NY MAG TO ALVIN BRAGG: You Still Here? It’s Over! Go Home!
Everyone seems to realize that the days of lawfare are over — at least for Democrats. Jack Smith has decided to get out of Dodge, er, Washington DC, before the new sheriff rides into town on January 20. The Georgia Court of Appeals suddenly canceled a hearing without explanation, which could mean that Fani Willis has decided enough is enough.
That leaves Alvin Bragg, whose conviction on an absurd alchemy of an indictment that turned ledger entries on an NDA payment into 34 felonies against Donald Trump remains in limbo. Rather than read the room or the verdict from the 2024 presidential election, Bragg remains determined to keep his case on life support for the next four years. Rather than admit defeat, Bragg’s office appeared in court this week to tell Judge Juan Merchan to freeze the case until Trump leaves office, lest a veritable pandemic of questionable ledger entries suddenly erupts across the globe.
This risible position turns out to be too much even for New York Magazine. Elie Honig pours scorn over the idea of keeping the Braggenstein Lawfare Monster alive, and tells his former colleague to get a grip:
The hush-money case against Donald Trump is moving inexorably towards its final resting place — back on the same scrap heap it came from. But the DA’s office isn’t quite ready to give up just yet. In a court filing this week, prosecutors conceded that Trump’s sentencing should be postponed while the parties litigate whether he has constitutional immunity, along with other novel issues arising from his status as president-elect. That part is entirely reasonable.
Related: New York Judge Indefinitely Postpones Trump Hush-Money Sentencing, Will Consider Dismissing Case.
More: Trump’s sentencing in New York has been delayed indefinitely and the Left is NOT TAKING IT WELL.
Conan, what is best in life?