ANALYSIS: Trump’s NY Criminal Trial Exposes Role of ‘Weaponized’ DAs, Says Legal Expert

Donald J. Trump’s failed attempts to delay the start of his criminal trial next week and to move the proceedings to a different jurisdiction are likely to have severe consequences for the conduct of his bid for another term as president of the United States, a legal expert has told The Epoch Times. Yet a prosecution conceived and led by avowed political enemies of the GOP’s 2024 front-runner may well prove a double-edged sword, as it presents to millions of voters the reality of a “weaponized” district attorney with serious political ambitions of his own. That’s the view of Harvey Kushner, chair of the criminal justice department at Long Island University in Brookville, New York, who sees the efforts of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to bring down President Trump as the culmination of a process underway for decades, in which a role traditionally associated with ostensibly objective law enforcement grows increasingly partisan....