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Subject: Re: 34 Felony Counts
Date: 04/05/23 11:06 PM
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Dope1: Andy also points out that the second Bragg tries to claim that Trump violated federal election law this case will be throw out. Why? Federal primacy. The FEC ruled there was no crime here and Bragg has no jurisdiction to prosecute a federal case.

Don't believe everything Andy writes.

This isn't a case of federal primacy. Bragg is claiming that Trump violated New York State Election Law -- ELN § 17-152 and it is immaterial if the election was a federal election (because it took place in New York State).

And again, that's not what the FEC ruled at all. The Democratic commissioners, Shana M. Broussard and Ellen L. Weintraub, argued that the charges against Trump -- that he "knowingly and willfully accepted contributions nearly 5,000% over the legal limit to suppress a negative story mere days before Election Day" -- were "well-grounded."

The Republican commissioners, Sean J. Cooksey and James E. Trainor III, didn't address the charges' validity, but instead argued that Cohen's guilty plea in federal court made the public record "complete." This, they argued, made moot any actions by the commission, including action against Trump.

The Republican commissioners' statement did not say the commission was clearing Trump of wrongdoing in the matter. And even if the Republican commissioners had said that, they would not have been able to make that the commission's final ruling; that view was firmly opposed by the two Democrats.

The FEC did not rule there was no crime.

politifact.com - Fact checking trump stormy daniels deflections
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