WATCH: Turley says there are ‘a number of flaws’ in the case for Trump’s arrest

CJonathan Turley, an attorney for the Constitution, stated Saturday that the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s legal efforts had been successful. “a number of flaws” He is. “outside of his lane” Trump is being arrested for paying $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, porn star in 2016, in preparation for his arrest.

“Bragg is outside of his lane, but in this case, he’s on a completely different highway,” Turley stated this to the hosts Fox and Friends Saturday.

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“This is an effort by a state official to effectively prosecute a federal crime, a crime that the Department of Justice decided not to prosecute,” He said.

Professor at George Washington University Law School said that prosecutors must be able to “show that that money was paid with the election solely in mind.”

“There’s obviously a lot of different reasons why a married man would want to hush up a scandal with a former stripper. And that’s the problem that they had in the John Edwards case — that was a much stronger case. The Department of Justice went all in, and they lost,” Turley stated.

He explained how they work. “very difficult cases” It is possible to win. “raises obvious questions” Manhattan district attorney was allowed to take to court a case that the DOJ had declined to.

Trump stated in a Saturday morning Truth Social post that he was expecting to be arrested Tuesday night in Manhattan. “corrupt and highly political.”

Turley explained that “there are a number of flaws in this case” To indict the former president.

“It is based on Section 175 dealing with falsified business records. They need to actually federalize the case in the sense of hooking into that alleged federal violation. The reason is — I think Bragg is out of time. The statute of limitations is about two years on this offense,” The explanation of the constitutional lawyer.

Turley said, “That has already run. You can extend it to five years if you connect it as a felony to another crime. Even at five years, I’m not sure the time has not run out, is so there’s going to be some intense challenges here.”

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The professor warned that even though the “flaws” The former president will be indicted. “one of the worst jury pools.”

“Even if he’s convicted, there are going to be significant appellate challenges and reviews. I think we have to be careful not to just assume in the most inflammatory way that the rule of law is dead,” He said.