Trump tells Daily Beast reporter, the indictment has been dropped (NY)

[brettdale]

Well I guess thats, that then. If Trump says something, it has to be true.

dailybeast.com

[hookaleft]

1. Just like he was going to be arrested last week nt

[moniss]

2. I'm not going to be surprised

if Bragg doesn't indict. I haven't trusted him from the beginning. A bad side to that is that if he does not indict then the MAGAT crowd is going to take that as an indication that their threats of violence are working.

[Captain Zero]

3. And they will expect other indictments to drop.

Like. See. Told ya.
Nothing to it all.
That would be next.

[Ocelot II]

4. He wouldn't have gone this far, even calling back witnesses, if

he wasn't serious about it. Anyhow, the grand jury decides by a majority vote - 12 out of 23 - whether to indict; the DA doesn't.

[moniss]

9. Bragg tried to drop this

but got a great deal of heat and only then did he reopen the investigation. It won't matter what the GJ does if Bragg doesn't want to prosecute, settles for a soft plea deal or pursues with a weak effort in court. I believe he can also just dismiss the GJ without asking for an indictment. It's not Bragg's money he's spending. He may have gone through all of this just so he could cover himself by claiming he "did all he could".

[Ocelot II]

5. Not exactly. What he said was that he "thinks" the case has been dropped.

"I think they've already dropped the case," Trump told reporters aboard his plane after appearing at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas. "It's a fake case. Some fake cases, they have absolutely nothing." https://www.axios.com/2023/03/26/trump-suggests-da-dropped-stormy-case

He cited no evidence for his thought, of course.

[niyad]

8. Wishful thinking?

[ZonkerHarris]

10. verbal diarrhea

[brettdale]

6. so theres 23 people on a grand jury?

so theres 23 people on a grand jury?

[Ocelot II]

7. Yes. A decision to indict requires a simple majority, 12.

[PRETZEL]

14. I know you and many others here informed us during the disucssions last week

I'm wondering if how big or small of a majority to indict would be an indication if after the fact, Braggs office makes a decision to try and make a plea deal?

Or, if the fact that the grand jury does indeed issure an indictment, does that mean the Braggs office has an obligation to proceed?

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

11. Great news! Nothing he ever says has even a ring of truth to it! lolololol LOSER

[maxrandb]

12. Indictment Week has replaced Infrastructure Week

The wealthy, powerful and corrupt are never held accountable.

It's amazing. The fact that the wealthy and powerful are never held accountable is what gave us this dipshit in the first place.

It also appears that is what will allow him to skate.

[Oneironaut]

13. "It's really going to happen this week! That's why I need more money!"

I guess you have to hand it to Trump. He knows how to effectively fleece cash from his followers. I wonder how long he’ll be able to pull this scam?

[roamer65]

15. I have a very strong suspicion of why he gets let off the hook so much.

I’m not gonna mention it here, but I think many others here know of what I suspect.