Alvin Bragg became a household name by being the first prosecutor to bring criminal charges against a former President.
But Bragg’s case hasn’t quite worked out like he hoped.
And Bill Maher was stunned to learn one truth about Alvin Bragg from a Democrat hero.
Bragg’s lawfare backfires
Bragg’s decision to bring sham criminal charges against Donald Trump is blowing up in the left’s face.
A new CBS poll shows Trump’s lead over Biden unchanged from before the conviction.
Polls from Emerson and The Hill find Trump running the table in the battleground states.
And as Bill Maher pointed out on his Real Time show, the conviction turned into a fundraising bonanza for Trump, who erased Biden’s lead on campaign cash on hand.
“The trial in New York, the one he got convicted for, was the greatest fundraising bonanza ever. He is now. He was lagging behind Biden, and now he’s pulled quite a bit ahead. That trial was the greatest reason people had to send their checks for five, ten, 25, whatever dollars to Donald Trump. Yeah. So I mean, look, it’s it’s a it’s a Hobson’s choice always with him because he’s always guilty. Yeah. It’s not like he’s not guilty of any of these crimes, but the repercussions might be worse.” Maher stated.
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee outraised Biden and the Democratic National Committee $141 million to $85 million.
Trump and the RNC now show $171 million cash on hand compared to $157 million for Biden and the DNC.
Democrats avoided weaponizing the justice system
Maher said this is why past President’s avoided prosecutions to settle old political scores when they took office.
“I mean, this is something politicians always had to face. Remember when Obama came to office? They’re like, how can you not put those people in jail, those Wall Street people? And Obama was like, yeah, that would feel good. And it is the right thing to do. But it’s also more the wrong thing to do because it’ll tank the whole economy,” Maher continued.
“Those are the kind of tough decisions that you have to make. So I you know, I was always with you on on the one in New York, the hush money trial. I don’t think they should have brought that one. It was just always going to look like a sex case, and people were always just going to look at it that way,” Maher concluded.
Democrats also wanted to see Obama prosecute President George W. Bush for torture after the scandal at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Obama knew that would set off a tit for tat series of political prosecutions as each side sought retribution.
Andrew Cuomo Calls out Alvin Bragg
During the pandemic, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo became a left-wing hero to authoritarian leftists looking to weaponize government against American citizens.
But even Cuomo – a fiercely partisan Democrat who also served as the Attorney General of the State of New York – now admits he thought Bragg bringing charges against Trump was an abuse of power.
Cuomo told Maher that Bragg never would have sought the indictment had Trump not been running for President and his name not been Donald Trump.
“That case, the attorney general’s case in New York, frankly, should have never been brought. And if his name was not Donald Trump and he if he wasn’t running for president, I’m the former AG in New York, I’m telling you, that case would have never been brought. And that’s what is offensive to people. And it should be, because if there’s anything left, it’s belief in the justices,” Cuomo stated.
Americans realize this is the case.
That’s why a criminal conviction didn’t dent Trump’s standing in the polls.
