Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is facing yet more heat over his handling of the “hush money” charges against former President Donald Trump. This time, that heat stems not from those on the right alleging that his charges against Trump are politically motivated, but rather that his team tampered with evidence.
Specifically, Trump attorney Emil Bove skewered evidence put forward by the prosecution, noting that certain calls between Keith Davidson and Michael Cohen. Mr. Davidson is a lawyer who served as a lawyer for Stormy Daniels and allegedly arranged the hush money payment with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. According to Bove, three pages of call records were deleted. Bragg team member paralegal Jaden Jarmel-Schneider admitted that some records were deleted, but argued that it was not, as Bove alleged, a “substantial” number.
According to the Epoch Times, there were other conversations that were reportedly deleted as well. That outlet reported that additional phone records involving conversations between Daniels’ manager, Gina Rodriguez, and then-National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard, regarding Daniels’ claims about her alleged affair were also deleted.
Conservative X personality Greg Price, summarizing the charges in a post on X, wrote, “One of Alvin Bragg’s paralegals admitted on the stand today in the Trump trial that his office deleted three pages worth of phone calls between Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Keith Davidson and Michael Cohen. Not only that but they submitted the call records into evidence but didn’t mention to Trump’s team that some of the files were deleted. This trial becomes more insane by the day.”
Donald Trump Jr. also commenting on the issue on X, wrote, “Insanity! How on earth is this not a felony committed by Bragg and his minions? It sure would be if team Trump did it. I’d love if we had actual journalists that would report on this ongoing travesty. Sadly, proper journalism is dead. They’re just scribes for the regime.”
If DA Bragg’s team did indeed tamper with evidence as alleged by Bove, that would be a class E felony in the New York under New York Consolidation Laws, Penal Law § 215.40, It provides, in part, “A person is guilty of tampering with physical evidence when: Believing that certain physical evidence is about to be produced or used in an official proceeding or a prospective official proceeding, and intending to prevent such production or use, he suppresses it by any act of concealment, alteration or destruction, or by employing force, intimidation or deception against any person.”
DA Bragg has been accused of breaking the law in other ways as well. For example, speaking with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, an attorney, argued that DA Bragg violated the Brady rule with his case against Trump. Watch him here:
Trump has remained a vocal critic of DA Bragg and Judge Merchan. In one post in the evening on May 27, for example, he wrote, “Can you imagine, a President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in the history of our Country, and who is also the Republican Nominee for President in the upcoming 2024 Election, and leading in all polls against the Democrat Nominee, Joe Biden, is tomorrow going before a Corrupt and Conflicted Democrat Appointed, Acting New York Judge, on a FAKE & MADE UP CASE by a Soros backed failed D.A., and the Judge himself, to see whether or not he will become a common criminal? According to virtually all Legal Scholars and Experts, THERE IS NO CRIME OR CASE against President Trump, and if there was it should have been brought seven years ago, not in the middle of his Campaign for President. Prosecutorial Misconduct. Election Interference!”
In another post the same evening, he wrote, “WHY IS THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT ALLOWED TO MAKE THE FINAL ARGUMENT IN THE CASE AGAINST ME? WHY CAN’T THE DEFENSE GO LAST? BIG ADVANTAGE, VERY UNFAIR. WITCH HUNT! DJT”
And, in still another post, he wrote, “Could somebody please ask Judge Merchan, whatever happened to MARK POMERANTZ, the man Alvin Bragg was furious at for the things he did on this contrived and unconstitutional case, and why wasn’t he allowed to testify? Also, why did Judge Merchan not allow Brad Smith, the leading Election Law Expert in the Country, to testify. He would have ended the case quickly by explaining the Law and stating that President Trump did nothing wrong. Likewise Bob Costello, and all of his direct and irrefutable knowledge, why was he so horribly treated and completely shut down by the Conflicted Judge, and why were his Emails and Text Messages not allowed to be shown…And then, of course, there’s the BIGGEST EVENT OF THEM ALL, but I’m not allowed to talk about it because I’m under an illegal and unconstitutional GAG ORDER. This is the Biden White House at work. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”
"*" indicates required fields