Staff Reports
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is throwing a Hail Mary in a courtroom dance that seems more like a bad episode of a political soap opera than anything resembling justice. The Trump squad is petitioning a federal court to swoop in and take over the case brought against him by none other than Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney who might as well have a “George Soros Approved” stamp on his forehead. This latest filing came on August 29, 2024, and it’s all tied up with the infamous hush-money saga, a case so tangled that it makes one wonder if the prosecutors are chasing shadows.
Let’s break this down: Trump has already been declared guilty of playing fast and loose with business records, specifically regarding some dubious payment meant to keep quiet a certain, shall we say, unflattering story. Naturally, Trump has labeled this entire operation a politically motivated circus, seemingly run by a clown car full of leftist agendas. Even so-called legal experts from both sides can’t seem to agree on anything except for the fact this case is riddled with flaws that might make Swiss cheese look solid.
NEW: Donald Trump again asks that Bragg case be removed from state to federal court based on SCOTUS immunity opinion, tainted proceedings, and Juan Merchan’s conflicts: pic.twitter.com/4bPI9tIyqq
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 30, 2024
Now, we find ourselves at the sentencing stage, where the only remaining question is whether the former president will find himself behind bars. Sentencing was originally set for July but has been mercifully postponed until September 18, 2024—a date that could very well have implications stretching all the way to the presidential campaign. With the election looming, one has to wonder whether this circus is more about sending Trump to the slammer or stifling his campaign efforts.
Rumor has it that Trump’s team is suggesting that this delay and the impending sentencing is going to unleash some cosmic and totally “irreparable harm” on the former president. They argue that being railroaded into an unjust sentence could derail Trump’s robust campaign and, most importantly, deprive voters nationwide of their chance to support the leading candidate. In their application to the federal court, they emphasized the need to escape the hostile Manhattan climate to find refuge in a fair, unbiased venue where they can battle these so-called “constitutional violations.”
While this isn’t Trump’s first rodeo attempting to remove this case to a federal court—his last gambit in July 2023 didn’t exactly shoot him to victory—this effort might feel a bit more urgent given the September date ticking ever closer. Stay tuned to see if this latest legal maneuvering results in more than just a fleeting moment of courtroom drama, or if it flickers out like many of Trump’s past attempts to sidestep the clutches of a judicial system that seems tragically misaligned with what many consider fair play.
