I had planned to write something on the opening statements today but they weren’t televised. So I don’t really have much to say. There are a few basic problems with Bragg’s case that he can’t make go away. Bragg has no authority to prosecute a federal crime! But he is trying to because without the federal law (and we still don’t know what federal law is being used — which should result in the case being thrown out. I have no idea how this case can proceed without the defendant being apprised of the exact charges against him. ) it is a misdemeanor in New York and the statute of limitations has expired.

And the one that really baffles me that the specific acts he is being charged with committing — the payments to Cohen — took place after the election. How can something that you do after an election get you charged with interfering in an election that is already over. You influence my vote after I voted!