By Rich Lowry
Sunday, April 09, 2023
POLICE BLOTTER — 3/10/23 11:08:31 P.M. Reported
Theft
E-911 caller reported a woman had her purse stolen in the
700 block of Fifth Avenue of Manhattan. The woman, a Caucasian approximately 45
years of age, wearing a white dress and high heels, was waiting to meet an Uber
XL after getting a drink with her attorney and publicist. The assailant
brandished a handgun and wrested the purse from the woman, while shouting,
“This is MAGA country!” The assailant, a red-headed elderly Caucasian male who
was wearing a business suit and long red tie, was GOA.
AP Report — 3/12/23 10:05 A.M.
Former President Trump Arrested on Suspicion of
Armed Robbery
Manhattan — In a shocking development, former
president Donald J. Trump was arrested in New York City today on suspicion of
armed robbery, adding to his controversial legacy that incudes two impeachments
and January 6.
Trump was identified on surveillance video as the alleged
perpetrator of a robbery of porn star Stormy Daniels, with whom the former
president has been involved in a long fight stemming from his hush payment to
her during the 2016 campaign over an alleged affair.
Trump is being charged with robbery in the first degree,
an offense that carries a sentence of up to 25 years, as well as criminal
possession of a firearm, a class E felony punishable by up to four years in
prison.
Legal experts agree that, if the video indeed captured
the former president in the commission of the crime, there will be no defense
for a man who has often operated on the edge of the law. “The walls really will
close in on him this time,” said Rachel Sykes, an assistant professor at the
John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
The former president briefly paused to speak to reporters
when he exited the back of a New York City patrol car and denied everything. “I
would never assault or rob Stormy Daniels,” he said. “Just look at her.”
AP Report — 3/12/23 10:12 A.M.
Former President Trump Released on Bail
Manhattan — Former president Donald Trump was
rapidly released with a ticket to appear after being arrested on suspicion of
robbing porn star Stormy Daniels.
The president walked with Secret Service protection
across the street to visit a local McDonald’s where he ordered a Big Mac and
two large fries. Exiting the restaurant, he smiled broadly to reporters and,
asked how he felt, replied, “Great. What do they say? Free as a bird!”
Legal experts explained that while it may seem discomfiting
that a suspect accused of a committing a serious offense with a firearm would
be released so rapidly without posting any money and without electronic
surveillance, this is how the system works in New York since the passage of its
controversial bail reform.
Reached for comment about the former president’s
immediate release, Stormy Daniels said, “You’ve got to be freakin’ kidding me.”
AP Report — 3/15/23 10:12 A.M.
Charges against Former President Trump Reduced
Manhattan — In a new development in the historic
legal drama gripping the country, charges were reduced today against Donald
Trump stemming from his alleged mugging of porn star Stormy Daniels.
The office of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced the new
charges.
The charge of robbery in the first degree has been
dropped to petit larceny, a misdemeanor typically used in shoplifting cases,
and the former felony gun charge is now criminal possession of a weapon in the
fourth degree, also a misdemeanor.
Legal experts said they were surprised by the changes
that likely remove any possibility of serious jail time even if Trump is
convicted of stealing Daniels’s purse at gunpoint.
Rachel Sykes, an assistant professor at the John Jay
College of Criminal Justice, said Bragg usually only reduces charges in cases
involving inveterate criminals or street thugs and she’s “shocked and dismayed”
that Bragg has done the same for such a high-profile defendant. “What message
does this send?” she asked.
In a statement, Bragg’s office said, “In light of the
fact that the alleged offense is not a white-collar violation but, instead, an
ordinary street crime of the sort that often goes unreported and unpunished in
this city, we felt reduced charges were only fair. This office is committed to
not enforcing the law equally.”
A top police officer, who spoke anonymously because he
wasn’t authorized to comment on the matter, said, “See the sh** we have to put
up with?”
AP Report — 3/16/23 10:12 A.M.
Charges against Former President Trump Dropped
Manhattan — Donald Trump has escaped yet another
legal scrape, as the office of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced a deal that
drops all charges in the Stormy Daniels case in exchange for the former
president agreeing to counseling.
The deal created an instant firestorm. At a raucous press
conference, where he was repeatedly challenged by angry reporters incredulous
at the news, Bragg defended the decision.
“We think anger-management classes and mindfulness about
properly fulfilling his role as a former president going forward are the
appropriate responses to make Mr. Trump again a responsible member of this
community, to which he has so much to offer,” Bragg said.
“This youthful indiscretion,” he continued, “shouldn’t be
the occasion for tearing apart his family, blighting his future, or hampering
his ability to get and maintain gainful employment. I’ve seen it too many
times.”
When reporters asked Bragg if he was letting a clearly
guilty man off the hook, Bragg forcefully insisted, “It’s not my job to send
one more person than necessary into the prison-industrial complex — I don’t
care if he’s some kid who’s held up a gas station or the former president of
the United States.”
Bragg’s allies point out that he has quickly put back on
the street defendants with dozens of prior arrests, so it shouldn’t be
surprising that he’s done the same with Trump.
“It’s not like Donald is going to go rob his neighborhood
CVS immediately after this, like so many other defendants do,” said a source
close to Bragg who requested anonymity to speak frankly.
On his Truth Social account, the former president wrote,
“SO DISGUSTING HOW THESE ANIMALS AND RADICL MONSTERS ARE GOING AFTER ALVIN
BRAGG, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL HIM ‘BIG AL.’ THEY CAN’T STAND THAT BIG AL WAS VERY
FAIR TO TRUMP WHILE THE FAKE NEWS LOST ITS MIND OVER A ‘PERFECT’ INTERACTION
WITH STORMY DANIELS. BESIDES, AS I TOLD BIG AL, YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT, AS
GOOD AS WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN, DEFINITELY PROMISES NOT TO DO IT AGAIN.”
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