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Opinion: Trump’s indictment is nothing to Bragg about

Photo/Dave Sanders/The New York Times / Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a news conference following the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in New York on April 4, 2023.
Photo/Dave Sanders/The New York Times / Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a news conference following the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in New York on April 4, 2023.

Note: This is a satirical piece

In a sad day for our country, Donald Trump was forced to come to New York City to face bookkeeping charges dating back to a purported incident in 2009. It was a paperwork entry at his company that he did not do. He was charged with 34 meaningless crimes. To make things worse, his hair might have to face separate charges.

All these dug-up and manufactured “crimes” are “pathetically weak,” in the words of former Attorney General Bill Barr, no fan of Trump.

These types of partisan, political prosecutions are not what we, the United States, are supposed to be about. There is zero chance this political hack, DA Alvin Bragg, would pursue this case if he were not trying to hurt Trump. For him to arrogantly say the prosecution is not political tells us how little he thinks of us, and how much faith he has the left-wing media will cover for him. If another country’s president had his main political opponent arrested, the U.S. would be concerned.

No thoughtful American could be proud of what has happened. We are supposed to settle our political differences at the ballot box, not by manipulating the justice system. There was so much media trying to capture the contrived spectacle of Trump back in New York. The DA spent millions of New York City tax dollars for extra police protection, etc., to produce this spectacle — all over a $130,000 accounting entry? Really? Think about that; this is how your government works!