Detroit Today: Discussing the impact of criminal charges against Donald Trump
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to hush money payments at the height of the 2016 presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump arrives at court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York.
On Tuesday, former U.S. President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the state of New York. Prosecutors claim Trump conspired to undermine the 2016 election by suppressing information that could harm his candidacy.
It was a historic day as the billionaire became the first former U.S. president to be arraigned in a criminal case.
But what exactly are the merits of the prosecution’s case? Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, joined Stephen Henderson to help analyze the allegations against Trump and what we can expect moving forward.
“To give Trump a pass for something where you would ordinarily charge somebody who committed this crime, would itself be an abuse of Alvin Bragg’s responsibility.” – Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney
Listen: Discussing the impact of criminal charges against Donald Trump
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Barbara McQuade is a law professor at the University of Michigan and former United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. McQuade shares Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has a history of filing false business records cases when the evidence supports them.
“This is a pretty bread and butter charge for the Manhattan DA ‘s office,” says McQuade. “To give Trump a pass for something where you would ordinarily charge somebody who committed this crime, would itself be an abuse of Alvin Bragg’s responsibility.”
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