DA Alvin Bragg Still Won't Give Up on Hush Money Conviction Against Trump, Proposes New Alternatives

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : That would leave open the possibility that Trump could still proceed to sentencing in 2029 after he leaves office.
41% : "Of all the criminal cases brought against Trump, this was the first and arguably the most problematic.
40% : Trump was indicted by a grand jury in late March of last year and arraigned last April on 34 charges.
31% : But the district attorney's office did not dispute that once Trump returns to the White House, the judge would be justified in halting the case or taking additional other steps.
29% : Not only is there such a section in the brief about how Trump does not have immunity as the president-elect, but there's also a section claiming, "Defendant's forthcoming presidential immunity does not require dismissal.
27% : While Trump's legal team has argued that his election means Judge Juan Merchan has to toss out the case, Bragg's office argues that this doesn't kick in until Trump is inaugurated on January 20.
24% : Bragg charged Trump with felonies in the case when he could have brought the charges as misdemeanors, was using an untested legal theory, and went after Trump after the statute of limitations had expired.
23% : Prosecutors left the door open to sentencing Trump before his inauguration but acknowledged Trump's vows to stop it.
22% : Trump was later found "guilty" on all 34 counts in the sham of a "trial" on May 30.
22% : Earlier on Tuesday, as Katie covered, New York Attorney General Letitia James also refused to drop her civil case against Trump.
12% : It's worth noting that Special Counsel Jack Smith, although he moved to dismiss all of the charges he brought against Trump, did so without prejudice, so that such cases could also be brought back against Trump when he is no longer in office.

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