April 05 2023
President Trump responded to Alvin Bragg's bogus indictment in an address to the nation from his home at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night.
"The only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it," President Trump declared.
"We are a nation in decline. And now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement," President Trump added. "We can’t let that happen...I have no doubt nevertheless that we will make America great again."
Legal experts agree with President Trump that there is no crime here. Jesse Watters asked former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman, "Can you figure out what the big crime is here?" Tolman replied, "I finally did figure it out. It’s being Donald Trump."
George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley told Bret Baier, "I've never seen an indictment quite like this one" and "there’s no there there."
Alvin Bragg's indictment unified conservatives. The criticism was unanimous:
Speaker Kevin McCarthy: “Alvin Bragg is attempting to interfere in our democratic process by invoking federal law to bring politicized charges against President Trump, admittedly using federal funds, while at the same time arguing that the peoples’ representatives in Congress lack jurisdiction to investigate this farce. Not so. Bragg’s weaponization of the federal justice process will be held accountable by Congress.”
John Bolton: This indictment is "even weaker than I feared it would be and I think it's easily subject to being dismissed or a quick acquittal for Trump."
Rep. Thomas Massie: “Alvin Bragg should be disbarred and removed from office. This is an egregious abuse of the legal system for political purposes and threatens the fabric of our judicial system.”
Justin Amash: “After reading DA Bragg’s indictment of Trump and accompanying statement of facts, I’m stunned any prosecutor would move forward with this. It’s even flimsier than we were led to believe. Thirty-four stacked counts, bootstrapped to an unstated crime, to manufacture felony charges.”
Sen. Mitt Romney: The indictment a “dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public’s faith in our justice system.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Communist Democrats arrested President Trump because he’s the only man standing in their way as they fight for a hostile takeover of America. We will never abandon him."
Sen. Mike Lee: "I have spent my life in the law, I hold our justice system in the highest regard. This isn't justice, solenly and blindly carried out. This is using the law to selectively punish for political gain. It is a disgrace and will profoundly change our country for the worse."
Rep. Elise Stefanik: “The shameful arrest of President Trump is an unprecedented and chilling chapter in the Left’s weaponization of the justice system against their leading political opponent.”
Andrew McCarthy: “If the judge does his job right here, the case should be dismissed...I would dismiss it on its face because it fails to state a crime. Here, it fails to state a crime 34 times.”
John Yoo: “There’s a big hole in this case, in this indictment, and the statement of facts that were released with it do nothing to fill that hole.”
Tucker Carlson: “Trump was criminally charged because he is planning to challenge Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election. It’s really that simple...This is the boldest election interference ever attempted in this country’s history.”
Judge Jeanine Pirro: “This is a whole lot of nothing.”
Sen. J.D. Vance: "Bragg’s entire career is about normalizing violent crime. Just crazy that he’s bringing this weak case in the middle of a presidential election."
Vivek Ramaswamy: "Alvin Bragg is effectively prosecuting a federal crime under the guise of state law. That has profound consequences."
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe: "Alvin Bragg’s unsealed indictment is an indictment of Alvin Bragg. Legitimate law schools will forever use this indictment to teach the concept of prosecutorial abuse of discretion. All Americans, regardless of political persuasions, should condemn this indictment as the travesty of justice and political persecution that it so clearly demonstrates."