Apparently God wanted to weigh in on the NYC behavior:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L74iAVNBkC0
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-03 14:31||   2023-04-03 14:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Hungarian Prime Minister says "We are with you Trump", a country that has an arrest warrant for Soros.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-04-03 15:25||   2023-04-03 15:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Another leak. No handcuffs or mugshots will be done when Trump is charged with 234 felonies.
Posted by Albert Smiter of the Danes1509 2023-04-03 20:30||   2023-04-03 20:30|| Front Page Top

#10 ^^^ How come the DC FBI and the Manhatten Da office so rudely hung up on me today when I tried to get confirmation???
Posted by Albert Smiter of the Danes1509 2023-04-03 20:57||   2023-04-03 20:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Gonna be hard to resist the handcuffs. Trump in cuffs is a NY prosecutor's wet dream. Obviously, he will play it into a campaign event, but they still can't help themselves.

^ They hung up on you, Albert, because you are not a made guy. No leaks for you!
"Who sent ya?"
"Nobody."
"Well, we don't want no one what nobody sent."
Posted by SteveS 2023-04-03 22:02||   2023-04-03 22:02|| Front Page Top

#12 I wonder what super PAC donor will get the privilege.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-04-03 22:22||   2023-04-03 22:22|| Front Page Top

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