Just when one might have thought that Alvin Bragg couldn’t get more shameless, he astounds us once again. Fresh off a corrupt attempt to rescue his prosecution of Daniel Penny by dismissing a charge after deliberations had already begun, Bragg’s office wants to rescue its conviction of Donald Trump by colluding with the judge to prevent an appellate court from reviewing it.
Unfortunately, this is no joke. Bragg’s prosecutors offered a motion to get around the issue of presidential immunity by treating Trump as if he’d died before sentencing:
Prosecutors are urging a judge not to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money criminal conviction but suggesting a willingness to end the case in a way that would preserve the verdict while avoiding punishment or a protracted legal fight.
In court papers made public on Tuesday, the Manhattan district…
