Even the Liberal Media Aren’t Buying Alvin Bragg’s Bogus Trump Indictment

‘Legally weak,’ ‘painfully anticlimactic’

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 criminal charges brought by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg (D.). Upon his return to Mar-a-Lago, President Trump defiantly declared that the only crime he ever committed was to fearlessly defend the nation against those who seek to destroy it.

The mainstream media showed a breathless obsession with the idea of President Trump being indicted, indicative of mental illness. However, even liberal journalists were not very impressed by the actual substance of Bragg’s case against the former president. The fact that journalists and other liberal pundits have expressed even a moderate degree of skepticism suggests the case is a heaping pile of garbage.

Mainstream journalists are partisan hacks who believe it is their moral duty to defend American democracy by helping Democrats win elections. When a Republican is charged with a crime, they will often insist the case is strong and entirely justified from a legal standpoint. So the moderate degree of skepticism expressed by journalists and other liberal pundits suggests Bragg’s case is weak.

What they’re saying:

• “Legally weak.” — Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
• “These are hard charges to get excited about.” — Michelle Goldberg, New York Times
• “There are novel elements to this case that could complicate Bragg’s legal pathway to a conviction while arming Trump and his allies with talking points about a supposedly overreaching prosecutor.” — HuffPost
• “[Bragg is] plunging forward with a premise that has given pause to even some of Mr. Trump’s toughest critics.” — Charles Savage, New York Times
• “Dubious legal theory … painfully anticlimactic … It is unclear that the felony statute that Trump is accused of violating actually applies to him.” — Ian Millhiser, Vox
• “You can’t build a case on the testimony of [former Trump attorney Michael] Cohen and [porn star Stormy] Daniels.” — Former media darling and convicted felon Michael Avenatti

Regardless of the substance of the indictment, journalists and other Democrats are emotionally and financially invested in making sure President Trump wins the Republican nomination in 2024, so they will do whatever it takes to keep him in the news and boost their ratings by giving him billions of dollars worth of free coverage.